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AMAZON.CO.UK FOLK/ROOTS/WORLD 30

Amazon UK were unable to supply a Top 30 sales chart this month.

25 YEARS AGO

June 1988 chart compiled by Folk Roots from a national survey of record dealers.
  1. THE POGUES If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Pogue Mahone)
  2. VARIOUS ARTISTS Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares 2 (4AD)
  3. NANCI GRIFFITH Little Love Affairs (MCA)
  4. DAVY SPILLANE Atlantic Bridge (Cooking Vinyl)
  5. WOODY GUTHRIE The Columbia River Collection (Topic)
  6. ALI FARKA TOURÉ Ali Farka Touré (World Circuit)
  7. RUN RIG The Cutter And The Clan (Ridge)
  8. MIRIAM MAKEBA Sangoma (Warner Bros)
  9. LYLE LOVETT Pontiac (MCA)
  10. SALIF KEITA Soro (Stern’s)
  11. GREGSON & COLLISTER Mischief (Special Delivery)
  12. SILEAS Beating Harps (Green Linnet)
  13. CLANNAD Sirius (RCA)
  14. OFRA HAZA Yemenite Songs (GlobeStyle)
  15. VARIOUS ARTISTS Tap Roots (Folk Roots)
  16. DONAL LUNNY Donal Lunny (Gael Linn)
  17. S.E. ROGIE Palm Wine Guitar Music (Cooking Vinyl)
  18. 10,000 MANIACS In My Tribe (Elektra)
  19. THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG Waiting For Bonaparte (Magnet)
  20. STELLA CHIWESHE Ambuya? (GlobeStyle)

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WORLD MUSIC EUROPEAN AIRPLAY 20

April’s most played world music albums, compiled from returns from radio DJs all over Europe World Music Charts Europe
  1. RACHID TAHA Zoom (Naive)
  2. BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA Jama Ko (Out Here)
  3. ROKIA TRAORE Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch)
  4. BOMBINO Nomad (Nonesuch)
  5. FANFARE TIRANA meet TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND Kabatronics (World Village)
  6. MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS Artemis (Manivette)
  7. SAMBA TOURÉ Albala (Glitterbeat)
  8. DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA & FRIENDS Beyond The Ragasphere (Riverboat)
  9. FEMI KUTI No Place For My Dream (Wrasse)
  10. CESARIA EVORA Mae Carinhosa (Lusafrica)
  11. NYNKE Alter (Crammed)
  12. JOE DRISCOLL & SEKOU KOUYATE Faya (Localization)
  13. PIIRPAUKE Ilo (Rockadillo)
  14. BOMBA ESTEREO Elegancia Tropical (Polen)
  15. FAMILY ATLANTICA Family Atlantica (Soundway)
  16. SAAGA ENSEMBLE Polku (Sibelius Academy)
  17. WALLY WARNING Mama Nature (Cunucu)
  18. DIEUF-DIEUF DE THIES Aw Sa Yone Vol.1 (Teranga Beat)
  19. MONSIEUR PERINE Hecho A Nano (Flowfish)
  20. SALIF KEITA Talé (Universal)
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RED LICK BLUES, R&B & COUNTRY 10

April’s best-sellers at Red Lick Records: P.O. Box 55, Cardiff CF11 1JT.
  1. GUY DAVIS Juba Dance (Dixie Frog)
  2. VARIOUS ARTISTS Double Trouble: Cobra Records Story 1956 – 1959 (One Day)
  3. ROBBEN FORD Bringing It Back Home (Provogue)
  4. JAMES HUNTER SIX Minute By Minute (Go)
  5. EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon (Nonesuch)
  6. GARY CLARK JR. Blak And Blu (Warners)
  7. JOE BONAMASSA An Acoustic Evening… (Provogue)
  8. CHARLIE PARR Barnswallow (Tin Angel)
  9. JIMMY McCRACKLIN Blues Blasters Boogie (JSP)
  10. WILLIE BUCK Cell Phone Man (Delmark)

Each issue of fRoots carries a wider list of charts from dealers and radio DJs.

 

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