Radio Nova (or simply Nova) is a radio station broadcast from Paris, created in 1981 by Jean-François Bizot. Its playlist is characterized by non-mainstream or underground artists of various music genres, such as electro, new wave, reggae, jazz, hip hop and world music.
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1971
01. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady [03:05]
02. Hoyt Axton - The Pusher [05:21]
03. The Heptones - Freedom To The People [03:56]
04. Dashiell Hedayat - Chrysler Rose [06:14]
05. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [03:06]
06. Eddie Palmieri - La Libertad Logica [08:12]
07. Pierre Barouh - 80 A B [02:22]
08. Earth, Wind & Fire - Moment of Truth [03:00]
09. Soft Machine - Virtually Part 1 [05:17]
10. Star Band - Thiely [05:27]
11. Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine (Live @ Montreux) [04:55]
12. Don Ellis - Loss [08:24]
13. Herbie Hancock - Ostinato (Suite for Angela) [13:05]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1972
01. Joe Cocker - Woman To Woman [04:26]
02. Willie Colon - Che Che Cole [03:28]
03. The Meters - Do The Dirt [02:34]
04. Matching Mole - Instant Pussy [03:03]
05. Edgar Winter - Give It Everything You Got [04:30]
06. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Too Much Time [02:45]
07. Louie Ramirez - Ali Baba [04:13]
08. Bobby Womack - Communication [04:41]
09. Randy Newman - Sail Away [02:50]
10. Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman [02:45]
11. Gong - Fohat Digs Holes in Space [06:21]
12. Gato Barbieri - Brasil [10:01]
13. Frank Zappa - Waka / Jawaka [11:15]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1973
01. Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging [04:37]
02. Tom Ze - Angusta, Angelica e Consolacao [03:42]
03. Scotty - I Worry [02:50]
04. Mory Kante - Dugu Kamelemba [11:46]
05. Ray Barretto - El Diablo [05:20]
06. Tower of Power - What Is Hip? [05:04]
07. Soleyayamama & Waato Sita - Balingor [05:50]
08. Nicky Thomas - Danzella [01:59]
09. Crium Delirium - Ouverture Lutins [02:43]
10. Alice Cooper - Reflected [03:13]
11. Clarence Reid - Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart [02:58]
12. Mahmoud Ahmed - Ambassel [07:51]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1974
01. Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging [04:37]
02. Tom Ze - Angusta, Angelica e Consolacao [03:42]
03. Scotty - I Worry [02:50]
04. Mory Kante - Dugu Kamelemba [11:46]
05. Ray Barretto - El Diablo [05:20]
06. Tower of Power - What Is Hip? [05:04]
07. Soleyayamama & Waato Sita - Balingor [05:50]
08. Nicky Thomas - Danzella [01:59]
09. Crium Delirium - Ouverture Lutins [02:43]
10. Alice Cooper - Reflected [03:13]
11. Clarence Reid - Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart [02:58]
12. Mahmoud Ahmed - Ambassel [07:51]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1975
01. Kraftwerk - Radioactivity [06:42]
02. Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing [04:11]
03. Bobby Hutcherson - La Malanga [04:15]
04. Eugene McDaniels - Unspoken Dreams of Light [06:43]
05. Knowledge - Sentry [04:14]
06. Joao Bosco - Kid Cavaquinho [02:56]
07. Chocolate Milk - Action Speaks Louder Than Words [03:29]
08. African Virtuoses - N'fa [06:39]
09. Fantastic Four - Words [05:44]
10. Azuquita y su Orquesta - Guarijo Bacan [06:11]
11. Dave Robinson - Native Woman [02:55]
12. Nana Vasconcelos - Toshiro [04:09]
13. Alain Renaud - Uneasy Serenity [07:50]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1976
01. Monguito SantaMaria - Crying Time [02:47]
02. Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme [05:46]
03. Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone Too Long [02:19]
04. Scotty - Monkey Drop [02:52]
05. Willie Bobo - Funky Sneakers [03:42]
06. Roberto Roena - Que Se Sepa [03:14]
07. The Vibrettes - The Humpty Dump [02:38]
08. Albert Marcoeur - Le Jus d'Abricot [02:32]
09. Funkadelic - Undisco Kidd [06:34]
10. Tesfa-Maryam Kidane - Heywete [05:13]
11. Don Cherry - Universal Mother [06:42]
12. Weldon Irvine - Music Is The Key [07:35]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1977
01. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - (I Belong To The) Blank Generation [02:42]
02. Elkie Brooks - Mojo Hannah [02:56]
03. Merceditas Valdes - Mango Mangue [04:01]
04. Jon Lucien - Would You Believe in Me [02:30]
05. Orchestre Baobab - On Verra ca [06:05]
06. Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be With You [04:55]
07. Aksak Maboul - Saure Gurke (Aus 1 Urwald Gelockt) [02:10]
08. The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina [02:32]
09. Los Van Van - Dale Dos [03:43]
10. Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - Color Blind [03:24]
11. The Meditations - Senorita [03:40]
12. Isaac Hayes - Stranger in Paradise [10:04]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1978
01. Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me [03:59]
02. Tuxedomoon - New Machine [04:21]
03. Fela Kuti - Fefe Naa Efe [05:40]
04. Gefilte Joe & The Fish - Walk On The Kosher Side [03:32]
05. Allen Toussaint - Night People [04:16]
06. Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja [07:22]
07. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Oh Babe [04:50]
08. Banda Black Rio - Na Baixa Do Sapateiro [03:23]
09. Rosa Yemen - Herpes Simplex [02:02]
10. John Cooper Clarke - Post War Glamour Girl [03:29]
11. LA Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf [13:10]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1979
01. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire [05:11]
02. Niney The Observer - Blood & Fire [03:06]
03. Los Amigos - Lazara y Georgina [04:52]
04. The Slits - Newtown [03:42]
05. Blondie - The Hardest Part [03:40]
06. Hughes de Courson - La Coco des Enfants Sages [02:51]
07. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English [04:34]
08. Winston McAnuff feat. DJ Trinity - Unchained [06:25]
09. Irakere - Ilya [09:18]
10. Marie et les Garcons - Re Bop [02:40]
11. James White & The Blacks - Contort Yourself [03:04]
12. Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - Woman Is A Wonder [06:41]
La Boite Noire de Radio Nova 1980
01. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Walk Don't Run [03:01]
02. Suicide - Diamonds, Furcoat, Champagne [03:18]
03. Sonya Spence - Talk Love [04:20]
04. Soundforce - The Fin Du Monde [04:37]
05. Coati Mundi - Que Pasa / Me No Pop 1 [06:20]
06. Lydia Lunch - Lady Scarface [03:10]
07. Chic - Open Up [03:54]
08. Barney Wilen - Zombizar [07:17]
09. People In Control - When It's War [03:04]
10. Pablo Moses - A Song [04:25]
11. Aural Exciters - Spooks In Space (Disco Mix) [05:37]
12. Albert Marcoeur - Micheline [03:28]
