Osei Kofi - African Heroes Band Abadan Special lp RPC private Afrobeat Funk RARE
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36
$ 36
Sold For
Apr 6, 2025
Sold Date
Mar 30, 2025
Start Date
5
Number Of Bids
USA
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Description
EnfieldRecords is now back on eBay! (Check the Discogs Feedback, to separate, we named the one on this platform EnfieldVinyl). Check out our "World" sale, 100+ records (mostly LP's, some choice 45's), Afro / Caribbean (Islands, Reggae) / Latin (Including Tejano, Brazilian) / Middle Eastern. The styles are funk, jazz, soul, psych, and some traditional music native to the country of origin :) None of these items are on our Discogs page :).
All items are first pressings, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Helpful hint: All items are listed in order alphabetically of label, beginning with geographical location, so "ending soonest" is the best filter in the search, it will go first by region; Afro, onto Caribbean (including Islands, Reggae), Latin (including Tejano, and Brazilian), then Middle Eastern, subgenres are grouped together, so Tejano lp's are within Latin, and grouped alphabetical say El Zarape then GCP, etc., :)
No Reserve price for any item, 7-Day auction, conservative grading, bid with confidence!
- Media Grade: EX ("Kay" is written on black sharpie on the labels)
- Sleeve Grade: VG+
- Year / Label / Catalogue #: 1984 / RPC (private press) / 668841
- Additional attributes, Country of Origin, etc. : 1st press, US private press, Osei Kofi & his Group are from Ghana :)
- Other Contents (i.e. inserts, posters, company sleeve, etc.): N/A
- Brief Comments: For fans of private press lp's, along with Century, Custom Fidelity, RPC is another with lurking gems. This is amazing, so this was recorded in Ghana at the Ghana Film Studio (high tech gear!), Osei Kofi was friends with Ghanaian diplomats in the U.S., Frank & Beatrice Yeboah. He had them take the master tapes, to press, shop out a demo in the U.S., so they went to RPC, made 100 copies, gave a few to friends, labels, but no takers. So Kofi sent second generation tapes to a U.K. label interested, which is why the U.K. press lacks the heavier drums, it was mixed differently as well. The U.S. RPC 1st press is the way it's intended to sound....funky! "Reggie" is a misspelling of "Reggae" for the track B2 Mada Meho So! Highlife Funk with Jazz influences, Afrobeat. Extremely rare, this is the copy that showed up 5 years ago, was purchased at a buy it now on our part. It's not easy to part with this one, only a couple deep collector's have it, and it's insane! A U.S. private press Afrobeat Highlife Funk monster recorded in Ghana! It sounds more like 1974 (doesn't have that 80's sound). Rare, hoping this goes to a great home to be spun over and over :)
Our Grading Scale is: NM, EX (Also known as VG++), VG+, VG, VG-, G+. Anything under G+, which is almost certainly unlikely, except in a possible extreme case of rarity, will be considered "Thrashed". Any record that is VG or below will have a description of why, VG+ and above will stand on the merits of our grading outline.
*note that due to the VPI being in storage at the other side of the country, there could be dust, which is not factored into the grading*
- NM = As close to pristine as a vintage record can get, almost like brand new.
- EX = If under bright light there exists a faint scuff, or light marks, which will be inaudible, most collectors, and dealers would consider this closer to the common use of "NM" (*some use VG++ instead of EX, our EX is VG++ with the same conditions)
- VG+ = More than a small handful of light marks, nothing that can be felt, will have high-gloss (or in rare situations where the play grade is EX, and the visual is VG, VG+ is the composite grade), a thoroughly enjoyable copy with only moments of barely perceptible surface noise, overpowered by the music. VG+ will satisfy the majority of collector's as a very nice keeper copy. If an otherwise EX or NM record as a warp that doesn't effect play, it will go to VG+ and the warp will always be noted, the one exception to no notating VG+ & above records.
- VG = More hairlines, marks, maybe a few scratches, no more than two feelable scratches, which would bring it to VG-, any feelable scratch will be noted! There will likely be some surface noise, but will play through, still being an enjoyable copy, and the audio quality will satisfy most collectors (as collectors ourselves, we apply the golden rule, if it wouldn't satisfy us, it won't be VG). If a record is otherwise EX, but has a slight skip, we'll note this, under VG, a momentary thing, but 99% of the record is wonderful, this seems fair with making sure that information in that case is provided.
- VG- = More scratches than VG, surface noise that will jump out at you in parts, may be overpowered by music or at the level of music for long stretches. It will likely play the whole way through on most turntables, it will be a copy you can still get some decent play enjoyment from.
- G+ = Lot of scratches, deeper ones, surface noise will now have mostly overpowered or competed with the music, it may skip in some places. We don't tend to sell G+ records unless the rarity is so great, to merit it's sale, and in these G+ cases, like with VG, VG -, all defects will be outlined, described by Media condition.
- Thrashed = Pretty much a theoretical grade, it would be for all intents & purposes virtually unplayable, this would be for maybe display purposes, or if you need the cover, it's "theoretical" because we haven't sold any so far.
*A Word regarding cover grades, (Any seam split will be mentioned in the sleeve condition section, measured in inches, including the location, as far as cover wear, ring wear, anything that can be visibly seen, we ask you to look at the photo's, of course any questions are welcome regarding grading, edition, matrix numbers, etc.) We are here to deliver as accurately as possible, from the mindset as collector's first, on our grading (visual & audio), being human, and given we all know grading to an extent is as much art (i.e. subjective judgement by experience) as science (the clear radial scratch is empirically there), if there ever is a mistake, we are happy to correct it, the point is to leave every person who purchases from us completely satisfied, we aren't people in this to trick our fellow record collectors, we're here to delight with these treasured albums, 45's, etc. :)
We don't use "Mint", a record that is sealed will be "Still Sealed" and described i.e. "flat copy", "looks like new".
NM is a grade reserved for the very few, most of our records fall between VG+ to EX, conservatively graded. If the record is seen by the buyer as better than described, that makes us happy :).
Everything is guaranteed, meaning 100% refund, no questions asked! We stand by the integrity of delivering satisfaction, and the hope is in doing our job, we will have delivered a cherished album to add to your collection, but on the slight chance of any human error, we want you to rest assured and bid with confidence! :D Shipping: Items will be shipped within 5 business days of Payment, to give us a chance to most properly pack, sort, getting your album to you safe and sound!
*A note on shipping, our goal is to send out your purchase the next possible shipping day, we strive to ship as fast as possible, 5 business days is only to provide a buffer, 95% of the time if an item is paid for on Saturday/Sunday, it will ship Monday. :)
Please wait for invoice if you have multiple items, we combine shipping up to 4 LP's, any additional amount, you will be sent a message of the cost difference for additional LP's, you are not paying us, merely the difference strictly for shipping! (happy to put the price of shipping on the label, we want you to be confident we don't pocket any shipping costs!)
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Thank from EnfieldVinyl, a Mom & Son auction venture of EnfieldRecords!
Kindly, -Ellie :)
&
Alec 8-)
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