Global A Go-Go's three-week look at the best world music recordings of 2014; this week, the best compilations and reissues of the year
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Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Arawan | Tinariwen (Mali) | Amassakoul | Modern Classics | 2004 Musicawi Silt | Hailu Mergia & The Walias (Ethiopia) | Tche Belew | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1977 Lam Plearn Tua Yaang | Petch Asia Band (Thailand) | The Sound Of Siam, Volume 2: Molam & Luk Thung From North-East Thailand 1970-1982 | Soundway | 197x Cyclo | Yos Olarang (Cambodia) | The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cambodia | World Music Network | 1973
En Guantanamo | Aberlardo Barroso With Orquesta Sensacion (Cuba) | Cha Cha Cha | World Circuit | 1955 Yolanda | Los Bestiales (Colombia) | The Afrosound Of Colombia, Vol. 2 | Vampisoul | 1974 Take Me Back To Piaui | Juca Chaves (Brazil) | 25 Years Of Mr Bongo | Mr Bongo | 1970 Todo Negro | Los Salvajes (Spain) | Los Nuggetz: '60s Garage & Psych From Latin America | RockBeat | 1966
Seguiras Criticando | Bobby Valentin (USA) | El Mensajero | Andale | 1965 Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Papa Fue | Rumba Caliente (UK) | The Rough Guide To Latin Rare Groove | World Music Network | 2006
Negro Heart | Lord Cobra Y Los Pana Afros (Panama) | Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 | Soul Jazz | 1968 An Septieme | Les Difficiles De Petion-Ville (Haiti) | Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978 | Strut | 1972 Caboclinha Do Igapo | Mestre Cupijo E Seu Ritmo (Brazil) | Siria | Analog Africa | 1975
Deniz Ustu Kopurur | Edip Akbayram (Turkey) | Edip Akbayram | Pharaway Sounds | 1973 Draganin Cocek | Slavic Soul Party (USA) | Five Albums | self-released | 2012
Woulouni | Mangue Konde (Burkina Faso) | Voltaique Panoramique, Volume 1: Popular Music In Ouagadougou & Bobo-Dioulasso 1968-1978 | Kindred Spirits | 197x M'bouran-Moussou | Les Ambassadeurs (Mali) | Les Ambassaduers Du Motel De Bamako | Sterns | 1976 Amio | Bebe Manga (Cameroon) | Golden Afrique, Volume 1 | Network | 1980
Maintsokely | Oladad (Madagascar) | Feedback Madagascar | ARC | 2010 Shaka Bundu | Penny Penny (South Africa) | Shaka Bundu | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1994
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