Mandingo

The story

There are at least four projects called Mandigo. 1. Mandingo was the seventies exotica brain child of British orchestra leader Geoff Love (1917–1991). Having played in Easy Listening bands such as the poetically named Manuel And The Music Of The Mountains before, he decided to go into a totally different direction. With the help of producer Norman Newell (1919–2004), he gathered session musicians around him, got hold of talented song writers and unleashed a highly explosive mixture of African rhythms

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

Tap the heart on the board while a song plays and it lands here. Listeners who keep their listening private are counted, never named.

Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Jeff Bova
• Bill Laswell
• Foday Musa Suso

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Mandingo in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Mandingo in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Mandingo

• Preston Hudmansame scene: 11, US
• Goudronsame scene: 11, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Mandingo’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.