Ethiopiques The Very Best of

• Tesfa Maryam Kidane – Heywete
• Mulatu Astatqe – Yekermo Sew
• Mulatu Astatqe – Yekatit
• Mulatu Astatqe – Gubelye
• Mahmoud Ahmed – Ere Mele Mele
• Wallias Band – Muziqawi Silt
• Ayalew Mesfin & Black Lion Band – Gedawo
• Girma Beyene – Set Alamenem
• Muluqen Mellesse & Dahlak Band – Bene Mote
• Tlahoun Gessesse – Kulun Mankalesh
• Mahmoud Ahmed – Fetsum Denq Ledj Nesh

• 1. Tesfa Maryam Kidane – Heywete
• 2. Mulatu Astatqe – Yekermo Sew
• 3. Mulatu Astatqe – Yekatit
• 4. Girma Beyene – Enken Yelelebesh
• 5. Bahta Gebre Heywet – Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh
• 6. Mulatu Astatqe – Gubelye
• 7. Mahmoud Ahmed – Ere Mele Mele
• 8. Mahmoud Ahmed – Metcha New
• 9. Alemayeha Eshete – Tchero Adari Negn
• 10. Alemayeha Eshete – Telentena Zare
• 11. Wallias Band – Muziqawi Silt
• 12. Ayalew Mesfin & Black Lion Band – Gedawo
• 13. Tlahoun Gessesse – Tchuheten Betsemu
• 14. Menelik Wesnatcher – Tezeta
• 15. Tsegue Maryam Guebrou – Mother's Love
• 16. Tlahoun Gessesse – Sema
• 17. Tewelde Redda – Milenu
• 18. Beyene Habte – Embi Lla
• 19. Mulatu Astaqe – Tezeta
• 20. Girma Beyene – Set Alamenem
• 21. Muluqen Mellesse & Dahlak Band – Bene Mote
• 22. Getatchew Mekurya – Antichi Hoye
• 23. Tlahoun Gessesse – Kulun Mankalesh
• 24. Getatchew Mekurya – Shellela
• 25. Seyfu Yohannes – Mela Mela
• 26. Mahmoud Ahmed – Atawurulegn Lele
• 27. Mahmoud Ahmed – Fetsum Denq Ledj Nesh
• 28. Alemu Aga – Abatatchen Hoy

The Ethiopiques reissue series is excellent and we recommend you buy them all - but if your budget doesn't stretch to 21 CDs and counting then this is the album for you! A SUPERB double disc set showcasing the very best tracks from across the entire Ethiopiques series - this is an essential introduction to a world of amazing music! Collects the cream of late sixties and early seventies Ethiopian jazz, funk, and traditional blues - recorded in the dying years of Emperor Haile Sellaisse I among the first stirrings of a brutal military dictatorship: Ethiopian music would never sound the same again. Super-deep African rootsy jazz and funk with a middle-eastern vibe - we really can't recommend this incredible music enough! Check it out!