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
Palm wine music from Liberia sung in Kroo langugage by a large male group w/ acoustic guitar & percusssions & whistle or flute. Dirt on labels. Record has marks & pressing noise, still a very decent
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
Swinging uptempo horn highlife winner on A side & a down tempo deep highlife as recorded the Nigerian ibo artist, and alter compiled on his 1961 Decca 10" LP Sleeve has creases, small white stains on
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 &
Ghanaian trumpet highlife 1950's rarity on the scarce collectible France label. Sleeve is V w/ aging & dirt, writings, minor tears on mouth. Record is G+ w/ constant strong noise from marks &
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.
Pre independence Highlife double sider 78 rpm only rarity recorded in the early 50's by the Ghana trumpet legend and his group. Writings & some light dirt on labels, record has constant reasonable
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
Zambian folk music, bite on edge but it didn't reach the grooves, surface marks & opaque pressing colouration, plays with light noise.
Leo Feather challenges jazz amateurs with this blindfold test recording of Be Bop winners out of the West Coast. 70's reissue of 50's release. Aging & dirt on cover, glue residue on front, very
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.
Consistent early trumpet highlife rarity, sleeve has very strong aging & dirt, bites on spine & bottom, paper stuck on front, 5" split on bottom seam, split on all spine,peel off on front, light brown
Consistent early trumpet highlife rarity, sleeve has aging & dirt, light brown water damage wear Oon back, writings on back & labels, fading of the colour & dirt on labels. Record plays w/ constant
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.
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
Jazzy biguine double sider on top as recorded by the famous French Caribbean group. Minor noise from marks & pressing.
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.
Check the sones & guarachas on this scarce original press by the legendary Paris based Cuban singer, sleeve has strong dirt, aging & creases, writings & ringwear on back, multiple thin scratches on
Ungoogleable highlife tracks recorded by Nigerian artist and sung in Efik language. Sleeve is F has dirt, creases, small writings, bite on one of the bottom seam corners, dark brown water damage stain
Electric guitar & sticks backing for this male vocal duet recording by the legendary Kenyan guitarist. Blank label test press.
Check the great descarga Oy mi guaguanco, the guaracha El cajon and other latin tunes on the Paris based Cuban singer's rarest 10 inches. Sleeve has aging & dirt, creases, air bubbles underneath upper
Ultra rare Ghana trumpet highlife sung in fanti language. Likely from the 1950's on scarce JZ series. Promo copy. Record is V- w/ pressing noise & marks, still quite an enjoyable copy
Ungoogleable Benin brass band instrumental double sider w/ large horn section & heavy percussion work. Definitely unusual as I haven't heard any brass band recorded out of Benin before. Numerous marks
Male vocal soloist with male vocal group backing & percussions likely from former Dahomey / today's Benin and recorded in the 1930's or early 40's. Light dirt on labels. Record in clean shape with
A bolero and a tango as released for the legendary HMV sublabel. Record is V- w/ light marks & dirt residues & constant reasonable surface noise.
More electric guitar music w/ percussions & male vocal duet out of Kenya in top shape. Blank label test press.
Male vocal duet w/ electric guitar & sticks from Kenya. Blank label test press, w/light dirt, dirt residues on record but in top shape
Indian national anthem recorded twice on each side, one instrumental, one vocal. Minor wear on labels. Record is V+ w/ light marks & some opaque pressing stains a light backing pressing noise.