MANU DIBANGO RARE MINT LP 'SOUL MAKOSSA' UNPLAYED 1972 PRESSWELL PRESSING PROMO
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MANU DIBANGO RARE MINT 'SOUL MAKOSSA' UNPLAYED  1972 LP - PRESSWELL PRESSING PROMO!
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[link removed by eBay] Courtesy of Wikipedia
"Soul Makossa" is a 1972 single by Cameroonian makossa saxophonist Manu Dibango. It is often cited as one of the first disco records. In 1972 David Mancuso found a copy in a Brooklyn West Indian record store and often played it at his Loft parties. The response was so positive that the few copies of "Soul Makossa" in New York City were quickly bought up. The song was subsequently played heavily by Frankie Crocker, who DJed at WBLS, then New York's most popular black radio station. Since the original was now unfindable, at least 23 groups quickly released cover versions to capitalize on the demand for the record. Atlantic Records eventually licensed the song from the French record label Fiesta. Their release of it peaked at #35 on the Billboard Singles chart in 1973; The album followed immediately and charted on Billboard's Top 100 albums. In 1999 Dave Marsh wrote that it was "the only African record by an African" to crack the top 40. At one point there were nine different versions of the song in the Billboard chart. It became "a massive hit" internationally as well.
DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of Discogs

Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa

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Label:

Atlantic – SD 7267

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Presswell Pressing, Promo

Country:

US

Released:

Jun 1973

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:

Jazz-Funk, Funk A1 New Bell 6:51 A2 Nights In Zeralda 4:38 A3 Hibiscus 6:23 B1 Dangwa 6:00 B2 Lily 3:02 B3 Soul Makossa 4:30 B4 Oboso 5:23
  • Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Société Française du Son
  • Copyright © – Société Française du Son
  • Published By – Cotillion Music
  • Published By – Rayven Music
  • Published By – Kooper Music
  • Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
  • Pressed By – Presswell
  • Printed By – Imperial Packing Co., Inc.
  • Acoustic Guitar – Pierre Zogo
  • Arranged By, Written-By – Manu Dibango
  • Bass – Long Manfred*
  • Congas [Toumbaist] – Manu Rodanet
  • Drums – Joby Jobs
  • Electric Guitar – Malekani Gerry*
  • Lacquer Cut By – GP*
  • Liner Notes – M. Dibango*
  • Percussion – Freddy Mars
  • Photography By – Xavier Auvert
  • Piano – Georges Arvanitas, Patrice Galas
Label variant and Presswell pressing as identified by the PR found on the labels and in the runout grooves.

Runouts are etched.
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-732867 PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-732868 PR
  • Pressing Plant ID (Labels and runouts): PR
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Price Code (Spine): 0598
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): ST-A-732867A AT/GP PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): ST-A-732868-A AT/GP PR


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