Guajira Guantanamera / Guajira

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

This two-song 7-inch single (45 rpm) is a teaser for the upcoming double LP on Planet Ilunga, dedicated to the Congolese labels Cefa and Tcheza which were managed by the Congolese musician and record label pioneer Roger Izeidi. Both songs on this strictly limited 45 rpm teaser come from Congo-Brazzaville’s iconic band Bantou Jazz (later Bantous de le Capitale). ‘Guajira Guantanamera’ (originally on CEFA 510) is a wild guapacha-rhythm take on the Cuban evergreen and billed as folklore bantou on t