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Stock List - Afro-Funk-Beat-Jazz, Percussion & Caribbean Funk
Afro-Funk-Beat-Jazz, Percussion & Caribbean Funk
Fela Kuti claimed that James Brown heard his band and copied that funky sound from him, many suspect that it was the other way round. This remains open to debate but there is no doubt that both Fela Kuti and James Brown were hugely popular in countries like Nigeria and Ghana and influenced a number of bands. Many of them used funk as a base point, but added a distinctive African twist, sometimes recording straight covers, occasionally emulating Fela's Afrobeat sound, but also mixing funk with more traditional instruments and sounds.
The funky Afro sound has been a part of western club culture since Manu Dibango scored a huge hit in the clubs and discos with 'Soul Makossa' in the early seventies. Other African musicians had club hits too, such as Fela Kuti's 'Roforofo Fight' and Hugh Masekela's 'Dyambo'. These were musicians who secured record deals in the US and Europe and were able to get their music to a world audience. As in all genres of music, for the few bands that did succeed there were hundreds of others whose music was rarely heard outside their own country.
Thanks to the increasing popularity of the funky Afro sound on club dancefloors and the insatiable appetites of collectors of funk music to explore new avenues many of these old gems have been re-discovered in recent years. Some of the credit for much of this music finally being unearthed must go to Miles Cleret and Duncan Brooker who have taken on the role of modern day ethnomusicologists travelling to the heart of Africa to unearth these vinyl treasures. Their explorations have resulted in two fine compilations 'Ghana Soundz' and 'Afro Rock'. Another series of compilations that has unearthed some fine gems is the trilogy from France's Comet records compiled by Manu Boubli which featured many records from the Antillies and African artists based and recording in Europe.
We at DJ Friendly strive to bring you quality African music with a funky or dancefloor edge. From the better known masters like Fela to the more obscure artists who may have only recorded a handful of songs. We also occasionally manage to find the odd Caribbean funk gem. We also have a selection of percussion LPs that are popular sample material for producers from house to hip hop to techno.
Nick the Record
Featured Afro-Funk-Beat-Jazz, Percussion & Caribbean Funk
 | Afro Funk Body Music UK KABANA LP - £140 VG+ cover wear Monster Afro funk lp    | |
 | Asiko Take A Trip With Asiko GERMANY GORRILLA SOUND LP - £100 VG+ - cover half missing Legendary afro funk bomb with lots of strong cuts AFRO-WE / T.K. LOVE / LOVE & PEACE + the killer disco tinged jazzy keyboard led Instrumental HOT BLACK. Weird this only has the back of the cover intact. The front cover was removed for some reason??? - bargain price! | |
 | Bongos Ikwue And The Groovies Otachikpokpo NIGERIA EMI LP - £50 VG taped sleeve Inc. the dancefloor monster title tune | |
 | Dan Satch & His Atomic 8 Dance Band Of Aba Je Nr'Okan / Woman Pin Down NIGERIA EMI 7 inch - £90 VG++ Raw Funky Afro Double Header | |
 | Dr. Adolf Ahanotu Odejimjim NIGERIA MIRABE LP - £50 Inc. the killer mid tempo tune IDJERE which has the same rhythm as GRACE JONES 'Pull Up To The Bumper' and some crazy keys and horn section | |
 | El-Rego Et Ses Commandos Hessa / Ke Amon-Gbetchea NIGERIA L.A.AUX ECOUTES 7 inch - £70 EX Raw Funky Afro tune out of BENIN pressed in Nigeria | |
 | El-Rego Et Ses Commandos Djobime / Do Do Baya NIGERIA L.A.AUX ECOUTES 7 inch - £65 EX Awesome Funky double sider out of BENIN pressed in Nigeria | |
 | El-Rego Et Ses Commandos Zon Dede NIGERIA L.A.AUX ECOUTES 7 inch - £50 stock copy Another tough Funky Afro beat tune out of BENIN pressed in Nigeria | |
 | Frankoye Campus Life NIGERIA COCONUT LP - £40 Nigerian afro beat LP released in 1989 but sounds tough like 70's Fela. Pressing is a little on the crackly side | |
