Description ♬ Let's have a great trip together around the African continent. So gald to share all these tasty and spicy sounds. Enjoy ! ♬ ARTIST = ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO DE COTONOU / PICOBY BAND D'ABOMEY / DEHOUMON ADJAGNON Title = Country = Benin Year = 1974 / 75 Label / Ref / Pressing = Echos Sonores du Dahomey / ESD 30 / Original from Dahomey (Benin) Tracks = Side A : Kon klon me kondi : conte fon présenté par Dehoumon Adjagnon (= speech) Side B : POLY RYTHMO Ne rien voir, rien dire, rien entendre / be gni wan nu we / Tombola tche dou nou / PICOBY BAND Mi dokounou G. M. R. / POLY RYTHMO Ne na blo gbon I sold my only copy of this masterpiece, with the "butterfly" cover that we know, 6 years ago. With the comentary below : "Do I need to write 20 pages ? You know that I'm able to do it. But today, I feel that you will loose patience, no time to read my poetry...So, I will be as quick as a flash...No, you're right. I'm triying to find an escape...You know that I'm loosing inspiration...And I can't restist. The temptation of the malefic samples ! So, in a few words. I have a good friend who compares Poly Rythmo to Led Zeppelin (a wink to P. K. !) . And today, I know why. He knew that they both went to Valhalla (remember "immigrant song"...). They drunk some magical beers with the Valkyries, learned the Fury and the Poetry with Odin, and thankfully, they came back to the earth to share their cosmological experience. Listen to the Poly-Cosmology. " Not so bad isn't it ? Just perfect to whetting your curiosity ! Can I add something else today ? Probably. About this copy, especially the sleeve. Never seen it before, wherever it is, even in the skies ! I even didn't know about the existence of such an edition. So, I'm not going to make a big mistake saying : ultra rare, impossible to find, afro-ufo...ect…and I'm within an ace to say that is…no, I can't that is the sole copy in the world ! Though... As adviced in the first track (in french), I feel you are meditating about the Three Mystic Apes wisdom : "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". But we are not talking about Evil. It's about Good. About something fully kindly. Hey James, I feel good. Is it bad ? ♬ Soundfiles are recorded from the vinyl auctioned ♬ B1 : http://www.mediafire.com/file/8db51332mf4ufaf/ASB030_B1.mp3B5 : http://www.mediafire.com/file/380477x0vienu8o/ASB030_B5.mp3B4 : http://www.mediafire.com/file/uc43tmegbfmaakp/ASB030_B4.mp3B2 : http://www.mediafire.com/file/8qyvta85e8qq56s/ASB030_B2.mp3B3 : http://www.mediafire.com/file/9z4w768n31erzex/ASB030_B3.mp3 A : http://www.mediafire.com/file/ygo92ouudwnw2w0/ASB030_A.mp3 Record = Side A : VG- (to G) (covered with surface scuffs, marks and traces, plays with constant crackles mostly not heavy, some clicks) Side B : G (to Poor) (covered with scuffs, marks and traces, plays with constant serious crackles (even louder than the music on B2/B3), lighter on B4 (but two clicks at the middle) and on B5 (but original sound recording too low), no skip) Cover = G/Poor (worn, damaged (parts are missing but have been relatively well repaired), seriously cornea and yellowed, dirty, ring wear, edges and corners damaged (parts are missing, large sticky paper + cardboard added all around), writings, serious splits, marks and serious traces of dirt) Label = writings, traces of dirt ++++++++++++++++++++ Postage + Handling cost +++++++++++++++++++WARNING FOR USA BUYERS :Item is located in Europe. You will find the real shipping cost below (No way to list with the right shipping costs. I was forced to indicate 4 US$. Thanks for your understanding).Sending from Belgium (2 business days after payment / Registered shipping - Priority Airl Mail) BELGIUM : 1-7 LP's = 10$ENGLAND / FRANCE / GERMANY / NETHERLAND : 1-18 LP's = 20$ REST OF EUROPE + USA : 1-3 LP's = 20$ / 4-18 LP's = 35$ WORLDWIDE : 1-3 LP's = 30$ / 4-7 LP's = 55$ I am really sorry for the high postal fees. Belgian postal service is probably the most expensive in the world ! And no economic shipping...This is why I also propose to ship records from France (cheaper but sending later = 10 days after payment). Sending from France (10 business days after payment / Registered shipping - Priority Airl Mail) FRANCE : 1-7 LP's = 10$ EUROPE (EEC) : 1 LP = 14 $ / 2-3 LP's = 18$ / 4-7 LP's = 20$ WORLDWIDE : 1 LP = 16$ / 2-3 LP's = 24$ / 4-7 LP's = 40$ FOR EVERY BUYER : Once the sale is completed, please be kind enough to wait for the invoice that I will send with the total amount for each transaction. Do not pay before. Thanks in advance. POUR TOUS LES ACHETEURS Ne payez pas avant de recevoir la facture avec le montant total pour chaque transaction, que j'envoie après la fin des ventes. Merci d'avance. