SI DATY ET MOUNINA Mauritania Africa RAW desert blues 2 unpublished LPs + 45 mp3

$

250

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SI DATY ET MOUNINA – Lot of 2 LPs and one 45 from Mauritania, Africa (Boussiphone/Morocco ORIGINALS!!)

(1) "Ida Haka" 45 (MB 1.419)

(2) "Fako Tamajouga" LP (MB 20)

(3) "Labyad" LP (MB 22)

Up for sale today we have a few examples of some of the most incredibly rare records you will ever see: records by artists from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. This rarely recorded, very large, sparsely populated Northwest African country produced only a handful of artists and even fewer records during the heyday of vinyl record production in the African Islamic world (1960s-1970s). The ‘desert blues’ duo Si Daty Et Mounina were probably the ‘most famous’ or at least most often recorded of all Mauritanian artists, having recorded several times for the Moroccan label Boussiphone.

Until very recently, I had never seen even one copy of any of the LPs, because they are said to have never been officially commercially released (hence all existing copies come without sleeves), but I recently found two examples, so here they are, together with one of their singles. I offer them here as a lot for anyone who wants to both start and almost finish their Mauritanian vinyl discography in one fell swoop.

Listen to all three records –

The single:

One LP:

The Other LP:

Condition: The single is VG, with moderate consistent surface noise throughout, as you can hear above. The LPs vary between VG and G, generally more on the G side of things due to persistent pops and some skips, as you can hear above. I have included the entirety of both LPs so that you can hear that they vary in condition considerably throughout. All sleeves are generic: the single in a generic “Boussiphone” label sleeve, and the LPs in some kind of weird homemade sleeves printed by the guy who owned them before me, specifying that they are “officially unpublished!”

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Your item(s) will be shipped within ten (10) days of receiving cleared payment.

Please see my other auctions for more rare music.