 | Galaxy Galaxy NIGERIA TABANSI LP - £140 VG Cover wear Quality boogie set which was actually recorded in UK. Best cuts are the groove led - mostly instrumental GALAXY & the female vocal LET LOVE BEGIN | |
 | Georges Diby & Les Mewlessell Le Marche Du Belier IVORY COAST IVORY SOUND LP - £40 unplayed in shrink Funky Afro sounds out of Ivory Coast Inc. ABORE MEBE / MIDJAF LORLI as well as the title tune. ABRAESSELL is Afro-Disco Cheesy | |
 | Harari Flying Out SOUTH AFRICA GALLO LP - £25 1981 lp from South African group Inc. (Get Up And) DANCE / LIVEN UP / Etc.. | |
 | Harari Genesis SOUTH AFRICA GALLO LP - £60 1982 lp from South African group Inc. MARABI / SENYAMO / WE'VE GOT RHYTHM / GENESIS & the deep slow winding jazz tune THE LOVE OF GOD | |
 | Harari Heat Wave SOUTH AFRICA GALLO LP - £40 Some cover wear Funky Afro-Disco Inc. GOOD VIBES / PARTY / GET FUNKY / DANCE SING / Etc.. | |
 | Lionel Pillay Deeper In Black SOUTH AFRICA THE SUN LP - £40 Great funky fusion set Inc. BLUES FOR YUSEF which featured on the Afrika Underground comp. as well as 2 other nice cuts DEEPER IN BLACK & KEEP YOUR SOUL (AGAIN). Unplayed stock. | |
 | Mombasa African Rhythms & Blues GERMANY INTERCORD LP - £90 EX Killer funky afro jazz Instrumental LP! Inc. MASSAI/NAIROBI/KENIA + more | |
 | Okoi Seka Athanase Les Grands Columbia Du Peuple NIGERIA BADMOS LP - £35 VG++ Highlife lp with one great funky tune MELOKON MEMBUN OU in strong VG++ condition! | |
 | Orchestre T.P. Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Vol. 1 IVORY COAST SODOGIL LP - £60 Strong VG+ Killer Afro NE TE FACHE PAS / BELLE BELLE / Etc.. | |
 | Poly Rythmo De Cotonou Malin Kpon O FRANCE AUX ECOUTES 7 inch - £80 Tight funky tune from the Poly Rhythmo | |
 | Shina Williams & His African Percussionists Shina Williams NIGERIA HELP LP Gatefold - £100 VG+ pretty good playback sleeve damage Funky-highlife highbrid with one long funky cut on each side | |
 | Soki Ohale's Uzzi Chicken Fled NIGERIA FRIENDSHIP LP - £50 VG nasty scratch on unimportant track Leftfield funky afro sound with some Psych elements on NWOKOROBO & a nice laid back tune with guitar and female backing BISI'S BEAT | |
 | Steele Beauttah African Stomp / Africa KENYA BLACK BLOOD 7 inch - £200 WOL EX Killer double sider from Kenya. A side is uptempo afro dance tune but the killer is Africa which gets deeep | |
 | The Godfathers The Godfathers UK FLYING ELEPHANT LP - £30 EX 1980 lp from Sierra Leone with a great funky tune by the name of EBE YE YIE NI | |
 | The Wings Kissing You So hard NIGERIA EMI LP - £60 Condition: Good / WOL / cover wear quite a bit of hiss & crackle & pressed slightly off centre but that doesn't effect the play - top notch afro funk sound Inc. GONE WITH THE SUN / AM IN LOVE AGAIN / WE'LL GET HOME / BUT WHY / Etc.. | |
 | The Wings (Original Wings International) Tribute To Spud Nathan NIGERIA EMI LP - £150 Condition: VG - plays VG+ cover wear Another top notch afro funk set with loads of strong tunes Inc. YOUR LOVE IS TRUE / TELL ME / DON'T CALL ME A FOOL / TALK IT OUT / LOVE IS FOR US / JUST KIDDING / Etc... plays VG++ with a little crackle here & there but not to bad | |
 | Tremile & The Jamals Now US CAMILLE LP - £30 Sealed Caribbean group turn out a great island funk version of IF YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING | |
Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble - The African BeatUS BLUE NOTE (84097) LP - £22 EX
Blue & White label Stereo Liberty issue of this awesome Afrocentric set with a wall of Afro percussionists & Yusef Lateef/Curtis Fuller/Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Ashantis - Disco PlayPOLAND MUZA LP - £25
Funky afro disco sound on SAFARI / EVERYBODY / DISCO PLAY
Beeghon'n - Midnight SpiritCANADA BLSW 7 inch - £25
Nice uptempo funky afro carribean tune which was recorded in Trinidad but released in Canada
Black Blood - Muko Wapi (African Chain Gang)SWEDEN CBS 7 inch Picture cover - £10
Big afro disco sound
Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 - Live In AmsterdamUK EMI 2xLP - £15
Extended funk workouts on GIVE ME SHIT I GIVE YOU SHIT/CUSTOM CHECK POINT!
