Style: Funana Fusion / Cap Verdean stompers

Format: 12"
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

Hot shit on this rare private press seldom seen outside of Hamburg (and unfortunately seldom in Hamburg as well now) My fave is Hot Funana, Soft George likes the Samba better...

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Style: Afro Synth

Format: 7"
Label: GeeBeeDee

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  

Umoja's never seen before single including these two odd and pumping Afro Synths jams from Hannover.

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Style: Calypso, Reggae & DISCO

Format: LP

Label: WEA

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+

Sought after for Wild Fire's Try Love.

Sounds way better than from 7"...

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Style: South African Soul / Badarou Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: Cooltempo

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+

Alec Khaoli is known for playing bass in Harari and Umoja. You can easily hear his love for the BIG bass in this wonderful tune here. South African Soul meets Badarou Boogie. B-Side might also be interesting for Vaporheadz (on 33)

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Style: Cod-Dub

Format: 12"
Label: Not On Label

Year: 198?

Condition: VG+/VG+ dedication on back

Private blue-eyed Dub / Ragga from Germany.

Digging that Roots Girl on the b-side hard!

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Style: Roogae / Beaggie

Format: LP
Label: Gulp

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/NM

This mad rare reggae album on Gulp Records (Kalimba 6, EDV) out of Germany has more to offer that some infective roots joints. Boogie is in the house!

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Style: Rain Dance Classics

Format: LP
Label: 1984

Year: Arista

Condition: VG+/VG+

PULA EA NA! What a gentle monster. Over the years I've had so many beautiful moments with this one played out. Total tribe-gatherer. If you want uptempo ENERGY just play Don't Go Lose It Baby instead... and if you're a sucker for that typical south african rolling bass - Motlalepula and U-Dwi will work on your heartbeat!

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Style: Timewarp Disco

Format: 12"
Label: ICE

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG+

Timewarp sure is one of the highlights in Eddy Grants catalogue from the DJs point of view. Tight and pumping synthesized afro disco.

Play it at 45 or 33 rpm...

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Style: Zulu Jams

Format: LP
Label: Boots

Year: 1992

Condition: NM/VG

Top copy (NM vinyl) of this south african zulu UFO. Lots of great tracks here, but you really need to dive in properly to know which one you want to play out as they are all starting quite similarly. Not on discogs and google doesn't help either!

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Style: Supersempfft High Life

Format: LP
Label: PAM

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+ including insert

Roboterwerke masters Kolb & Aumüller believed ion God and made a record with him! They also managed to get Marjitas Bob Fiscian into the studio. The outcome is nicest digi soca you can't sit still to. Bouncin' on my chair whilst writing these lines....

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Style: Chilled Zouk

Format: LP
Label: Akatoto

Year: 1990

Condition: VG+/VG+

the file-under "Chilled Zouk" doesn't do that sensual balearic boogie jam called Call Me justice. It's far away from the driving rhythms of classic zouk tracks. Pure emotional bliss!!

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Style: Stealth Highlife Disco

Format: LP
Label: Sunshine People

Year: 198?

Condition: VG/VG-

Unfindable Highlife Disco recorded and produced in Germany. The record plays with occasional light background crackle and sounds great. Check the clip!

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Style: Yoruba Party in Lagos

Format: LP
Label: Shano Olu

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Szzzerious Afro- Percussion Bizznizz on this funky Yoruba album outta Nigeria.

U R sitting around too much. Get a prescription from the Dr.!

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Style: Zouk Monsters

Format: LP
Label: SS

Year: 199?

Condition: VG+/ VG seamwear, light ringwear, wobc

Massive Zouk action for the dancefloor. Including the one of a kind MONSTER Songé. Who has heard that one in my mix for No Frills?

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Style: Afro-Reggae / Burger Highlife

Format: LP
Label: CBS GP (Private)

Year: 1991

Condition: VG+/VG+ signed by Char Seth aka Papa Boye

Never seen before Afro Reggae recorded in Germany's north. The percussive Burger Highlife jam on side A called Ökwantufo totally blew me away. The reggae jams on side B are really worth to chek out either.

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Style: Afro-Disco

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/NM

Serious south african Afro-Disco jams by Steve Kekana. He's best when he's moving in "afro-cosmic" slow disco tempo as championed in the title track. But how about the 118 bpm discotizer Living Underground with some proper hands in the air vibes (borrowed from Going Back To My Roots ;)

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Style: Dancehall

Format: 12"
Label: Duke

Year: 198?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Mega Dancehall tune with a version that will appeal to people not so much into ruffneck dancehall action.

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Style: Afro Beat

Format: 12" / Mini LP
Label: Crammed

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Mr. Manager is a hit, but 12:35 minutes of Angel on the flipside...

makes your wings grow for sure!

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Style: Funky Calypso

Format: LP
Label: WIRL

Year: 1977

Condition: VG/VG 

Superfunky Calypso and reggae from Barbados.

