Style: Afro Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: Konkurrenz

Year: 1984?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Have you seen this seldom seen Afro Boogie gem from Hamaburg before?

It's coming with a lot of good vibes and also an instrumental!

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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: 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. The B-Side might also be interesting for Vaporheadz (on 33)

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Style: Deep Roots

Format: LP
Label: Island (UK)

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG+

Deep deep shit! Rootsman Reggae is my fave here, 

but the epic 8 minute long slow jam World is almost as good!!

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Style: Burger Highlife

Format: 12"
Label: Oval

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

Tasty Burger Highlife by Lee Dodou and his crew.

Duke is the more subtle jam here and my HIT

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Style: Yoruba Party in Lagos

Format: LP
Label: Shano Olu

Year: 1982

Condition: VG+/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: Afro Funk

Format: LP

Label: Silent Sun

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+ 

Saraba play an awesome mix of reggae, highlife and funk.

All of their records are heavily recommended. 

Just check out the Afro Funk gem Barlia ... 

... and you'll be sold!

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Style: AfroSynth

Format: LP

Label: Trixx

Year: 1990

Condition: VG+/VG+ including printed inner

A late release by the african-german combo Saraba. Doesn't show that often - unfortunately.

It's a little more uptempo and bringing in PROPER dancefloor vibes, Afro Salsa Rhythms,

Synthesizer-Percussions and a little bit of Rai feeling too.

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Style: Funana Fusion / Cap Verdean stompers

Format: 12"
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Hot shit on this rare private press that you seldom see 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: 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: 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: 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: Muziki wa dansi

Format: LP

Label: Moto Moto

Year: 198?

Condition: VG/VG+

A seldom seen compilation of Muziki Wa Dansi from Tanzania. Three combos are featured here: Juwata Jazz Band the successor of the legendary Nuta Jazz Band, the Dar-International Orchestra and the Mwenge Jazz Group. The vinyl looks VG+ but plays with crackle due to bad Kenyan pressing quality. Cleaned rip included!

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Style: SAS / South African Soul

Format: LP
Label: Celluloiud

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Stimela play a heartbreaking mix of african Funk and 80s Soul in the vein of Womack & Womack . 

We have to change the sequence here a bit: Look & Decide, but first -

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Style: Calypso Disco

Format: LP
Label: Tackle

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG+

The cover girl is wrong in my humble opinion!

Dog Bite You is okay but the real hit here is Disco Love!!

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Highlife

Format: 12
Label: Rokel

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/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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Style: Afro Funk

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1979?

Condition: VG+/VG+

Superfunky Afro Funk jams from Austria?

Yes please!

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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: Afro-Disco

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+

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: 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: 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: 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 soulful ketamine boogie jams on it.

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Style: Highlife Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Racket

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+

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: Afro Funk

Format: LP
Label: Private

Year: 197?

Condition: NM/VG wobc, including printed innersleeve

Charley Kingson's rare first album. A great mix of Funk and Afro Boogie.

THis is a private release signed by Charly on the backside!

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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.

He can be your Sex Instructor if you take him home...

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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 excellent.

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

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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: 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 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: Zouk!

Format: LP
Label: Liso Musique

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG+

Fantastic Zouk tunes here by the Kassav co-founder.

The instrumental Es Ou Dako is the hit in my books.

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Style: 80s Funk / Highlife

Format: LP
Label: Cage (Private)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Nicest copy of this boogie-ish late 80s Funk gem.

You'll find more highlife influences than on his Sweet Vibrations.

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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: High Life

Format: LP
Label: Makossa International

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG still in shrink

Superfunky Highlife not only for African Children!

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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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