Reissues Overdue: Ngozi Family's "Happy Trip"

Despite all the Zamrock hoopla, the Ngozi Family's "Happy Trip" album on Chris Editions oddly hasn't been reissued since 1978. 

Midweek Mixdown: Egon from Now-Again

Now-Again Records head honcho Egon spins a heady 44-minute selection of Zamrock and psych from his own stash right here.

Check out Egon's 2013 interview with Eilon Paz for Dust & Grooves right here. 

Just out from Now-Again Reserve is a 3LP set from Del Jones' Positive Vibes "Court Is Closed"... get it right here while you can!

Happy New Year from Paul Ngozi

Getting your 2019 started right in Zamrock style with Paul Ngozi's "Happy New Year" 

The Top 100 Reissues of 2011

1. Batsumi - Batsumi (Matsuli Music)

2. Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock, 1970-78 (Now Again)

3. Follow Me Down: Vanguard’s Lost Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970 (Vanguard)

4. Rail Band - Buffet Hotel De La Gare (Superfly)

5. True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Land of Stax Volume 1, Volume 2 (Now Again)

6. Takeshi Terauchi - Nippon Guitars: Instrumental Surf, Eleki & Tsugaru Rock 1966-1974 (Big Beat)

7. T.K. Ramamoorthy - Fabulous Notes & Beats of the Indian Carnatic Jazz (EM Records)

8. Jef Gilson - The Best of Jef Gilson (Jazzman)

9. Svenska Löd Ab! - Svenska Löd Ab! [aka Hörselmat] (Figaro Music & Media Group)

10. Sun Ra - The Eternal Myth Revealed, Vol. 1 (Transparency)

11. Psychedelic Pernambuco (Mr. Bongo)

12. Darondo - Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions (Omnivore)

13. AKA - Hard Beat (Strawberry Rain)

14. Stone Coal White - Stone Coal White (Cali-Tex)

15. Calexico - Road Atlas, 1998-2011 (Our Soil, Our Strength/Quarterstick)

16. Turkish Freakout 2: Psych Folk: 1970-78 (Bouzouki Joe)

17. L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti - L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti (Kindred Spirits)

18. The Hidden Tapes: A Compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World ‘79-‘85 (Minimal Wave)

19. Kourosh Yaghmaei – Back From The Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock From Iran, 1973-1979 (Now Again)

20. Jukebox Jam – Blues and Rhythm Revue (Jazzman)

21. Kelenkye Band - Moving World (Superfly)

22. This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 (Tompkins Square)

23. Paul Ngozi - The Ghetto (Shadoks)

24. Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia And Descarga Sound Of Colombia, 1962-72 (Soundway)

25. Tino Contreras - El Jazz Mexicano De Tino Contreras (Jazzman)

26. Rev. Charlie Jackson - You Got to Move: Live Recordings, Vol. 1 (50 Miles Of Elbow Room)

27. Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)

28. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey - The First Album, 1973 (Analog Africa)

29. Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited - Dream Queen (Superfly)

30. Michigan Meltdown: Post-Garage Pandemonium and Pre-Punk Fuzz Freaks From The Mitten State's Miliken Era (Coney Dog)

31. Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun (Light In The Attic)

32. The Outsiders - CQ Mythology (Pseudonym)

33. Ongaku 70: Vintage Psychedelia in Japan (Hiruko)

34. Ebo Taylor - Life Stories (Strut)

35. Super Funk's Mission Impossible: Hard To Find & Unreleased Funk Masters (BGP)

37. Lloyd McNeill Quartet - Washington Suite (Soul Jazz)

38. Googoosh - Googoosh (Finders Keepers)

39. Sorry Bamba - Volume One 1970-1979 (Thrill Jockey)

40. Ongaku 80: Alternative Waves From Japan (Hiruko)

41. Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs PLUS... (Rise Above Relics)

42. Les Goths - Rêve de Silence (Shadoks)

43. Peter Herbolzheimer – Soul Puppets: Unreleased Jazz Funk Library 1970-75 (Sonorama)

44. Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles (Rhino Handmade)

45. Orchestre Rail-Band De Bamako - Orchestre Rail-Band De Bamako (Mississippi)

46. Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy (Drag City)

47. Battle of Rat Fink Hill: Crude Unissued Pittsburgh Instrumentals, 1961-63 (Norton)

48. Marijata - This Is Marijata (Academy LPs)

49. Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics (nublu)

