AFRICA
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.
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
Zimbabwe instrumental sax jive double sider. Sleeve has large tears, bite on bottom towards center hole, 3" split on one edge, 1" split on bottom, bite on edge of record reaching the first 6 grooves
South African jazz instrumentals rarity, sleeve hasaging & dirt, tears on mouth& bottom, 1" split on bottom & left seam + small bites, record has a bite, missing part on edge reaching the 5th groove
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.
Zambian folk music, small tears on mouth, creases, record plays quite well with only a few clicks from marks.
Zambian folk music, bite on edge but it didn't reach the grooves, surface marks & opaque pressing colouration, plays with light noise.
Zimbabwean folk music w/ choir & male soloist singer. Strong pressing noise, and chip on edge to A side which doesn't reach the recorded groove though.
Instrumental sax jive double sider out of Zimbabwe. Record has greyish pressing stains & some storage marks, light noise from both marks & pressing, V- to V.
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
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 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
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
Zambian folk music, mini holes on cover
Male vocal leader w/ guitar & male vocal group backing from Zambia. Record has some surface marks + a few marks which cause occasional clicks but still plays really well.
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
Male vocal duet w/ electric guitar & bass & shakers backing from Kenya. Blank label test press. V+ ( a few thin marks, minor greyish pressing colouration)
Male vocal duet w/ electric guitar, sticks & shakers from Kenya. Blank label test press. V+ (some tihn hairlines & greyish pressing wear).
Electric guitar & sticks backing for this male vocal duet recording by the legendary Kenyan guitarist. Blank label test press.
Electric guitar backing on this double sider from Kenya w/ male vocal duet. Blank label test press. E- (a few minor marks)
Rumba meets twist on this Kenyan guitar music double sider w/ male vocal duet. Blank label test press. Labels rare yellowish from humidity damage. Minor occasional noise from a few pressing bubbles.
Congolese inspired rumba tune & an electric guitar track w/ twist reminiscence, possibly from Uganda. Blank label test press. V+ (inor wear & a few pressing bubbles, plays greatly)
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)
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
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
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
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