Various - Africa (Witchcraft & Ritual Music) (LP, Album) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Released Year: 1975
Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Comments:
Clean vinyl and jacket, light edge wear. Ask for pics, record has been cleaned and resleeved in a rice paper inner. ships in a whiplash mailer from a brick and mortar record store.

Notes:

Recorded in Kenya and Tanzania by David Fanshawe

Track A1, A2 recorded in Taita (Kenya)
Track A3, A4 recorded in Lamu (Kenya)
Track A5 recorded south of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Track A6 recorded around Lake Baringo (Kenya)
Side B recorded in Kenya

Side durations:
Side One (23:52)
Side Two (24:51)

℗ & © 1975
printed in U.S.A.

Printed on center labels (white round text):
Mfg. by Electra / Asylum / Nonesuch Records, 665 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10022/A Division of Warner Communicatios Inc.

There is also a very similar version with a slightly different round text (2nd address ==> 0229 Sunstet Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90069).

This release comes with an original printed transparent polypropylene inner sleeve.

Some copies may come with a Japanese insert. Obviously these copies were exported to Japan where the insert was added.

Track List:
A1. Ngoma Ra Mrongo 4:50
A2. Mwari Initiation 1:52
A3. Coconut Pickers Song 3:05
A4. Matondoni Wedding 2:07
A5. Marimba 3:07
A6. Tuken Moral Songs 6:10
A7. Giriama Spirit Dance 2:18
B1. Kayamba Dance: Giriama Wedding 4:35
B2. Alto Bung'o Horn 0:42
B3. Akamba Witch Doctor 4:07
B4. Pokot Witch Doctor 3:03
B5. Pokot Dance 1:34
B6. Song Of Dawn 1:43
B7. Lukuji 2:57
B8. Nyatiti 3:06
B9. Funeral Dance 2:32

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout H-72066-A
Matrix / Runout H-72066-B
Matrix / Runout H-72066-A \ - [scratched out: 4]3 [Specialty Records Corporation SRC-logo] STERLING RL
Matrix / Runout H-72066-B \ - I [Specialty Records Corporation SRC-logo] STERLING RL

Manufactured By Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Nonesuch Records Inc.
Copyright (c) Nonesuch Records Inc.
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Engineered At Riverside Studios, London
Mastered At Sterling Sound Inc.
Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound