Solomon Ilori – African High Life – Afrobeat Jazz Vinyl LP – Blue Note
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Description
All I know about this incredible artist and his Afro-Drum Ensemble is what I gleaned from reading the liner notes on the back of the cover of this album. Ilori was born and raised in Nigeria in a strong musical family. He came to the US with the intent of bringing appreciation for African music across the Atlantic. It was a formidable task. After years of relentless determination he earned a contract with Blue Note and recorded this one album. It is truly powerful and beautiful. Though the group name implies this is solely a Drum driven collection, there are stunning performances on guitar, alto sax, flute and bass as well. This amazing collection was released on Blue Note in 1966, number BST-84136. This is a reissue of the album originally released in 1963. The vinyl is in exceptional condition with its bright original luster and just a few light surface scratches and paper scuffs. None of these significantly impact play. It plays beautifully with just light sporadic background noise. There is a bit of sticker discoloration on the side one label. The vinyl grades VG. The album cover shows ring wear and corner and edge wear including a two inch split on the spine side of the top seam and a three inch split at the top of the spine. The other seams show wear but are sharp, tight, and intact. There is general age wear. The cover grades G.
Track List:
Tolani (African Love Song)
Ise Oluwa (God’s Work Is Indestructible)
Follow Me To Africa
Yaba E (Farewell)
Jojolo (Look At The Beautiful Girl)
Aiye Le (The Troubled World)
Grading Information
I always clean and then listen to every record I list on eBay. I do this to make sure I can give as accurate a description of each record as possible. I will do both a visual check and an audio check. I absolutely attempt to give as objective a grading as I can. I don’t ever want you to be disappointed in the quality of the album you receive. My promise is that I will never put up for auction any album that I would not be proud to play for others on my own turntable.I only use four grades in my grading: NM, VG+, VG, and G. The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition. My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve. The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or two small defects. It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static. On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album. Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading. Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there. That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen. In this case the vinyl will be graded VG. Very occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G. This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy.
Shipping Information – Combined Shipping
Shipping is $4.00 in the continental U.S. In addition, I will happily combine records from multiple auctions to reduce total shipping cost. In fact, I welcome it! Shipping will be $4.00 in the U.S regardless of the number of auctions won in any 5-day period.Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates. Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. Canada shipping rates have gone up dramatically. The first album will be shipped for $16. Additional albums will be shipped for $4 per album, with up to five albums able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping. At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost.
The Canada cost determination also applies for all other International shipping, except that the first album is shipped for $22 and each subsequent is just an additional $5.00.
All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening. The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve. I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments. If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day. Payment by PayPal is preferred.
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