BASA BASA SOUNDZ – Makossa – 1979 GHANA AFRO Beat FUNK HIGHLIFE Fela Kuti
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BASA BASA SOUNDZ: “S/T”
LABEL: EDITIONS MAKOSSA
Label Number: EM23.10
ORIGINAL US PRESSING of 1975 of this Ghana highlife afro funk slide
GRADING:
LP Record: Excellent - as always cloudy vinyl but no defects
Jacket: Excellent
Some words on this issue: BASABASA SOUNDZ: “S/T” (Makossa – EM23-10A) Original 1975 Makossa pressing single jacket. While gazing at the jacket of this record by the Ghana afro-rock-funk ensemble Basabasa Soundz, I always got intrigued by the members posing in colorful garb in front of some kiosk with instruments in hand, ready to unleash at any giving time a blood-curdling High-Life Afro-funk. In between them, you see Fela Kuti, seemingly a good friend of the band and the inventor of the Nigerian High-Life Afro-beat excursions. In itself that is not really a big surprise since Basabasa Soundz were really big in Africa during the 1970s, performing with many of the continents big names during that period. Their LP is a real ear-opener, sadly enough their supposed to happen NY break through never fell through and the band decided to travel back with Fela Kuti to Nigeria after having met him somewhere in Ghana. Basabasa Soundz sadly vanished into thin air, only leaving behind this 1975 recording. Funky bass lines fuse neatly with razor sharp guitar cuttings, African flutes that pop in and out of the mix, heavy conga driven tribal rhythms, gourd rattles and assertive percussion work outs, all infecting you with a Ghana hear beat which is an innovative mixture of instrumental and vocal selections where the spontaneity is captured as it happened. Basabasa Soundz are just amazingly intoxicating. Highest possible recommendation, this slab of psyched out afro-funk. Brilliant!!!
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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.
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= EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to South America = $37 for 1 LP, $42 for 2 LP's, and $48 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to Asian countries = $20 for 1 LP, $23 for 2 LP's, and $26 for 3 LP's.
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