Kiko Kids Jazz 'Tanganyika Na Uhuru' is just out from Mississippi. Really beautiful, languid, sounds, with a mandolin, from 1962/5 Tanganyika. It was just perfect with my breakfast this morning. They worked with the main-man, Salim Zahoro, to ready the LP using tapes and records. There's a nice12" booklet inside with lyrics and photos and a bit of back story. Sixty years old and sounds so fresh. It's enough to make you weep. Nice sleeve image showing Salim in 1964 with a fan standing behind him. Salim died in February of this year. Honest Jon's, or Juno, are doing this for about £15 which is a bloody bargain.

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