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Artist:	ASTATKE & HIS ETHIOPIAN QUINTET, MULATU
Title:	Afro-Latin Soul
Label:	WORTHY
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	WORTHY 1014HLP

Restocked; 180 gram vinyl. "This 1966 LP by Astatke (billed to Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet) isn't shaded by nearly as much African/Ethiopian influence as his later work, which was recorded between the late '60s and mid-'70s. As the title might lead you to believe, it is indeed more in the Latin soul-jazz bag than the later material, sometimes leaning toward the R&B-informed boogaloo sound of the mid-'60s. On his own compositions and arrangements (which comprise about half the LP), sometimes more exotic and African colors bubble closer to the surface, as on the eerie vibe parts he lays on 'Mascaram Setaba.'" -- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide.

Artist:	MULATU OF ETHIOPIA
Title:	Mulatu of Ethiopia
Label:	WORTHY
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	WORTHY 1020HLP

Restocked; 180 gram vinyl. "Mulatu Astatqé (also sometimes spelled Mulatu Astatke, as he is on the liner notes to this release) might be most known to international audiences through his tracks on the excellent Ethiopiques CD anthology series of Ethiopian music. Long before those tracks were compiled for that series, however, he had an American release with this 1972 instrumental album, on which he's billed as 'Mulatu of Ethiopia.' Like much of the best of the circa-early-'70s contemporary Ethiopian music on Ethiopiques, it's a fine, at times captivating blend of late-'60s American soul and jazz with Ethiopian music, resulting in something not quite comparable to anything else." -- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide.

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