Fela Ransome-Kuti - Live! With Ginger Baker & Afrika 70US SIGNPOST LP - £25 Nr. Mint!
1971 Original US issue of this stunning live set Includes YE YE DE SMELL/EGBE MI O/BLACKMAN'S CRY/LET'S START
Fela Ransome-Kuti - Live! With Ginger Baker & Afrika 70US SIGNPOST LP - £15 Strong EX vinyl - some sleeve h20 damage
1971 Original US issue of this stunning live set Includes YE YE DE SMELL/EGBE MI O/BLACKMAN'S CRY/LET'S START
Ghana Soul Explosion - Soul MakossaUS PICKWICK 33 LP - £12
Funky covers band with break intro on SUPERSTITION & funky version of SOUL MAKOSSA
Guem - Rythmes Africains, Afro-Cubains Et OrientauxFRANCE CHANT DU MONDE LP Gatefold - £20
Nothing but drums and percussion cleanly recorded waiting to be fed to your sampler
Guem - Special Percussions - 15 Bases RhytmiquesFRANCE CHANT DU MONDE LP Gatefold - £20
Nothing but drums and percussion cleanly recorded waiting to be fed to your sampler
Henri Gruel - Musiques Des Aventures De TarzanFRANCE PATHE LP - £30
Not strictly afro but check out the jungle grunts on the funky LA DANSE DES GRANDS SINGES NUS
Hugh Masekela - The Promise Of A FutureUS UNI LP - £10
Inc. GRAZING IN THE GRASS/ALMOST SEEDLESS as sampled by NICE & SMOOTH/RUMPLETILSKINZ ATTITUDES
Hugh Masekela - Hugh MasekelaUS WING LP - £15
Sweet Afro-Jazz LP with many good tunes in his usual style! Lovely clean copy with name written neatly on the back
Hugh Masekela - MasekelaUS UNI LP - £10 LOOKS UNPLAYED - Small WOL
Killer afro-jazz LP Inc. THE RIOT plus many other good tracks!
Julien Babinga - Conga-Congo KimbwaFRANCE APIA LP - £25
Top notch percussion LP with a fierce Batucada entitled BRESIL
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - VoodounonUS MAKOSSA LP Company Sleeve - £35
Classic afro funk LP littered with breaks VOODOUNON/HIHACHE/AZETA/Etc...
Lamine Konte - Baara SoundtrackFRANCE ESPERANCE LP - £12
Check the lovely funky afro jazz Instrumental cut with guitar solo which is MAMADOU
Letta Mbulu - NaturallyUS FANTASY LP - £20
South African singer recorded this lp in the the US and features Cannonball & Nat Adderley - Inc. the haunting jazzy tune AFRO TEXAS
Lita Bembo Nkolo Kwanga - Franco PresenteFRANCE/BELGIUM LE PASSEPORT LP - £30 Mint stock copy
Lovely music
Manu Dibango - Makossa ManUS ATLANTIC LP - £15 Sealed
Nuther great LP from the funky afrikan man Inc. WEYA / TOM TOM / SENGA / Etc...
Manu Dibango - Makossa ManUS ATLANTIC LP - £10 vg+
Nuther great LP from the funky afrikan man Inc. WEYA/TOM TOM/SENGA/Etc...
