Various Artists - Some Skin: A Modern Harmonic Bongo & Percussion Party (2023) [Hi-Res]

Bongo Bongo Bongo!

The mere uttering of the word conjures up dreams and images of parties, beaches, tropical vacations, beatniks and poets, goatees and cha-cha heels, drinking espresso in coffee shops, and of the freedom of the road while getting your kicks on Route 66.

Fuzzy dice, bongos in the back. Bongo Rock! Bongo Fury! Bongo Madness! Beat on a pair of bongos and watch the party begin!

SOME SKIN is designed to get that party started. Just throw the platter on the Hi-Fi and let it spin. We’ve put together a group of rare selections, the majority of which are previously unreleased and come from quite possibly the most diverse group of individuals to ever metaphorically step foot onto a bongo comp. Dig?

We just hope the players on these recordings had some skin left on their palms after their beat bashing cooled down. And that you’re not all tuckered out from those frug and boogaloo workouts. If not, just press play and start it all over again. Pretty soon the ghost of Maynard G. Krebs may appear in a bongo fever dream on your dancefloor. Or at your Beach Blanket Bongo party. Do all 16 dances! Just keep on dancin’ and a-prancin!’

- Brother Cleve (mixologist, Sunralogist, keyboardist for Combustible Edison)

Tracklist:
1.01 - Jack Costanzo - Inspector Bongo (3:51)
1.02 - Tak-Shindo - Wild Percussion (2:08)
1.03 - Rene Hall - Singing Bongos (2:12)
1.04 - Jill Kroesen - Where's Tim Schellenbaum's Violin (4:16)
1.05 - Herb Schoenbohm's Quintet Ipanema - Cinco Sin Titulo (4:03)
1.06 - Jack Costanzo - Escuadron de Policia (2:12)
1.07 - Herb Schoenbohm's Quintet Ipanema - Why Don't You Go To Hell! (Quero Que Va Tudo Pro Inferno) (3:20)
1.08 - Jack Costanzo - Cigarillo (1:57)
1.09 - Nicholas Carras - Bongo Birthday Surprise (1:42)
1.10 - Rene Hall - Trinidad Blues (2:47)
1.11 - Jill Kroesen - Where's Tim's Guitar (4:14)
1.12 - Jack Costanzo - Boyle Heights (2:50)
1.13 - Sun Ra Arkestra - The Idea Of The Greater Age (4:09)
1.14 - Nicholas Carras - Jungle Duck (5:09)
1.15 - Herb Schoenbohm's Quintet Ipanema - My Sadness (3:42)
1.16 - Herb Schoenbohm's Quintet Ipanema - Sunny (3:31)
1.17 - Nicholas Carras - Bongo Aftermath (0:52)