? AMARA TOURE SHATTERING AFRO LATIN MANDING LOVE SUPREME ULTIMATE QUEST Sonafric

ONE WORD : HYPNOTICAFROVNIPSYCHECSTASYFUNKYFREAKYMYSTIC

? Let's have a great trip together around the African continent. 

So gald to share all these tasty and spicy sounds. Enjoy ! ?

ARTIST = AMARA TOURE & L'ORCHESTRE MASSAKO

Title = /

Country = Guinea / Gabon

Year = 1980

Label / Ref / Pressing =  Sonafric / SAF 50.107 / Original from France

Tracks = Side A : 

Side B : 

Musicians : Amara Touré (Vocal), Mishima Nono, Lebel StCamille (chorus), Pendy Pascal (bass), Bouchard, Regis Ougouama (guitar), Mba-wa-mba (drums), Petit Makaya, Bedhioss (trumpet). Ingeneer sound : Boussamba Athanase. Recorded at Libreville (Gabon)

Author of 3 fabulous singles, this is the only lp recorded by the eternal Amara Toure, of Guinean origin. It is the first time that I propose it. For a very good reason. I am so crazy about this record that I kept the 2 precious copies that I miraculously found after a search of 15 years! I have finally decided to share one of them. I have already listed in the past the singles made by Amara Touré. With this commentary : Sublime ! What a feeling ! So beautiful...To cry or die right know ! I'm shivering, I have gooseflesh when I listen to this record. I can't explain. Of course, plenty of nostalgia and sadness, but the way the musicians are playing is exceptionnal. And there is the voice. Powerful and deep as Pape Seck's (but not broken). I imagine all the African continent, dancing and singing with this really wonderful musical masterpiece...you can close your eyes, it's work ! I already see your tears behind your eyelids... But there, there, this record… overcomes all expectations, it explodes all expectations. It is pure madness. 4 long songs of an unequalled power. It is as beautiful and powerful as love, as fatal as a lightning stroke. Three pieces of pure afro-Latin style of a recipe that our hero keeps secret, in the same tradition than his fabulous 3 singles. You want to know everything? It is my absolute favourite singer in afro-latin style. Hypnotic rhythm, divine voice, angelic chorus... I know it... You are watching yourself dancing. To try the perfect movement, shoulders turning, hips going back andforth, feets sliding subtly. You are about to approach her, to invite her, to hold out her/him delicately your hands (yes, it is delicacy), to bring her/him on the dance floor while by avoiding disrupting the serenity of other dancers. And, there, it is the great journey. You feel your heart capsizing, and you know that it is the perfect test to know if this is about Love with a big L, if you found  your better half... Then nothing can more resist her/him. On the 3rd track, we feel a tension rising, an increasing, oozing heat, and we go frenzy on the 4th track. The voodoo sessions of your worst nightmares are marble games in a playground compared to this trance… I found the word: hypnoticafrovnipsychecstasyfunkyfreakymystic… to make it short!The voice of Amara who sings Africa by quoting all the countries of the continent, a long instrumental part of 3 minutes leaving room for wild guitars, distortions, echos and percussions... I do not really want to insist. In the past months you learned to know me. And you know that this record is neither a jewel, nor a graal, nor an apple of your pie, nor a 9th wonder of the world, nor the grandson of God. No, it is much less than that. It is just a part of yourself. But the idea not being whole for the rest of your life is difficult to accept...  Its up to you to know how much time you can continue wandering in search of this ultimate part...  

? Soundfiles are recorded from the vinyl auctioned ?

A1 : 

http://www.divshare.com/download/26320877-eae

A2 : 

http://www.divshare.com/download/26320906-8cc

B1 : 

http://www.divshare.com/download/26320943-55d

B2 : http://www.divshare.com/download/26320988-921

Record = Side A : VG++/VG+ to VG/VG- (surface scuffs, marks and traces, plays mostly with tiny crackles, except the beginning of A1 with crackles more audible, and very light crackles during the last seconds of tracks, 100% enjoyable !) Side B : VG++/VG+ to VG/VG- (surface scuffs, marks and traces, plays mostly with tiny crackles, except the beginning of B1 with crackles more audible, and very light crackles during the last seconds, a few light crackles during a short moment noticed on B2, 100% enjoyable) 

Cover = VG- (cornea, yellowed, ring wear, edges and corners worn (partially torn right, awful brown sticky paper on other edges, big writings, marks and traces of dirt)

Label = big writings

+++++++++++++++++++++ Postage + Handling cost ++++++++++++++++++

WARNING FOR USA BUYERS :

Item is located in Europe. You will find the real shipping cost below (No way to list with the right shipping costs. I was forced to indicate 4 US$. Thanks for your understanding).

Sending from Belgium (2 business days after payment / Registered shipping - Priority Airl Mail) 

ENGLAND / FRANCE / GERMANY / NETHERLAND :  1-18 LP's = 20$   

REST OF EUROPE + USA : 1-3 LP's = 25$ / 4-18 LP's = 40$  

WORLDWIDE : 1-3 LP's = 35$ / 4-7 LP's = 60$

I am really sorry for the high postal fees. Belgian postal service is probably the most expensive in the world ! And no economic shipping...

