The Wire's "100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening) + extra 30 Records"
By
cardnotready
updated over 8 years ago
All release notes from the authors of The Wire Magazine.
Contributors: Steve Barker, Ed Baxter, Mike Barnes, Clive Bell, Chris Blackford, Linton Chiswick, Byron Coley, Cristoph Cox, Brian Duguid, Robin Edgerton, John Everall, Matt Effytche, Sasha Frere-Jones, Charlie Gillett, Louise Gray, Andy Hamilton, Richard Henderson, Ken Hollings, Steve Holtje, Mark Hudson, David Ilic, Velimir Pavle Ilic, David Keenan, Biba Kopf, Art Lange, Howard Mandel, Peter McIntyre, Andy Medhurst, Russell Mills, Will Montgomery, Tim Owen, Edwin Pouncey, Tom Ridge, Mike Shallcross, Peter Shapiro, Chris Sharp, Mark Sinker, John F Szwed, David Toop, John L Walters, Ben Watson, Barry Witherden, Douglas Wolk, Rob Young
http://web.archive.org/web/20070613182618/http://www.rtxarchive.com/archive/articles/wire175.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120919144327/http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/166/
Missing Records (i used the Artist page):
Youssou N'Dour - Djamil
(Senegalese Cassette 1983)
(maybe this release (not in Discogs yet):
1983
Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar
Vol. 6: Djamil (cassette; Ibrahima Sene, no suffix)
[A] Mbarbuethe / Ferridigua / Alboury
[B] Djamil / Yalla
http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAYoussou.html )
Jean C Roche - A Nocturne Of Nightingales
(Sittele 1993)
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train
(Bluebird 1937)
Hot Gossip - The Hollywood Jungle
(DinDisc unreleased 1981)
Derrick May - Debut LP
(Transmat unreleased)
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Pierre Akendengue - Nandipo
(Saravah 1973)
Composer, guitarist, dramatist, poet and singer, Pierre Akendengue's influence in his home, Gabon, is huge; in the francophone world, he's made a dent; everywhere else he's barely a footnote. Graduated from universities in France (in literature, psychology and more), Akendengue went blind sometime in his twenties -- which may have turned his remaining senses toward the sound of language, the way musical parts fit together, and the contrasts in songs from different countries. Nandipo, his first album, becomes a play -- each song a dramatic act made of miniature scenes. Complementary voices (tight harmonic choruses, Akendengue's own thrilling tenor and emphatic reading voice) arc above a collection of individual instruments, each running their own rhythmic line. The album is accented by soft acoustic guitar, shakers in stereo effect, slicing flexitone, berimbau and cuica, deep cello. With the assistance of Brazil's Nana Vasconcelos, Akendengue seamlessly incorporated the French popular melodic vocal style, brisk Amazonian percussion, and solid, soulful African themes, words and energy: a 'Fourth World' styling several years early. RE