2026 Charity Shop Purchases #14 - Various Artists -Music From The Chocolate Lands
Mrs CC is going through a decluttering phase at the moment. This involves me handing in bags of stuff to various charity shops. On one such visit I noticed the above CD in Barnardos on Victoria Road but did not pick it up. I returned a couple of days later with another load and pulled the trigger.
I was a wee bit apprehensive as to the title and a bit concerned that it may be bland and one -dimensional like my Music of the Twana People here
I needn't have worried as the music is varied, covers a good few countries and by and large is pretty good.
From 2004 it is on the Putumayo World Music label which travels the world in search of exceptional songs from Congo to Cuba, Rome to Rio,New Orleans to Nova Scotia.
Today's offerings are from in order Haiti, Hawaii and Peru.
Well worth 50p of anyone's money as opposed to the £52.99 that some chancer os looking for on E-Bay. The median price on Discogs is £3.45
The music is decent but it is a slightly desperate attempt at a unifying theme. What next - countries with vowels in their name?
ReplyDeleteIt's all perfectly pleasant but unexciting, like the stuff played at Bus Stop Cafe in town
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