Tribal, Folk And Café Music Of West Africa Vinyl 12 LP 1950 RARE WITH Pictures
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Description
Tribal, Folk And Café Music Of West Africa
Label:
Field Recordings (7) – WA-1 through WA-24
Format:
12 × Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country:
US
Released:
1950
Genre:
Folk, World, & Country
Style:
African, Field Recording
Illustrated with photographs (10) by the editor and a 22 page booklet, limited edition, two thousand numbered sets. very nice quality NM albums with wear on box
Volume I
A: Baoulé Village with square and round drums, gong-gong and rattles.
B: Fanti Fishing Village with square drums.
C: All songs recorded in the Gold Coast.
C2: War and small drums, with gong-gong.
D: All songs Folk-song, In Twi, with hourglass drums. Recorded in the Gold Coast.
E: Moslem tribesmen, Gold Coast Northern Territories, with handclaps. Recorded in the Gold Coast.
F1: Gold Coast children, with drum and clinker. Recorded in the Gold Coast.
F2: Mano children, northern Liberia. Recorded in Liberia.
G: Bambara group, with balaphons and drums with iron rattles.
H1 & H2: Bambara group, with balaphons and Soudanese banjo.
H3: Melinké group, with balaphons.
Volume II
A1 & A2: The Mossi Emperor's Court Musicians, with single-string violins.
A3: Court drummers, with calabash and hourglass drums. Recorded in Haute Volta.
B: All songs: Kissi tribesmen, with flutes, and drums with iron rattles. Recorded in French Guinea.
C: All songs: Soudanese wandering minstrels, with guitars and kora. Recorded in French Guinea.
D: All songs: Soudanese wandering minstrels, with kora. Recorded in French Guinea.
E1: Konoba with wives, and banjo. Recorded in French Guinea.
E2: Buzi (Loma) harp songs. Recorded in Liberia.
E3: Buzi (Loma) harp songs. Recorded in Liberia.
F: Work songs; Mano stone cutters, with chisels and hammers. Recorded in Liberia.
G Gold Coast "rumba". Ewe group, with guitar, drum and sticks. Recorded in the Gold Coast
H: Gold Coast "samba". Twi dialect group, with guitar and sticks. Recorded in the Gold Coast.
Volume III
A: "Calypso" in Ibo dialect and pidgin English. Ibo group, with guitar and cigarette tin. Recorded in the Gold Coast.
B: "Calypso blues" in Ibo dialect. Ibo group, with guitar, sansa, cigarette tin and whiskey bottle. Recorded in the Gold Coast.
C: Howard B. Hayes at the Yarngo Bar piano, assisted by Malinda Parker. Recorded in Liberia.
D: Howard B. Hayes at the Yarngo Bar piano, assisted by Malinda Parker. Recorded in Liberia.
E: Howard B. Hayes at the Yarngo Bar piano, assisted by Malinda Parker. Recorded in Liberia.
F: Recorded in Liberia.
G: Recorded in Liberia
H: Recorded in Liberia
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): WA-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): WA-2
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout stamped): WA-3
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout stamped): WA-4
Matrix / Runout (Side E runout stamped): WA-5
Matrix / Runout (Side F runout stamped): WA-6
Matrix / Runout (Side G runout stamped): WA-7
Matrix / Runout (Side H runout stamped): WA-8
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): WA-9
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): WA-10
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout stamped): WA-11
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout stamped): WA-12
Matrix / Runout (Side E runout stamped): WA-13
Matrix / Runout (Side F runout stamped): WA-14
Matrix / Runout (Side G runout stamped): WA-15
Matrix / Runout (Side H runout stamped): WA-16
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): WA-17
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): WA-18
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout stamped): WA-19
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout stamped): WA-20
Matrix / Runout (Side E runout stamped): WA-21
Matrix / Runout (Side F runout stamped): WA-22
Matrix / Runout (Side G runout stamped): WA-23
Matrix / Runout (Side H runout stamped): WA-24
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