Vocal duo Albert Bailey and Clifton Howell emerged from the trio The Officials. The Studio One 7” Ten Years Ago is them; also the stone-killer Babylonians, with Niney. Lee Perry re-named them The Ark. Here they are with Ossie Hibbert at Channel One… wicked, propulsive, vocal-harmony roots, with dazzling drumming, and a Shaka-missile of a dub, featuring Dean Fraser. Crucial bunny.

The Theodore Vassilikos Ensemble powerfully performing Petros Bereketis — extended variations on eight modes —  the most important composer of the golden age of Byzantine music, an eastward Bach.

Masterful performances of two ragas. Liquid, luminous, swinging.

The sitar maestro recorded in 1986, performing two raga and a dhun in the classical style of the Senia Beenkar Gharana, with its focus on melodic and rhythmic elaboration.

The spell-binding Romanian gypsy singer, accompanied by cembalo, violin and accordion.

Classic gospel soul from 1971, with the scorcher Hang On In There.
The Sisters were former Ikettes, who sang back-up for Norman Greenbaum on Spirit In The Sky, versioned here.

An astounding compilation of the breakneck Shangaan dance output of the Nozinja studio in Soweto, recorded between 2006 and 2009.

Lloyd Forest, Tommy Thomas and Samuel Bramwell at Joe Gibbs.