Les Ya Toupas du Zaire CONGO instrumental PSYCH FUNK JAZZ LP holy grail!

Les Ya Toupas du Zaire - Les Ya Toupas du Zaire

Songhoï Records – SON 8209 France 1978
Very beautiful and unique instrumental LP with timeless unplugged psych funk grooves based in rumba, jazz and other styles. 
Apparently Les Ya Toupas were a Congolese group based in Benin, and while their known work is more soukous flavoured, this one is very avant garde, experimental and out there, quite unlike other music from the era. There are even funkified instrumental covers of Zaiko Wa Wa and Kaful Mayay.
Sleeve is very clean, record plays well but on side A it has isolated small damage across several tracks which cause a light click on my turntable in certain spots. Side B has no problems at all. Send me a message if you want to hear snippets.
A1 Ya Toupas A2 Les Trois Z A3 Mafokatini A4 Soso Pembe A5 Kaful Mayay B1 Mbandaka B2 Hello Mama B3 Yakidile B4 Marche Des Esclaves B5 Zaïko Wawa 
LISTEN (taken from the actual copy on sale)
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Vinyl: VG Sleeve: VG+
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