AFRICAN MUSIC: 2 RARE OLD 7” AFRICAN MUSIC & DANCE RECORDS ~ RARE & FASCINATING!

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AFRICAN MUSIC: 2 RARE OLD 7” AFRICAN MUSIC & DANCE RECORDS ~ RARE & COOL!
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‘MUSIC OF AFRICA’ #12
~ ‘AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD MINES’
LABEL: GALLOTONE (GALLO) XEP 7013
FORMAT: 7” VINYL 45rpm EP
GENRE/STYLE: AFRICAN, WORLD, FOLK, TRIBAL
COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA
TRACKLIST FOR THIS EP:
–Tswa Tribe
Inzumba
–Pedi Tribe
Muchongolo
–Shangaan Tribe
Mutshongolo
–Swati Tribe
Mlembe Special
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‘HEARTBEAT OF AFRICA SERIES’ ~ ‘THIS IS EAST AFRICA’
LABEL: SAPRA STUDIO ~ NAIROBI
FORMAT: VINYL 7” 45rpm
GENRE/STYLE: FIELD RECORDINGS, TRIBAL, AFRICAN, WORLD
COUNTRY: NAIROBI KENYA
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GRADING OF BOTH RECORDS:
EX- to EX. Very Clean vinyl and very clean labels. Beautiful clean copies.
GRADING OF BOTH CARDBOARD SLEEVES: Excellent. CLEAN, BRIGHT, sharp corners, no writing or damage. Fantastic clean copies.
DATE: UNKNOWN ~ PRESUMABLY MID 60s
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This week on Ebay we are offering up these 2 very interesting early 45s of Original African sounds, dances and music.
These are both original African releases on local African labels. Quite rare and fascinating records. They feature African drums, songs, traditional instruments and more. The ‘Gold Mines’ disc contains traditional music and dances from 4 different tribes. The East Africa record features music and sounds of Kenya and Nairobi. Interesting, timeless, spiritual, traditional African music. Very cool.
Not sure of the age of these. One mentions that the music has become popular since 1956, but I suspect these are from the mid 1960s, based on the jacket style and the look of the records themselves.
These were found in the collection of a recently deceased local vinyl collector here in Baltimore, who, among other things, travelled throughout Africa doing missionary work. He had many stacks of loose 45s and 78s, but these were in his protected 45 carrying cases of his ‘favorite’ records. Must have been special to him.
They are a fascinating listen and are in excellent condition for being so old and travelling across the globe.
I’ve collected vinyl for nearly 50 years and have never seen anything like these. A very unique pair of records to add to your collection. There can’t be too many copies of these still around. Records from Nairobi don’t turn up here in Baltimore every day. Discogs lists them, but they have never been bought or sold on that site. Discogs is also unsure of when these were made.
The records are in terrific condition. Clean, no obvious flaws or damage. Both the vinyl, labels and jackets look great. See the enclosed photos for the best sense of condition.
Add these rare and unusual African music records to your collection today. I’m thinking that they would be great to take samples from for some modern AfroBeat mixes.
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