This is why I also propose to ship records from France (cheaper but sending later = 10 days after payment).

Sending from France (10 business days after payment / Registered shipping - Priority Airl Mail)  

FRANCE : 1 LP = 10$ / 2 LP's = 11$ / 3 LP's = 12$   

EUROPE : 1 LP = 15 $ / 2-3 LP's = 19$ / 4-7 LP's = 23$   

WORLDWIDE : 1 LP = 16$ / 2-3 LP's = 22$ / 4-7 LP's = 30$

FOR EVERY BUYER : 

Once the sale is completed, please be kind enough to wait for the invoice that I will send with the total amount for each transaction. Do not pay before. Thanks in advance. 

POUR TOUS LES ACHETEURS

Ne payez pas avant de recevoir la facture avec le montant total pour chaque transaction, que j'envoie après la fin des ventes. Merci d'avance.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Notes +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Communication : ok in English (but I am not fluent !), de préférence en Français, mogelijk in Neederlands (maar ik heb hulp nodig !).

Payement/Paiement/Betaling : Paypal (prefer), Bank transfer/Virement bancaire. No check.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Grading policy ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

NM (NEAR MINT) : Near perfect copy, played only a few times. At worst it may have one or two insignificant flaws.The highest grade I give for a non-sealed record / Disque et pochette impéccables, a joué seulement quelques fos. Au pire, une ou deux traces insignifiantes. C'est le grade le plus haut que je donne pour un disque non scellé.

EX (EXCELLENT) : Clean copy, there may be a few very light  surface traces/hairlines, it may plays with a few tiny crackles, cover has minor defaults. / Disque en excellent état, possibilité de très lègères traces ou lignes en surface, événtuellement quelques grésillement/craquements insignifiants, pochette avec défauts mineurs....

VG++ (VERY GOOD++) : A few light surface traces/scuffs, plays with very light crackles. There may be a few traces or marks on the cover, corners or slices slightly worn...Nothing serious but is not graded EX because of few minor defaults / Très bon état dans l'ensemble, avec de légères traces et rayures en surface, très légers craquements audibles. Quelques traces ou marques possibles sur la pochette, coins ou tranches légèrement usées. Rien de sérieux mais assez de petits défauts pour ne pas être classé EX.

VG+ (VERY GOOD +) : Played a lot, will show signs of handling, has surface marks and scuffs, plays with light crackles or light surface noise background, no serious scuffs, no serious crackles. Cover slighty worn (traces, light ring wear, dog eared, corner and slices slightly worn...) / Disque qui a tourné, visiblement utilisé, avec des marques et rayures en surface, des craquements légers ou un bruit de surface en fond, mais pas de griffes sérieuses, ni de craquements sérieux. Pochette un peu usée (avec quelques traces, cornée, coins et tranches légèrement abimés, saleté, ect...)

VG (VERY GOOD) : Used record, played a lot, has a lot of surface traces, marks and scuffs, crackles and a few clicks while playing, sometimes constants but not too serious,  no serious clicks, no jumps. Still enjoyable. Cover worn, may have corner and slices worn or damaged, ring wear, serious traces or little splits, slightly ripped / Disque qui a été souvent joué avec beaucoup de traces, marques et rayures diverses, quelques griffes et des craquements audibles, parfois constants mais pas trop sérieux. Ne saute pas. Toujours agréable à écouter... Pochette usée et défraichie, un peu déchirée, coins et tranches cornés ou abimés, traces sérieuses ou petits coups...

VG- (VERY GOOD MINUS) : Played a lot and more (but still playable), a lot of scuffs, marks, and traces, a lot of crackles while playing, sometimes serious, may have a few serious scuffs with serious clicks (no jumps). The cover is in a bad state, damaged... / Disque très utilisé (mais peut l'être encore...), beaucoup de griffes, de traces et de marques, peut avoir de sérieuses rayures , avec de sérieux craquements, ne saute pas. La pochette est en mauvais état, endommagée...

G (GOOD) : Indeed, not so good...but still alive ! Played while his entire life (and once again today !), or really ill-traited...A lot of serious traces, marks and scuffs, serious crackles and surface noise, serious clicks, may have jumps...The cover is really in a very bad state too, even no entire...Must be very rare to be proposed in this state... / En effet, pas si bon...mais encore vivant ! Utilisé durant sa vie entière (et aujourd'hui encore !), ou vraiment maltraité...Beaucoup de sérieuses traces, marques et rayures, sérieux craquements et bruits de surface, rayé et peut même sauter quelques fois...La pochette est aussi en très mauvais état, peut même ne pas être entière...Vraiment une rareté pour être présenté dans cet état...

POOR : ? = dead ? hard or impossible to listen to it...should be listed only in a batch. Cover ? better to say no more cover ! / ? mort ? difficile ou impossible à écouter...devrait être listé uniquement en lot. Pochette ? autant dire qu'il n'y en a plus !