Oriki Music release that brings together some of his hardest to catch recordings from the mid-late 70's. Pure funkiness & afrobeat w/ laid back manding soul, afro fusion & African salsa.

Rumba double sider by the renowned Congo artists. Has a few clicks on intro to B side otherwise plays quite well w/very reasonable to hardly noticeable noise from marks, VG- to VG depending on parts.

Raw compas masterpiece out of Haiti, sleeve is in OG shrink with very minor wear, record plays greatly with few hardly audible marks.

Scarce highlife double sider by the gospel influenced highlife master from Ghana. Sleeve is G, split on all left & right seams, light dirt.Record plays VG+, great sound with thin marks.

Tanzanian rumba/pre benga double sider. Writings on labels. Record is VG-- w/ constant light noise from marks.

Soukous double sider by one of Congo's leading 70's bands. Some dirt on labels, record has reasonable to very light noise from numerous marks, crackier on first part then plays better, ranging from VG

Kenya soukous rarity sung in kikamba language and built in 3 parts, with the usual kick off on last part and a hypnotic part 2. Record is VG to VG++ w/ occasional to hardly noticeable noise from marks

Raw rumba double sider with rocky edge / guitar solos single only rarity by one of Congo's leading 60's bands. Some dirt & aging on cover, small writings on back, 2,5" split on top, 1" split on bottom

A rumba & a rumba with asoukous kick off as recorded by the legendary voice with the equally legendary orchestra. Writings on A side label, record has marks & quite reasonable to very light noise from

Mid-uptempo deep & hypnotic Kikuyu benga floor winner, B side has a down tempo benga which drops into an uptempo dancer on part 2. Dirt wear & peel off on labels. Record plays very solid VG- to VG+

Kikuyu benga double sider, B side has a kick off w/ guitar solo on the last minute. Water damage wear & peel off on labels. Record plays VG to VG++, light to hardly noticeable noise.

A hypnotic afro pop & a soukous / makossa influenced tune on this scarce private press by Gabon artist, sleeve has strong wear & aging, bites on spine, peel off writings & rubber stamp on cover &

Deep Senegalese meets manding psych folk masterpiece, sleeve has strong wear, bites along mouth, strong ringwear, dirt, shop stamp, small writings & beige water damage on back, record has constant

afrobeat track on this obscure label. Dirt wear & peel off on labels. Record plays constant strong noise from marks & opaque pressing default.

2 heavy female vocal jive tracks on this scarce Nigerian release. Record plays VG w/ constant light backing pressing noise & light occasional noise from light marks.

Shaky mid tempo soukous track by this lesser known Congo band. Dirt & minor wear on cover, plays nicely, sweet shape

Particularly worth for the Chucho Valdes tunes w/ scat, all tunes taken from 3 different & rare LP's released in the early 60's on Areito by the 3 bands included in this compilation. Sleeve has some

A bolero cha, a cha cha cha & many rumbas recorded in Congo between 1964 & 66. Sleeve some wear, price sticker on back, peel off on bottom seam, record has light noise from marks, very solid VG- to VG

A pachanga, a heavy cha cha cha & a bolero + a rumba on this super early Benin recording. Sleeve has minor wear, dirt on back, record has reasonable to very light noise from marks, weak to very solid

Pachanga dancer & a rumba as recorded by the legendary Congo band led by Doctor Nico. Strong dirt & aging on cover, shop stamp, tears & small bites on center hole, glue residue along bottom, 4" split

Hard soul, funky soul & bluesy soul masterpiece w/ backing by Billy Preston, Paul Humphrey, David T Walker, William Allen.... Split, bite, peel off & crackling along bottom, light warp, minor

All times classic live session by the master guitar player/sInger, strong wear on cover, large peel off, split on all top, 2,5" split on bottom, records has marks & reasonable to no noise depending on

Several dancefloor winner guarachas & excellent guajiras & sones on this classic LP, sleeve is in OG shrink and has dirt wear, large glue residue & light brown water damage on front, record plays w/

Latin jazz descarga, boogaloo, mambo & jala jala on this excellent LP by the Puerto Rican artist. Sleeve has minor wear, dirt on back, large writing on front, record has marks and plays w/ light to

A cha cha cha w/ that unmistakable Ghana accent and a wild guitar solo, solid highlife on A side, both taken from their hard to find 1963 10" LP. Wear, dirt, writings & sticker on labels, record plays

A sweet mellow cha cha cha with that very disctinctive Ghana accent which makes their interpretations of latin rhythms so singular. A side is a highlife. Scarce single, super rare on French press too

Conscious early funk all times dancefloor classic on nice 7" format ! Rockawaypressing. Clean w/ minor marks.

France only release by this obscure Cameroon artist, features a modern soul / boogie track. Sleeve has light dirt/aging, light brown water damage on back, warp along mouth, record in top shape.

A modern soul title tune, a mid tempo afro synth disco tune & a syncopated hypnotic afro synth tune on this scarce LP. Large pieces of paper stuck on cover, record plays VG- to VG+, quite noisy on

An afro synth disco / afro pop winner "voum voum" on this obscure LP. Dirt & aging wear on cover, ringwear, narrow bite & 3" split on bottom seam, writings on B side label, light constant noise