ARAB / ASIA - AFRICA
2 solid mid tempo soukous floor fillers w/ electric guitar solos on this LP recorded in Kinshasa by former African fiesta Angolan singer. Sleeve has aging, dirt, peeling of the upper palstic sheet
Deep highlife hybrid & soukous on this super rare release by one Benin's leading groups. Record plays VG- to VG, light noise from marks
Consistent single only soukous mid tempo winner by one of Congo's leading orchestras. Writings on cover & labels, bites on mouth & seam, dirt & aging, record has constant reasonable to light noise
Dancefloor soukous masterpiece w/ tropical dancefloor winners & a hypnotic killer, definitely rarer than the other titles on the same label, sleeve has aging & dirt, ringwear, peel off on front, split
A tropical dancefloor mid tempo soukous tune & afro synth on top on this mega rare release by the Ivory Coast drummer. Autographed by the artist on back. Minor wear on cover, some ringwear, dirt
Much under rated deep manding griot music masterpiece led by this outstanding cora player. Super rare original AS records first issue, some dirt & light aging on cover. Plays quite nicely with light
Record is missing. Cover only w/ some dirt & aging, small scratches
8 tracks compilation (contrarily to the 4 tracks LP version) featuring material taken from their Sacodis "Affair social"' LP + 2 tunes taken from their impossible to find Disco Stock releases,
Consistent tropical dancefloor makossa meets soukous winner rarity. Minor wear on cover. Slightly noisy from pressing and only thin marks.
Cover only, no vinyl. Sleeve has writings & tape & glue residues along edges on back
Check the super deep tshiluba folklore w/ long flute solo on side A. B side is a straighter rumba, w/ guitar virtuoso soloing.Scarce OG French press of one of my favorite African fiesta/Docteur Nico
Check the deep hypnotic part 2 on side B's folklore based track on this rare single by the Congolese guitar god. Sleeve has aging & dirt, small peel off, 4" split on bottom, shop stamp on back. Record
Consistent soukous LP recorded in Nigeria by a group that includes several Beninese musicians. Very minor wear on cover. Very reasonable to hardly any noise from light marks, solid VG- to VG/VG+.
Benin folk music out of Cove region by male vocal group, w/ male vocal leader, sticks & bells, and a super scarce title in the country's discography, strong dirt & multiple peel off on cover, record
Ghana highlife double sider on this deep Gyasi release with US soul influenced arrangements reminding early Orlando Julius stuff. A side is single only while B was also released on his "highlife boss"
Deep consistent Ghanaian highlife piece by one of the country's leading figures. Sleeve has aging & dirt wear, creases, rubber stamps on cover & labels, record has sligtly noticeable noise though it's
Highlife from Ghana recorded by one of its major bandleaders. Sleeve has minor wear, writings on back, very light to hardly audible cloudy pressing noise but record in nice shape.
Single only mega rare rumba double sider by the Congo guitar legend, sleeve has serious bite along mouth, dirt & aging, writings on back & labels, record has reasonable to very light noise, weak VG-
Late highlife release by the Nigerian 50's-60's icon. Sleeve has some aging & warp, large writings. Record plays with extremely light to hardly any noise, solid VG to VG++.
Highlife on top on this single only release by one of Ghana's leading 60's/70's groups. Wear & peel off & glue residues & small bite on cover. Writings on cover & labels. Record is VG- to VG w/ light
Major highlife lp by one of the true masters of the genre. Sleeve has aging/dirt, writings on cover & labels, light brown water damage wear on top mouth corner, record has marks & very reasonable to
Highlife & highlife soukous track, sleeve has some aging, small peel off, record has light to hardly audible noise, very solid VG- to VG+
Record is missing, cover only is VG- to VG w/ minor dirt & aging but light brown water damage along bottom
2 standout tunes for me ar the trippy folk tracks on this progressive folk work by the famous Angolan duo otherwise includes some weak merengues & other afro pop attempts. Sleeve has minor agin/idrt
Check the discoish makossa winner on this release by the Cameroon artist. Light wear on cover, light creases, shop sticker on bottom front, record has marks & light to hardly noticeable noise
Cameroon 80's afro pop synth makossa w/ dancefloor potential on 2 tracks, check part 2 of title tune on clip 2. Sleeve has aging & dirt, peel off & 2" split on bottom, record plays well w/ light
Raw early 70's rumba release sung in Lingala, possibly Kenya only as I couldn't track this down on google. Writings & sticker on labels. Record plays VG to VG+ w/ minor occasional noise from light
Gatefold press. Light wear, beige water damage & rubber stamps inside gatefold.
Guinean Manding music at its best, "Akukuwe" has long horn and guitar solos, raw vocals. Sleeve has minor wear, writings on labels. Record plays w/ light to hardly noticeable noise from surface marks
Uganda guitar & voice double sider rarity, one side has male / female vocal group backing. Top shape w/ very minor occasional noise !