Tribal, Folk And Café Music Of West Africa

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Release Date: 1950

Label: Field Recordings

Illustrated with photographs (10) by the editor and a 22 page booklet, limited edition, two thousand numbered sets. Apparently, based on a set I have, there were additional sets given out, which were not numbered. The unnumbered set I have was a Christmas gift (1950) to Ruth and Sonny Porcella from Lois & Arthur.

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

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