Including the mighty RB Groove!

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Style: Good Times

Format: LP
Label: Celluloid

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

That Lucky Dube is known for his reggae jams. I guess that's why the lovers of the soulfully stompin' S.A. sound called Mbaqanga did not fall in love with this mighty groover of an album yet. It has it all. Driving beats (all between 103 and 109 BPM), rolling bass, offbeat guitar and vocal hooks galore. Wake up!

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Style: Rumba on the river

Format: LP
Label: OR

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+

You can't stand still when these infectous rumbas capture your ears.

Tshala's angelic voice taking you higher...

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Style: Highlife / Afro Synth

Format: LP
Label: Record Partner Hamburg

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG+  

Make sure to check this elegant Highlife-House-Streetsoul Fusion album recorded in Berlin and manufactured in Hamburg, Germany. This private press hardly ever shows up. I'll treat it with sandpaper and change the price to 500 if you need the full afro hype experience ;)

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Style: Soukouss

Format: LP
Label: WAM

Year: 198?

Condition: VG/VG

Mamie's got the tunes to make you sizzle.

Fire! Fire! Plays great!

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Style: Afro Synth Madness

Format: LP
Label: Pan African Records (UK)

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Nicest copy of this sought after Pat Thomas gem!

If only all records labeled "High Life" were like this :)

The complete 20 minute long B-Side is beyond real!

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Style: SA Slow Boogie

Format: LP
Label: ?

Year: ?

Condition: NM/NM generic inside out disco sleeve

sorry absolutely no info available on this lovely SA test pressing. But I can tell you that there are a couple of Stimela sounding deep and soulful ketamine boogie jams on it.

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Style: Afro Jams

Format: LP
Label: Le Chant Du Monde

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Sick Afrobeat jams meet mellow vibes.

Pretty much irresistible...

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Style: Highlife

Format: LP
Label: Persco

Year: 1986

Condition: VG/VG+

Ain't no Highlife like Alfred Benjamin Crentsil's Highlife if you ask me. I have never heard a bad record by this master. Always on point - subtle but hypnotic. Highest recommendation!

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Style: Highlife Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Racket

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG light seamsplit

Here are these sought after Afro Boogie jams Akoo Te Brofo and Medo Menanm.

Racket pressing of this hard to find Afro gem recorded in Berlin, 1982.

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Style: Highlife Boogie

Format: LP
Label: MSH

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG 

Rex Gyamfi's amazing first LP.

Superb Afro boogie for sweet ladies and gents!

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Style: Zouk Party

Format: LP
Label: Moradisk

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG BAINES! woc, woc woc

An incredibly fresh Zouk album including the mighty mover Ayo Dance.

Listen and make sure you make it past the break around 30 seconds in.

That's where the fun begins!

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Style: Afro Disco

Format: LP
Label: New Cross

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+  

Sickest UK only Afro Disco in top condition.

I won't spoke any more cos now you...

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Style: Electro Zouk

Format: LP
Label: LM

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+

Franky is an explicit cat. He likes to do the do and he can be your Sex Instructor if you take him home...

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Style: Modern Soul / Afro Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Gallo

Year: 1985

Condition: VG+/VG 

The hardest to find Stimela album.

Including some amazing S.A. soul

and the sensational deep  Follow Your Heart

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Style: Juju Music

Format: LP
Label: Sunny Alade

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG

Laid back and hypnotic JUJU by the King.

Changing the synths for slide guitars,

this is Juju music at it's best!

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Style: Afro Disco

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG plays fantastic

Oh Lord! By now a lot of people noticed the quality of this monster of an Afro Disco record. Four tracks on this private french issue. Two of them great mellow afro jams and one afro disco tune that goes through the roof.

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Style: Super Soul Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Taretone

Year: 198?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Super soulful Afro Boogie from the early 80s recorded in Eddy's coachhouse studio and released solely in Nigeria. Uplifting like a balloon!

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Style: La Reine du Côte D'Ivoir

Format: LP
Label: Maikano

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG

I am totally obsessed with Ambou Jeanne...

Superclean copy for an original Côte D'Ivoir pressing!

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Style: Soukouss

Format: LP
Label: Eska

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG plays better than it looks

Dude looks like he had something really disgusting for dinner and cleared his throat with heavy liquor. Dude also plays like a god and sets the air on fire with his wicked soukouss movement!

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Style: Afro Funk

Format: LP
Label: Biton

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

Highly collectible Afro Funk made in Germany released on the small Biton label. "Tasteful compositions from Don Ridgeway (Mombasa) with good structure based on the polytonal and ostinato bass lines, puts motion in the body" Shake your thang!!

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Style: 80s Funk / Highlife

Format: LP
Label: Cage (Private)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Nicest copy of this boogie-ish 80s Funk gem. More highlife influences than his Sweet Vibration LP from 1984. And supertight!

