Hi all, I posted the mix earlier, but thought you might like to see some pictures of the records I brought back from West Africa. They’re roughly arranged by country of origin.
Senegal:
All are Bawobab LPs - the bottom right is Une Nuit Au Jandeer, top right is the one with ‘Kelen Ati Len’ - too bad no covers.
Nigeria:
Sonny, Bongos Ikwue, Docteur Nico, Bottom left is Christy Essien, The Apostles, bottom right is compilation of various tracks w/ a Funkees track & Ofege.
Guinea:
Bunch of Bembeya Jazz, bottom left has mostly more Bembeya Jazz tracks, but some others, too, 22 Band is cool.
Benin:
Top left is compilation of Black Santiagos & Poly-Rhytmo tracks, with ‘Hwe Toe Hun’ by Poly-Rhytmo, top right is Poly-Rhytmo w/ Ne Te Faches Pas, bottom left is killer 80s compilation of Albarika 45s, almost everything on this disc is killer, bottom left is Honore Avolonto & Black Santiagos, no cover again.
Others:
Top left is the Burkinabe Amadou Balake, from Ghana, highlife with the City Boys,top right is a Rail band LP from Mail (no cover again), bottom left is JM Tim & Foty from Cameroon w/ ‘Douala by Night’ (no cover), bottom middle is Mamo Lagbema, I think from Togo, bottom right Maurice Sempore, from Burkina (one jerk track, but really noisy).
45:
Top left is Ekambi Brilliant (Nigeria?), middle is Poly-Rhytmo ‘Minsato…’, top left is a great track by Pierre Sandwidi on CVD from Burkina, bottom left is Ohunyo by the Black Dragons (Porto Novo, Benin), bottom middle, ‘Nyo’ by Balla et ses Balladins (Guinea), bottom right is Temeteba Jazz du Mali, ‘Yayoroba’.
45s:
Top left is Matata, top middle is Fela, Shakara, top right is a great Poly-Rhytmo jerk track, bottom left is Poly-Rhytmo again, Mi Kpon.., bottom middle Camayenne Sextet from Guinea, bottom right is another Poly-Rhytmo track.
