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Most of our CDs have been imported from Europe or Asia. They are not all shrink-wrapped, and I am not going to con you by wrapping them here just to make you think they have been sterilized in America. I guarantee that the CDs and the contents are all brand new and in perfect condition. Whenever I can, I use recycled shipping materials. They may not look as pretty on the outside, but they save money and keep the trash dumps a little bit emptier.
Thanks- Cliff, cdRoots

Bokoor Beats - various
$18.99
(cdRoots# st-bokoor)
Highlife, afrobeat, rock and blends of all that and more, recorded in Ghana's Bokoor Studio in the early 70s.

Riba Dempel - Popular Dance Music of Curaçao 1950-1954 - various
$17.99
(cdRoots# st-otb-03)
Curaçao classics from the golden age of the indigenous Papiamento recording industry in the 1950s that were originally released on 78 rpms on the Hoyco and Musika labels.

Flor di Amor - Serenada
$18.99
(cdRoots# st-otb-04)
The ten piece Grupo Serenada draws its repertoire from the history of African, European and regional Caribbean influences that have shaped Curacao's music, often resurrecting old songs from libraries and archives or by consulting old timers - making contemporary arrangements in their inimitable a cappella style or accompanied by acoustic string and percussion instruments. Serenada performs the classics of popular song in the Papiamento language.

El Rey del Currulao - Peregoyo y su combo Vacana
$18.99
(cdRoots# st-otb-05)
For the first time in more than thirty years, Peregoyo y su Combo Vacaná have returned to the international arena with a new recording and with the same musical force that made them famous. The new record is a testament to the musical prowess of this giant of Colombian rhythms with a seminal influence on the history of its music.

Bendishon Disfrasá - Oswin Chin Behilia
$18.99
(cdRoots# st-otb-01)
Recorded in local studios on the island of Curaçao, Bendishon disfrasá is the first international release of the classic songs of one of the finest singer-songwriters from the Dutch Caribbean. It includes lyrics in Papiamento with facing English translations.

Vintage Palmwine - Koo Nimo, T.O. Jazz, Kwaa Mensah
$17.99
(cdRoots# st-palmwine)
Contemporary proponents of Ghanaian palmwine highlife music perform all-acoustic gems recorded in the Bokoor Studios by John Collins