Ramito delivers raw Puerto Rican dancefloor tunes as he's backed by Chrolo's combo here, covering a repertoire including mainly plenas & bombas. Sleeve in shrink, light brown water damage, writings &
All times classic masterpiece gold label original first mono press. Sleeve has light aging, writings on cover, shop sticker on A label, record has numerous marks but still plays quite well in many
Ungoogleable Kenya dancefloor benga hybrid winner. Record is solid VG- to VG++ w/ light clicks on first 1/3 rd of A side (clip 1) from a mark otherwise plays greatly
Cover only, no vinyl. Sleeve has dirt & aging, peel off, ringwear
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
Cover only, no vinyl. Sleeve has wear & dirt, bump & small tear on mouth, small peel off on bottom front, light brown water damage on bottom
Nigerian trumpet highlife rarity. Sleeve has some aging & dirt, mini peel off on back, record plays solid VG- to VG, light to hardly noticeable noise from marks.
Northern Benin soukous / rumba double sider rarity, sleeve has aging & dirt, narrow bites on bottom spine & mouth, ringwear, beige stains, record has a few clicks on intro to A side otherwise only
Single only afro fusion recorded for the British African Tobacco company by the former Lusaka Radio band which later gave birth to Bilg Gold Six. Super scarce recordings with strong jazzy edge, guitar
An afro funk & a funky soukous highlife hybrid on this later recording by the French Cameroonian duet. Autographed on back, light wear. Record plays well despite light marks.
An afro disco soul tune & a tropical dancefloor tune on this French private release by Cameroon artist. Sleeve has minor wear, record plays very nicely despite light marks w/ only very occasionally
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
An african salsa tune and several soukous tracks all directed by Congolese guitarist Dizzy Mandjeku as recorded by the Benin group. Dirt wear & aging on cover, narrow bite on bottom mouth & seam, 2,5"
Northern Benin soukous double sider, ultra rare release, minor wear & dirt on labels, record has marks & noise, ruff pressing default hiss, solid G to solid VG- depending on parts.
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
Afro synth disco boogie double sider from Ivory Coast w/ former Bozambo musicians Jimmy Hyacinthe, Rato Venance on keyboards & Georges Ouedraogo on funky drums. Some warp on cover, light ringwear on
Scarce original of the Bollywood sountrack Sleeve is VG w/ light aging & dirt writing on back. Record plays strong VG/VG+ plays greatly despite light marks.
A down tempo afrofunk meets benga & a straight benga winner with kick off on part 2 on this Kenya release in top shape.
Deep & raw late 40's guarachas, guaguancos & boleros as recorded by the legendary tres player. All tracks originally released on 78 rpm. minor wear on cover, dirt wear, still in OG shrink, vinyl in
Very consistent Venezuelan salsa LP. Wear & strong ringwear on cover, transparent tape along top, 10" split on bottom, vinyl has marks & very reasonable to very light noise, solid VG- to VG.
Very consistent Venezuelan salsa LP. Wear on cover, peel off & large writings on cover & labels, 10" split on bottom, vinyl plays nicely most of the time despite marks, only light clicks on all B2 "el
Several salsa stormers here : "El invasor", "Voces del Africa", "Soroco". Some aging, sticker on front, rubber stamp & small writing on back. Record has marks & only very occasional light noise, solid
Hypnotic part 2 on one track on this scarce Ivory Coast soukous session maxi EP by former Mando Negro & Cepakos member recorded with Ringo Moya, Nyboma, Lokassa ya Mbongo, Julios Lukau and other
Live recording with small band by the Syrian oud master, tear & small hole on bottom mouth, bump on spine, overall reasonable wear on cover, record has reasonable to hardly noticeable noise but
Afrofunk on top on this mega rare release by the kings of Benin. Sleeve has aging & dirt wear, split on all spine, writings & rubber stamps on cover, writings on labels, record plays w/ constant
Guaracha, son, mambo & several plenas on this scarce 60's PR release. Glossy cover, doesn't have the compatible stereo text on back, so no doubt it's the original 50's isue. Vocals by Mon Rivera
Great compilation featuring material extracted from their BUUR & Musicafrique LP's, covering 1973-74 to 1978. "Jin ma jin ma", "Souleymane", the amazing JB's like funk knocker "Kelen ati leen"
Great compilation featuring material extracted from their BUUR & Musicafrique LP's, covering 1973-74 to 1978. "Jin ma jin ma", "Souleymane", the amazing JB's like funk knocker "Kelen ati leen"
Hard bop & cool jazz masterpiece w/ Horace Silver, Cliffor Brown, Lou Donaldson, etc. Sleeve has light beige water damage & mold wear along mouth, large faint yellow writings, writings on B label
3 latin tunes on this LP recorded by the Burkinabe singer in New York. Some wear & dirt on cover though still in shrink, small writings on back & labels, record plays greatly !