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Style: Zouk!

Format: LP
Label: Liso Musique

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG+

Fantastic Zouk tunes here.

The instrumental Es Ou Dako is the hit!

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Style: Salsa Not Salsa

Format: LP
Label: Kemayo (Private)

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG+ shows a few inaudible scuffs

Great and one of a kind Fusion of African Boogie and Salsa. Of course including the mighty African Salsa and the mellow groover Money Is Good for You (plus instrumental version). Peep the lyrics ;)

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Style: Afro Funk

Format: LP
Label: Private

Year: 197?

Condition: NM/VG including printed innersleeve

Charley Kingson's rare first album. A great mix of Funk and Afro Boogie. Private release signed by Charly on the backside!

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Style: Funky Soukouss

Format: LP
Label: Celluloid

Year: 1982

Condition: VG/VG

AHA, YEAH! This video affair is a thumbs up affair as you have guessed already. Super soukouss jams. Record looks VG and plays VG+

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Style: Afro Synth

Format: LP
Label: EFA

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+

Epidemic Afro Synth from the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis.

No, also I have never heard of that area before,

but it must be something in the air there...

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Style: Merci Maman

Format: LP
Label: Mazu (Private)

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/ VG+

Private Digi Zouk from Hamburg? Well you wouldn't expect these kind jams record in a rainy environment, but hell yeah - it's true. And a damn rare piece of wax it is!

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Style: Burger Highlife

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+

Stompin burger High Life bombs in typical Lumba style.

Pretty much perfect condition!

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Style: Afro Disco

Format: LP
Label: Dragon Phenix

Year: 1978

Condition: VG/G+

Disco boogie & hypnotic afro synth on this 4 tracker by Burkina Faso former Bozambo drummer. Cover is beaten up but not falling apart. The good tracks play amazing (-> VG+).

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Style: Goumba Soula Gandjal

Format: LP
Label: Kappa

Year: 1984

Condition: VG-/VG

Superb Jams from Cameroon. Can't stand still when Waioh sets the air on fire. The mellow funk bomb M'bororo cools you down perfectly afterwards... Vinyl shows hairlines and light scratches and plays with crackles here and there.

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Style: Cameroon Killers

Format: LP
Label: Tessy

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+

Amazing copy of this in demand gem from Cameroon.

Laminations tarts to peel at the back - otherwise perfect.

If Tessy was an UFO Govy would sit in the cockpit :ß

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Style: African Earworms

Format: LP
Label: Finger (Nigeria)

Year: 197?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Highly infective tunes by Mrs Biddy Uchendu.

And plenty of them!! Great copy...

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Style: Afro Boogie

Format: 7"
Label: EMI

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/NM

Both sides of this funny looking (google Puck the Fly / die Fliege) platter RULE. Too bad there's no nigeraian press that some idiot bought on ebay for $500 - or just too good there is none...

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Style: High Life

Format: LP
Label: Makossa International

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+ still in shrink

Superfunky Highlife not only for African Children!

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Style: Zouk!

Format: LP
Label: LM

Year: 198?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Pretty much Balearic Zouk at it's best moments

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Style: Disco Boogie

Format: LP
Label: EMI Nigeria

Year: 1982

Condition: VG+/VG

High Energy Disco Boogie with a whole lot of soul from Lagos. Looks and plays astonishingly clean for a 2nd hand record from Nigeria that was probaly not pressed on virgin vinyl.

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Style: Afro-Jazz

Format: LP
Label: A-Disc

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Beautiful Afro-Jazz recorded in Sweden.

Wonderful mellow vibes...

Highly recommended!!

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Style: Afro Funk

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1979?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Superfunky Afro jams from Austria? Yes please!

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Style: S.A. Fire!

Format: 12"
Label: Important

Year: 1985

Condition: VG+/VG+

Two great jams on this under the radar 12" by Sipho Mabuse. Burn Out is a wonderful Afro-Cosmic jammer whilst Zanzibar focusses on the girls and boys at the beach.

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Style: Fuji!

Format: LP
Label: Omo Aje

Year: 1991

Condition: VG+/VG- claws of a lion touched the cover's spine

I must admit that I have never heard of Fuji before discovering this record. By chance I directly got the self acclaimed king of Fuji who now calls himself K1 De Ultimate. His balls must have the size of ostrich eggs. Fortunately the music is not that blown up. Sounds pretty grounded!

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Style: Afro Disco

Format: LP
Label: Axum

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Sizzling Afro Disco recorded in Munich back in 1980.

Two uptempo jams reigned by some irresistible synth lines plus that mellow grover African Woman make this stealth private gem a winner.

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Style: Highlife

Format: 12
Label: Rokel

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+

Easy Dancing is allright but Freetown Calypso on the flip is the hit here. Extremely positive vibes and an true body shaker. Get dancing!

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