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Notes +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Communication : ok in English (but I am not fluent !), de préférence en Français, mogelijk in Neederlands (maar ik heb hulp nodig !).Payement/Paiement/Betaling : Paypal (prefer), Bank transfer/Virement bancaire. No check. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Grading policy ++++++++++++++++++++++++++NM (NEAR MINT) : Near perfect copy, played only a few times. At worst it may have one or two insignificant flaws.The highest grade I give for a non-sealed record / Disque et pochette impéccables, a joué seulement quelques fos. Au pire, une ou deux traces insignifiantes. C'est le grade le plus haut que je donne pour un disque non scellé. EX (EXCELLENT) : Clean copy, there may be a few very light surface traces/hairlines, it may plays with a few tiny crackles, cover has minor defaults. / Disque en excellent état, possibilité de très lègères traces ou lignes en surface, événtuellement quelques grésillement/craquements insignifiants, pochette avec défauts mineurs.... VG++ (VERY GOOD++) : A few light surface traces/scuffs, plays with very light crackles. There may be a few traces or marks on the cover, corners or slices slightly worn...Nothing serious but is not graded EX because of few minor defaults / Très bon état dans l'ensemble, avec de légères traces et rayures en surface, très légers craquements audibles. Quelques traces ou marques possibles sur la pochette, coins ou tranches légèrement usées. Rien de sérieux mais assez de petits défauts pour ne pas être classé EX. VG+ (VERY GOOD +) : Played a lot, will show signs of handling, has surface marks and scuffs, plays with light crackles or light surface noise background, no serious scuffs, no serious crackles. Cover slighty worn (traces, light ring wear, dog eared, corner and slices slightly worn...) / Disque qui a tourné, visiblement utilisé, avec des marques et rayures en surface, des craquements légers ou un bruit de surface en fond, mais pas de griffes sérieuses, ni de craquements sérieux. Pochette un peu usée (avec quelques traces, cornée, coins et tranches légèrement abimés, saleté, ect...) VG (VERY GOOD) : Used record, played a lot, has a lot of surface traces, marks and scuffs, crackles and a few clicks while playing, sometimes constants but not too serious, no serious clicks, no jumps. Still enjoyable. Cover worn, may have corner and slices worn or damaged, ring wear, serious traces or little splits, slightly ripped / Disque qui a été souvent joué avec beaucoup de traces, marques et rayures diverses, quelques griffes et des craquements audibles, parfois constants mais pas trop sérieux. Ne saute pas. Toujours agréable à écouter... Pochette usée et défraichie, un peu déchirée, coins et tranches cornés ou abimés, traces sérieuses ou petits coups... VG- (VERY GOOD MINUS) : Played a lot and more (but still playable), a lot of scuffs, marks, and traces, a lot of crackles while playing, sometimes serious, may have a few serious scuffs with serious clicks (no jumps). The cover is in a bad state, damaged... / Disque très utilisé (mais peut l'être encore...), beaucoup de griffes, de traces et de marques, peut avoir de sérieuses rayures , avec de sérieux craquements, ne saute pas. La pochette est en mauvais état, endommagée... G (GOOD) : Indeed, not so good...but still alive ! Played while his entire life (and once again today !), or really ill-traited...A lot of serious traces, marks and scuffs, serious crackles and surface noise, serious clicks, may have jumps...The cover is really in a very bad state too, even no entire...Must be very rare to be proposed in this state... / En effet, pas si bon...mais encore vivant ! Utilisé durant sa vie entière (et aujourd'hui encore !), ou vraiment maltraité...Beaucoup de sérieuses traces, marques et rayures, sérieux craquements et bruits de surface, rayé et peut même sauter quelques fois...La pochette est aussi en très mauvais état, peut même ne pas être entière...Vraiment une rareté pour être présenté dans cet état... POOR : ? = dead ? hard or impossible to listen to it...should be listed only in a batch. Cover ? better to say no more cover ! / ? mort ? difficile ou impossible à écouter...devrait être listé uniquement en lot. Pochette ? autant dire qu'il n'y en a plus ! _gsrx_vers_586 (GS 6.8 (586))