Various - Tudo Ben - Jorge Ben Covered CD
We are extremely proud to be releasing this long-awaited collection of Jorge Ben covers in March 2009. With such classics under his belt as ‘Mas Que Nada’, covered by the likes of Sergio Mendes, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Al Jarreau, and the song ‘Taj Mahal’ which was the source of Rod Stewart’s ‘Do You Think I’m Sexy?’, Ben is a huge force in Brazilian popular music.
20th Century Steel Band - Warm Heart Cold Steel
In 1976 the 20th Century Steel Band released their debut album ‘Warm Heart, Cold Steel’. This proved to be a landmark album and featured the heavily sampled track ‘Heaven & Hell is on Earth’. The band eventually split up but now, after 30 years, Michael Oliviere and Godfran Moore – original 20CSB members and the previous bands writers, composers and arrangers have reformed the group with a new line-up and are re-releasing their seminal album on Mr Bongo Records.
20th Century Steel Band - Heaven & Hell EP
12" EP featuring tracks taken from the CD album also on Mr Bongo (MRBDCD071)
Lula Cortes & Ze Ramalho 2xLP - Paebiru
Paêbirú is an obscure Brazilian psych concept album about the 'four elements' (earth, air, fire, water) that was lost to time in a warehouse fire in 1974, causing it to become a massively sought-after lost classic, fetching up to $4000 for original vinyl copies.
Various - The Best Of Mr Bongo
This compilation album is made up of the choicest cuts of the Mr Bongo catalogue to celebrate its mammoth 20th birthday (in 2009). It brings together the many facets of the label's past, present and future (yet to be released tracks also included) - with a blend of styles from Brazilian to Latin, from Hip Hop to Funk, and from House to Afrobeat, Jazz, Reggae and Drum ‘n Bass.
Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock CD
'Bongo Rock' or 'The Story Of The Incredible Bongo Band' features the two original Bongo Band albums in their entirety ('Bongo Rock' and 'The Return of the Incredible Bongo Band'). The Incredible Bongo Band's cover of track 'Apache' originally made famous by The Shadows, is simply legendary in the world of dance music. Not only one of the most sampled tracks of all time and a staple for Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash as they invented the art of DJing at the Bronx block parties of the '70s, it has become an all-time hip hop and breakers anthem and is revered as the original break of all original breaks with the rhythms of this LP coining the term 'Breakbeat'.
Various - Brazilian Beats 8CD Boxset
8 CD boxset bringing together Mr Bongo's entire Brazilian Beats series into one release.
Various Artists - Latin Beats Boxset
Previously only available as separate albums, this fantastic special-edition boxset contains over 120 tracks from the old-style mambo, boogaloo, the sounds of Fania to Latin funk and Jazz, as well as contemporary remixes from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Masters at Work, Quantic and Bonde de Role…
