AFRICA

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.

Cha cha cha Congolese style double sider mega rare release as recorded by the Congo kings of rumba for the legendary Esengo label. Record has some marks & very reasonable noise, a chip on edge

Early highlife & calypso masterpiece by the Ghana trumpet king. Sleeve has some aging & dirt, small writings on back, peeling of the upper plastic sheet along mouth, record has light to hardly

Cover only, no vinyl. Sleeve has strong wear & dirt, glue residues along edges, writings on back, light brown water damage, 0,5 " tear on bottom mouth corner & 1,5" tear on bottom front, creases

Consistent early trumpet highlife and apparently the first of the Decca West African series 10" release, sleeve has aging & dirt, beige water damage & price sticker on back, light warp from stocking

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

Highlife double sider later compiled on his Donkey calypso LP. Writings & minor wear on labels. Light marks but a deep mark on half radius of A side causing cosntant light clicks.

Ghana highlife double sider rarity w/ trumpet & sax solos as recorded by the legendary group. Sleeve is G w/ strong aging & dirt, numerous small holes, split on 75% of an edge, several tears on center

Early 10" release by the Yoruba Juju bandleader. Tracklisting is "late oba gbadebo II" "late madam alatede aboderin" "ibukun maternity" "chief fatai are ago" "oluwa fona han mi" "bode atandare" "bowo

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Swinging uptempo horn highlife winner on A side & a down tempo deep highlife as recorded the Nigerian ibo artist, and later compiled on his 1961 Decca 10" LP Sleeve has creases, small writings

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

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

A rumba & a Congolese cha cha cha on this scarce original shellac by the legendary Congolese musicians. Dirt, small writings & wear on labels. Record is G to V- w/ constant reasonable noise from marks