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Miscellany

A rich miscellany of illustrated nuggets on aspects of older styles of African music, featuring everything from rare photos to 10" LPs, from obscure labels to postage stamps.

King Kennytone Rock'n'roll and highlife with the Western Toppers, on Philips's "Dancing Time" series of EPs.
The Springbok Dance Band A "Take-off for Highlife" - another series of EPs from Philips, with dance band highlife from Ghana.
Rex Lawson A long-deleted 10" LP from the great Nigerian highlife bandleader.
Franco and OK Jazz An outstanding action photo, taken from a French EP of this great Congolese band.
African musicians in London Unknown African musicians, playing in London in the 1950s.
Broadway Dance Band Another 10" LP, this time from Ghana, featuring the dance band highlife of the Broadway Band.
Haruna Ishola and Sunny Ade Rare photographs of these two greats of Nigerian music.
More labels Another selection of unusual and obscure labels from various countries.
Paul Kamba A very small tribute to Congolese musician Paul Kamba.
Ambrose Campbell A magazine photograph of Ambrose Campbell and his West African Brothers Band.
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