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Afrique - Soul Makossa - Original Rare Revolutionary Mint LP •••New Sealed•••

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Afrique - Soul Makossa- Original LP •••New Sealed•••.

••Contains The Version of Soul Makossa which peaked on The Billboard Hot 100 chart (peak position #47 the week of July 7, 1973) 3 weeks prior to the Manu Dibango hit (peak position #35 week of July 28, 1973) and is widely considered superior in musicianship.**

••This Album Is One of the All-Time Most Sought-After Sources of Beats, Breaks, & Samples by Turntable DJs And Mixmasters•• ••New Sealed Copies such as this are Almost Impossible to Find•• **Regarded as an influential "must-have" for music collectors and historians in multiple genres**


•Side One:

Soul Makossa

Kissing My Love

Sleepwalk

Let Me Do My Thing

Slow Motion


•Side Two:

Hot Mud

House Of Rising Funk

Dueling Guitars

Hot Doggin’

Get It


•Musicians:

David T. Walker - Guitar

Arthur Wright - Guitar

Chuck Rainey - Fender Bass

Charles Kynard - Organ

Ray Pounds - Drums

Chino Valdes - Percussion

Eric Errisson - Percussion

Paul Humphrey - Percussion

Paul Jeffrey - Tenor Sax

Joe Kelso - Tenor Sax

Steve Kravitz - Baritone Sax

Wallace Snow - Percussion

Charles Taggart - Percussion