HOROYA BAND NATIONAL SYLIPHONE CONAKRY SLP 41 NEAR MINT OG Guinea Afro Funk

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HOROYA BAND NATIONAL: “S/T”

Label: EDITIONS SYLIPHONE CONAKRY

Label Number: SLP-41

RARE 1st press Original NEAR MINT Copy of one of the best slices of Afro Funk that came out of the Syliphone Conakry label. Hardly surfaces in such perfect condition.

GRADING:

LP Record Set: Near Mint

Jacket: Excellent – NO defects at all, only has visible mildew spots on backside, visible against white background – apart from that Perfect!!!

Some words on this issue: HOROYA BAND NATIONAL: “S/T” (Editions Syliphone Conakry – SLP-41) “The National Horoya Band was from the West African nation of Guinea. Within months of achieving power after the country’s independence, president’s Sékou Touré’s Ministry of Culture disbanded all European-style bands in the country and directed their musicians to “return to authentic African rhythms and tunes”. The policy was called ‘Authenticité’ and Touré backed it up with state sponsorship of newly formed national and regional bands as well as the state-owned record label Editions Syliphone Conakry. There were regular festivals at which the regional bands competed for national status. The best bands were awarded with the title Orchestre National and had the possibility to travel to Cuba to learn more about Afro-Cuban music. At its peak, the state supported seven national bands. Woven into these imported influences was traditional Guinean music, uniquely rich in polyrhythms, mainly of the Manding and Foulah peoples. The synthesis was cool and loose-limbed, a relaxed but insistent dance style played in the main by ten-piece and bigger line-ups featuring vocals, three or four electric guitars, horn sections, balafons, kit drums and traditional percussion. Formed in 1961, the Horoya Band de Kankan won the best orchestra prize in 1967, 1968 and 1971 at the Quinzaine Artistiques Festival. They were nationalized in 1971. The band was led by Métoura Traoré (although for this single, both songs were written and conducted by Lansina Kanté). They recorded two albums and a handful of singles between 1969 and 1974, as well as a number of compilation appearances under either the name Horoya Band, Horoya Band National or National Horoya Band.” (Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe). Top-notch copy, original press of this mid-seventies Guinean high-life trance inducing masterpiece. Brilliant and intoxicatingly great.

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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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