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Label:Editions Syliphone Conakry
Cat#: SLP 15

Media Condition: Media: Good Plus (G+) Can play without skipping. Significant scratches, surface noise, and groove wear.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Good Plus (G+)

Manding spaciness & trippy afro folk from Guinea on this scarce original first press of SLP15. Sleeve hasdirt & aging, some small peel off & mini tears along mouth, bumps on corners, record plays w/ constant reasonable noise from numerous marks, clicks for a minute 40 seconds in the middle of B3 Balla's "sara" (clip 3) from a deeper mark.

Label:Collection Radiodiffusion Outre-Mer
Cat#: none

Media Condition: Media: Good (G) Can play without skipping. Significant scratches, surface noise, and groove wear.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Good Plus (G+)

Scarce field recordings made in Bandiagara, Dogon peoples area, Mali, West Africa. 14 pages booklet with glossy pages & b & w pictures. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Large bite on bottom front of page 1, glue residue & writing on top front & inside booklet, 3" horizontal tear on bottom back.records have numerous marks & strong to very reasonable noise, crackier on edges but play better through sides

Label:RCAM
Cat#: 3302/N.83

Media Condition: Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good (VG)

One of their last lp's. Leading by Djelimady Tounkara & deep manding grooves on several tunes. Some dirt on cover, discolouration on top left front, rubber stamp & writings on labels. Extremely light noise to no noise from thin marks.

Label:Musique Mondiale
Cat#: MAD 002

Media Condition: Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Good Plus (G+)

Deep manding music masterpiece w/ acoustic guitar, balafon & female chorus backing by the legendary Guinean singer. Sleeve has aging & dirt, dark water damage stain along spine, record plays solid VG to VG++ w/ occasional light pressing noise but no serious mark at all and only some hardly audible dirt.

Label:AS Records, AS Records
Cat#: AS 011, AS. 011

Media Condition: Media: Good Plus (G+) Can play without skipping. Significant scratches, surface noise, and groove wear.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good (VG)

Her hardest one to find, and to me her best, as this one also includes bass, piano by either Cheick Tidiane Seck or Pierre Houon on the 10 minutes standout "Korodia". Deep ! Some wear & aging on cover, writings on labels. Record has marks & reasonable to hardly noticeable noise, VG- to VG depending on parts.

Label:BAM La Boîte à Musique
Cat#: BAM 1002/81

Media Condition: Media: Very Good (VG) Noticeable groove wear and light scratches. Surface noise will not overpower the music.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good (VG)

Discoish afro pop rarity by Ivory Coast singer w/ backing by Togolese group Les As du Benin, sleeve has some dirt wear & aging,ringwear, autographed on front, record plays w/ light (opaque pressing patch on A1, clip 1) to no noise, VG to VG++.

Label:Columbia
Cat#: ESRF 1545

Media Condition: Media: Very Good (VG) Noticeable groove wear and light scratches. Surface noise will not overpower the music.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good (VG)

Super scarce French pic sleeve EP of this always indemand US soul release. Sleeve has light aging & dirt, writings on back & labels, record has reasonable to very light noise from marks, crackier on B1 "land of a thousand boys", plays VG- to VG.

Label:Polydor
Cat#: POLP 230

Media Condition: Media: Very Good (VG) Noticeable groove wear and light scratches. Surface noise will not overpower the music.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good (VG)

2 dancehall tunes & socas on this Nigerian LP, some aging/dirt on cover, record has light noise from marks.

Label:Producciones Gema, Gema Records
Cat#: LPG-1133

Media Condition: Media: Near Mint (NM or M-) A nearly perfect record. The record should show no obvious signs of wear.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Danceflor guarachas & boleros on this classic release, still in OG shrink, unplayed, opened to double check condition, some dirt stocking wear on labels & back cover.

Label:CTI Records
Cat#: CTI 6035

Media Condition: Media: Near Mint (NM or M-) A nearly perfect record. The record should show no obvious signs of wear.
Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Breezy, gypsy & folksy jazz funk lp by the guitar virtuoso. Small writings inside gatefold