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Recorded in Japan, Afro Blue features collaborations with Cecil & Ron Bridgewater, Motohiko Hino and producer Takao Ishizuka. The album also includes Bridgewater’s versions of The Stylistics’ ‘People Make The World Go Round’ and Mongo Santamaria’s ‘Afro Blue’. Originally released via Japanese label Trio Records in 1984, Mr Bongo’s reissue of Afro Blue marks the album’s first international vinyl release. – Vinyl Factory