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Pura Vida Presents: Beach Diggin' Volume 5 2LP

Since the Beach Diggin' compilation series launched a few years back, a number of its obscure, Balearic-minded selections have been given full length reissues of their own. We can probably expect a number of the tracks from this brilliant fifth volume to get the same treatment. As usual, the wide-ranging track list is thick with highlights, from the synth-heavy, French language reggae of Raphael Toine's 1986 bubbler "Femmes Pays Douces" (taken from the artist's frustratingly hard to find Ce Ta Ou album) and vibraphone-laden jazz-funk smoothness of Yasuko Agwa's sought-after "L.A Night", to the barely-known brilliance of Andre Maria Tole's Cameroonian gem "Sweet Dole". In other words, it's another essential selection.

NEW / Released in 2017

Tracklist:

A1 Yasuko Agawa– L.A. Nights

A2 Stephen Colebrooke– Stay Away From Music

A3 Tala André Marie– Sweet Dole

A4 Tyna Onwudiwe*– Lite Low

B1 Rebles*– Sweetest Taboo (Soca Version)

B2 Ricardo Marrero & The Group– And We'll Make Love

B3 Koko Ateba– Si T'es Mal Dans Ta Peau

B4 Sookie– Tonight

Featuring – Jeannine Otis

Featuring – Jeannine Otis

C1 Raphaël Toiné– Femmes Pays Douces

C2 Eboni Band– Desire

C3 Robert J. Riggins– I Need You Now

C4 Salero– Teardrops & Wine

D1 Momo Joseph– War For Ground

D2 Claude Genteuil– Dreams Of Love

D3 Gatot Soedarto*– Sayangilah Daku Kasih

D4 Synchro Rhythmic Eclectic Language– Pasto