Electric guitar & sticks backing for this male vocal duet recording by the legendary Kenyan guitarist. Blank label test press.
Electric guitar backing on this double sider from Kenya w/ male vocal duet. Blank label test press. E- (a few minor marks)
Rumba double sider by the 50's Congolese lady singer with backing by the legendary Rock a Mambo & horn & guitar solos. Record has marks & constant light pressing noise & noise from marks.
Early Congolese rumba & chachacha on scarce 78 rpm on Esengo Columbia UK, record plays with light noise from pressing & few thin marks, very nice shape.
A cha cha cha Congolese style and a rumba as recorded by the legendary Conglese group for the equally legendary Esengo record label. Sleeve has light brown / pinkish water damage wear along mouth &
Hardly googleable Nigerian 78rpm w/ male spoken word and a short percussion part at the end of each track, too short to mention at end of A side, while B side's part is available on clip 3 below
Zulu male vocal jive w/ jazz swing influences as recorded by the famous South African doo wop group. Record is V++ to E w/ a few minor marks & visible dirt wear & light pressing noise
Swing jazz & doo wop influenced South African zulu vocal jive w/ banjo sung by male & female. Record is cracked on half radius, side Aplays quite well but B side has multiple clicks.
Cuban music on top as recorded by this Uruguay group, includes a guaracha mambo & a mambo mislabelled as beguine sung in english. Record is E, sounds great, only some very thin marks.
A bolero and a tango as released for the legendary HMV sublabel. Record is V- w/ light marks & dirt residues & constant reasonable surface noise.
An uptempo guaracha cover of a Noro Morales composition & a samba as recorded by the Paris based group. Sleeve has aging & dirt, small tears along mouth & edges, record has marks and light noise.
Son double sider including their all times hit "india inglesa". Record is cracked on half radius with numerous clicks.
Kenyan male vocal duet w/ guitar, sticks. White label hand written test press. Record in nice overall shape but a ruff / staurated sound on B side, few pressing bubbles & some dirt/stocking wear
Great calypso double sider by one the 40's & 50's lesser recorded artists. Record plays w/ strong noise from numerous marks & is completely opaque from pressing or overplaying.
Calypso double sider and Lord Kitchener's all times hit "Nora" on scarce original 1950's78 rpm shellac. Record has marks & constant reasonable noise.
Hardly googleable highlife & march recorded by the Gold Coast police band, from what is now Ghana. Likely recorded in the late 30's or early 40's. Peel off on A label. Record is V- w/ pressing noise &
An instrumental march & a blues sung in Fanti as recorded by this Police big band from former Gold Coast, today Ghana. Small writing on B side label, light wear on labels. Record has cosntant
Highlife double sider by one of Ghana's leading 50's-60's groups. Some wear & writings on labels. Record is cracked on half radius and has some surface marks, numerous clicks but no skip.
Highlife double sider winner by one of Ghana's leading 50's bands of the genre. Writings on A side label, sticker on B side label, sleeve has aging & dirt, creases, minor split on bottom. Record plays
Ghana Horn highlife double sider by one of the country's leading groups of the genre. Apparently the very first release on 78rpm of tunes later compiled on their "Happy highlife" 1960 10" LP. Sleeve
A cha cha cha & a rumba Congolese style on this scarce ungoogleable Esengo series release ESN 207. Sticker on B side label. Record has slightly audible thin marks, record has marks & light constant
Ghana highlife double sider winner rarity, B side appears on a scarce Philips highlife compilation. Sleeve has creases & some dirt, aging, dirt & wear & writings on labels, sticker on A side, record
Zambian folk music, mini holes on cover
Jazzy biguine double sider on top as recorded by the famous French Caribbean group. Minor noise from marks & pressing.
Classic Gwoka theme track recorded in the 50's & a jazzy biguine. Sleeve has aging & dirt, creases, bump & mini tears along mouth, mini tears on bottom, record plays w/ quite reasonable noise on edge