Max B - Bananaticoco Part I & IIUS VIRGO 7 inch - £12 VG
Uptempo Afro-Latino funky party tune - popular with the old school disco dj's!!
Max B - Nessa / Black & RollUS OPALO (SPA) 7 inch - £10 VG+ cover wear / writing
A side is similar to Bananticoco uptempo afro disco style whilst there is a bad break on Black and Roll - play on minus 8 for best effect
Max B - Bananaticoco Parts 1 & 2US VIRGO 7 inch Promo - £12 vg STOL
Uptempo Afro-Latino funky party tune - popular with the old school disco dj's!!
Miriam Makeba - Makeba!US REPRISE LP - £12
Classic lp from 1968 in great condition!
Mustapha Tettey Addy - Master Drummer From GhanaUS LYRICHORD LP - £12 Seam split - vinyl is clean
Drums - drums and more drums - works best on OO-YA!
Olatunji - Afro PercussionUS COLUMBIA (360o STEREO) LP - £15
Great percussion LP Feat. YUSEF LATEEF & RAY BARRETTO!
Olatunji - More Drums Of PassionUS COLUMBIA LP - £12
Killer set from the african master drummer!
Olatunji - Drums Of PassionUS COLUMBIA (360o STEREO) LP - £12 WOC & WOL
Inc. the original version of JINGO - killer drum workout - Loft classic! VG+ - looks worked but this is a great old Columbia pressing & sounds great
Olatunji - Drums Of PassionUS COLUMBIA LP 2nd Issue - £10
Inc. the original version of JINGO - killer drum workout - Loft classic!
Olatunji - More Drums Of PassionUS COLUMBIA LP 2nd Issue - £8 H2O cover damage on back
Killer set from the african master drummer!
Olatunji - Drums! Drums! Drums!US ROULETTE LP - £10 VG WOC & STOC - back - neat
Killer afro drums and chants featuring PAT PATRICK & MARSHALL ALLEN from the SUN RA Arkestra Inc. the awesome ME NU DI AYE / Etc..
Olatunji / Morehouse College Glee Club - In Memorian 1894-1984US MOREHOUSE COLLEGE 2xLP - £30
This lp wouldn't jump out at you until you notice the Nigerian master drummer Olatunji is present & adds his wall of drums to 3 tunes KERE-KERE / SHANGO & BETELEHEMU
Onyeka Onwenu - For The Love Of YouNIGERIA EMI LP - £30
1982 Nigeria disco boogie sound Inc. 'AM ON TO YOU
Pierre Verany - Mamba PercussionsFRANCE PIERRE VERANY LP Gatefold - £25 VG+
Inc. the floorshaking batucada tune SAMBA!
Plunky and Oneness Of Juju - Make A ChangeUS BLACK FIRE LP - £22
Inc. the original version EVERYWAY BUT LOOSE
Plunky and Oneness Of Juju - Every Way But Loose (Make A Change)US SUTRA LP - £18
Same lp as MAKE A CHANGE but renamed & re-released on SUTRA. Inc. the original version EVERYWAY BUT LOOSE
Plunky and Oneness Of Juju - Every Way But Loose (Make A Change)US SUTRA LP Promo - £15 VG++
Same lp as MAKE A CHANGE but renamed & re-released on SUTRA. Inc. the original version EVERYWAY BUT LOOSE
Professor I.K. Belemu - Seikiri La TeNIGERIA PHILIPS LP - £30
Nice highlife. Best cut for me is BEYEN PEI BO
Stix Hooper - The World WithinUK MCA LP - £8
Inc. amazing percussion soundscape AFRICAN SPIRIT - loft style!
The Mighty Tom Cats - Soul MakossaUS PAUL WINLEY LP - £12 OG issue - vinyl Mint - some sleeve wear
Identical version of SOUL MAKOSSA? on collectable and controversial label!
Unity - UnitySOUTH AFRICA TRUTONE LP - £50
Raw funky disco afro styles - check BAMSANDA LE MADUBA / ERUBE JAMBO / MANANA
Various Artists - Africa DancesUS AUTHENTIC LP - £30 STOC - front EX
Features an awesome Ethiopian funky soul tune LOVE IS LOVE by ALEMAYNO ESHIRTAY GROUP
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