50. Soul Safari Presents Township Jive and Kwela Jazz, 1940-60 (Ubuntu Publishing)

51. Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa)

52. Mahmoud Ahmed – Jeguol Naw Betwa (Mississippi)

53. Jean-Claude Vannier - Electro Rapide (Finders Keepers)

54. John Fahey - The Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958-1965 (Dust To Digital)

55. Willie Wright - Telling The Truth (Numero Group)

56. These Trails - These Trails (Drag City)

57. Daphne Oram - The Oram Tapes: Volume One (Young Americans)

58. Vis-A-Vis - Obi Agye Me Dofo (Secret Stash)

59. Van Dyke Parks - Arrangements, Vol. 1 (Bananastan)

60. El Rego et Ses Commandos - El Rego (Daptone)

61. François de Roubaix - Courts Métrages (Wémè)

62. Gétatchèw Mèkurya – Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 5 (L'Arôme Productions)

63. K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas – K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Secret Stash)

64. Bollywood Bloodbath (Finders Keepers)

65. The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro, 1948-79 (Soundway)

66. ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical, Vol.4 (Vampi Soul)

67. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Amazing Grace (Sutro Park)

68. Ame Son - Primitive Expression (Wah Wah)

69. Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-83 (Comb & Razor Sound)

70. Erkin Koray - Meçhul: Singles & Rarities (Sublime Frequencies)

71. Opika Pende: Africa at 78 rpm (Dust To Digital)

72. Persian Funk (Secret Stash)

73. Nigeria 70 – Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos (Strut)

74. The Fame Studios Story, 1961-73 (Kent)

75. Hans Kennel & Bruno Spoerri - Dusty Vibes: Unreleased Swiss Radio Jazz 1963-67 (Sonorama)

76. Kool & Together - Original Recordings 1970-77 (Heavy Light)

77. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Orion 2000 (Omni)

78.Heikki Sarmanto Big Band – Everything Is It (Porter)

79. Junior Kimbrough - Do The Rump (Sutro Park)

80. Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story, 1971-1973 (Light In The Attic) 

81. "Blackman" Akeeb Kareem - Tomorrow (Hot Casa)

82. Raphaël - Stop, Look, Listen (Heavenly Sweetness)

83. Fred McDowell - The Alan Lomax Recordings (Mississippi)

84. Aqui Los Bravos! The Best of Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo 1967-77 (Soundway)

85. Nouvelle Vague: Musiques Et Chansons De Films (Universal)

86. John Berberian - Expressions East (Mainstream)

87. Rob - Funky Rob Way (Analog Africa)

88. Sohail Rana - Khyber Mail (Finders Keepers)

89. Frankie Zhivago Young - The Age Of Flying High (Superfly)

90. Jim Ford - Demolition Expert (Bear Family)

91. La Sonora Ponceña – A Band And Their Music (Fania)

92. Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orchestra - Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orchestra (Soundway)

93. Ali Farka Touré - Ni Foli: Music From A Cassettte (Social Music)

94. Blind Willie McTell - Trying To Get Home (Sutro Park)

95. George Danquah - Hot & Jumpy (Secret Stash)

96. Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 3 (Far Out)

97. RL Burnside & Sound Machine - Sound Machine Groove (Sutro Park)

98. The Contours - Dance With The Contours (Kent)

99. Janko Nilovic - Funky Tramway (Vadim)

100. Charles "Packy" Axton - Late Late Party, 1965-67 (Light In The Attic)

Honourable Mention

Ali Farka Touré - Manakoidé EP (World Circuit), Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra - Voodoo EP (Soundway), Theo Parrish - uget (Sound Signature), Sun Ra - Space Probe (Art Yard), The Louvin Brothers - Handpicked Songs 1955-1962 (Light In The Attic), Faith - Subject To Change plus First Demo (Dischord), Vesa-Matti Loiri - 4+20 (Porter), Freddy Cole - The Cole Nobody Knows (First Shot/Sonorama), Virgo Four - Resurrection (Rush Hour), Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords (Get On Down), Lijadu Sisters - Danger (Knitting Factory), Marion Brown - Geechee Recollections / Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse!), Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers (Get On Down), New World Generation - NWG (Now Again), MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday [Lunchbox Edition] (Metal Face), Satwa - Satwa (Mr. Bongo). Shattered Dreams: Funky Blues 1967-78 (Ace)