DISCOGRAPHY OF DECCA WEST AFRICA (10")
●WAL 1001 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS (recorded in 1951?) ●WAL 1002 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS : NO.2 (recorded in 1952?) ●WAL 1003 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS : A STAR OF AFRICA (recorded in 1953?) ●WAL 1004 VARIOUS ARTISTS : GHANA FESTIVAL (E.T.MENSHA,BLACK BEANS,ONYINA & HIS GUITAR BAND,SPIKE ANYANKOR RHYTHM ACES, STARGAZERS OF KUMASI) ●WAL 1005 VARIOUS ARTISTS : DANCE NIGHTS IN NIGERIA ●WAL 1006 BLACK BEATS : BLACK BEAT RHYTHMS ●WAL 1007 BUILDERS BRIGADE BAND : GHANA OF PARADE ? ●WAL 1008 STARGAZERS : STARS ARE DANCING ●WAL 1009 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS : TEMPOS ON THE BEAT ●WAL 1010 BROADWAY DANCE BAND : HAPPY HIGHLIFE ●WAL 1011 BLACK BEATS : TROPICAL RHYTHMS ●WAL 1012 KING ONYINA : GHANA GUITAR ●WAL 1013 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS : A SATURDAY NIGHT ●WAL 1014 STARGAZERS : COME TO KUMASI : ASHANTI HIGHLIFES ●WAL 1015 VARIOUS ARTISTS : SONGS OF NIGERIA ●WAL 1016 CHARLES IWEGBUE AND HIS ARCHIBOGS : LAGOS HIGHLIFE ●WAL 1017 E.C.ARIZNE AND HIS MUSIC : APALA SONGS ●WAL 1018 HARUNA ISHOLA AND HIS GROUP : APALA SONGS ●WAL 1019 RED SPOTS BAND : SPOTS RHYTHMS ●WAL 1020 KING ONYINA ●WAL 1021 BLACK BEATS : BLACK BEATS ENCORES ●WAL 1022 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS : TEMPOS MELODIES (1962) ●WAL 1023 STARGAZERS : STARS HIGHLIFE ●WAL 1024 REPUBLICANS : BEST OF REPUBLICANS ●WAL 1025 BROADWAY DANCE : BROADWAY HIT ENCORES ●WAL 1026 JUJU MUSIC OF I.K.DAIRO ●WAL 1027 ROYAL BROTHERS BAND : THE SINGING GUITAR ●WAL 1028 AKOMPI GUITAR AND : MORE AKOMPI GUITAR HITS ●WAL 1029 BLACK BEATS : SWEET SOUND OF THE BLACK BEATS ●WAL 1030 RAMBLERS INTERNATIONAL DANCE BAND : FABULOUS RAMBLERS ●WAL 1031 RAMBLERS INTERNATIONAL DANCE BAND : RAMBLERS ENCORES ●WAL 1032 E. T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS : KING OF THE HIGHLIFES (1963) ●WAL 1033 ? ●WAL 1034 KING ONYINA ●WAL 1035 BROADWAY DANCE : BACK T BROADWAY
NOTES (1) This is a great 10" LP series of Ghanaian Highlife Music. (2) Materials of KING ONYINA were reissued in 1999 by Popular African Music. NOTES (Japanese) (1)1950〜60年代に西アフリカ・デッカは、ガーナでハイライフの10インチ盤をリリースしていた。 (その後は12インチLPに移行) (2)KING ONYINAは、CDで復刻された(Popular African Music pam ag 702)。
Special thanks to : Ray Templeton, Gilbert Hsiao
(2000/03/13 ver.1.0) (2001/03/04 ver.1.2)