AFRICA
More electric guitar music w/ percussions & male vocal duet out of Kenya in top shape. Blank label test press.
electric guitar music out of Kenya w/ male vocal duet as released by one of the country's leading 60's artists. Blank label test press.
Male vocal duet w/ guitar & percussion backing from Kenya. Blank label test press. E - (minor light greyish presssing colouration & thin hairlines)
Soukous & a Cuban style mellow acoustic guitar son attitle tune on this mega rare Benin only LP by the Congolese superstar. Some wear on cover, narrow bite on mouth, writings on labels, record plays
Sweet afrolatin track that reminds Amara Toure's best recordings + hypnotic afro pop & an afropop dancer on this scarce and indemand later release by the Ivory Coast veteran. Sleeve has aging, dirt
Ultra rare early recordings by this much lesser known Ghana trumpet highlife band active in the 50's and early 60's. later compiled on their impossible to find 10" LP. Sleeve has strong dirt & aging
Ultra rare early recordings by this much lesser known Ghana trumpet highlife band active in the 50's and early 60's. later compiled on their impossible to find 10" LP. Sleeve shas strong dirt & aging
Tropical dancefloor soukous winner on this scarce Gabon release. Shop stamp on B side label. Plays with light to hardly noticeable noise from marks, very solid VG- to VG+ depending on parts.
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
The rarer volume of the 2 lp's set recorded to comemorate '77 Festac, a soukous & a hypnotic afro tune, both one side long, sleeve has aging, dirt, small peel off, writings on cover & label, record
Ultra rare single only rumba soukous double sider by Congo's legends, including a tune advertising a furniture store, blue translucent vinyl pressing, writings on labels, record has constant
Without a doubt one of the Kings of Benin best highlife tracks recorded on B side, A side is a biguine tune that drops into a soukous beat as recorded on this much scarcer single only release
Early soukous double sider rarity by one of Congo's sought after bands. Sleeve has light wear & dirt, shop stamp & mini writings on back, creases, plays with light to hardly noticeable noise.
Consistent later highlife synth LP by the Ghanaian legends. Sleeve has serious wear, large peel off & moisture reisudes on cover labels, bite on bottom mouth, record plays well w/ light occasional
Dancefloor soukous on top as recorded by the legendary Congolese group, some wear on cover, large writings on front, small ones on back & labels. Record plays very nicely !
Ultra rare deep Nigerian highlife double sider recorded by one of the country's leading 50's-60's artists, never shows up, apparently never sold neither on discogs nor ebay. Generic badejo's sleeve
Eevery one of th 6 tunes is a tropical dancefloor soukous winner on this lp recorded in Paris by Congolese groovers & arranged by Shaba Kahamba. Finally a grower among the tropical heads ! Some aging
Single only Congo rumba & South African inspired doo wop as recorded by this Congolese group for Nigeria's 1973 All Africa games. Top shape !
Check the deep haunty carnivalesque san jom tune and the acoustic guitar funana, mornas and coladeiras on this scarce and much overlooked Cape Verde release. Sleeve has wear, peeling of the upper
Dub roots reggae, hypnotic afro & funky cadence tracks on this scarce release by the Ivory Coast artist, Sleeve has aging & dirt, warp & creases, beige stains on back, record has light to hardly
Nigerian juju double sider by one of the country's sought after artists, later compiled on his 10" Philips album. Sleeve has some aging & dirt, light creases, small tear and bite on center hole, shop
Check the folksy afro soul & funky afro pop dancefloor winners on this scarce LP produced in Togo, fender rhodes by Ernest Honny, also features Kabongo Wetu on trumpet. Minor wear on cover but large
Raw & messy afro psychedelic Ivory Coast modern music rarity, a first timer at diasporarecords, sleeve has glue residues along edges, narrow bites along mouth, 9" split on spine, writings on back &
A dancefloor soukous, a syncopated afro pop & an early digital roots reggae tune on this mega rare Benin releas, light noise on record though still plays pretty well most of the time, solid VG- to VG+
Ungoogleable deep Nigerian juju rarity by this obscure Yoruba speaking artist. Sleeve is VG w/ dirt & wear, light creases, writings on back & labels. Record is weak to solid VG- w/ numerous marks and
Abidjan soukous session by the Congolese superstars, sleeve has dirt wear & aging, ringwear, bump & 2 small tears on mouth, small tear on bottom, light creas, record has opaque pressing hiss on most A
Super heavy & uptempo dancefloor soukous masterpiece produced/recorded in the US w/ strings arranged by Fred Wesley (yes, from the JB's !), sleeve has light wear & dirt, still in OG shrink though
Solid mid tempo tropical dancefloor soukous LP feat. the dancefloor filler title tune Fatou camara, w/ backing by Lokassa Ya M'bongo, Manana Antoine, Ringo Moya, some dirt & aging on cover, light
Highlife & juju double album recorded in Togo by Ghanaians with 4 one side long tracks and parts 2 with a kick off, sleeve has dirt & aging, shop stamp inside gatefold & on back, price sticker on back