If it is pre-1970 then you might check Allen Merriam's book "African Music
on LP."

http://www.amazon.com/African-music-LP-annotated-discography/dp/0810103052

UD


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've a 2 LP set in a gatefold album, "Africa- Soul from the Beginning."
>
> The map inside shows the examples are from Guinea to Niger, reading from
> left to right, and south to Ghana. It is well illustrated and has a 4 pp
> booklet with photos as well. The sound is wiell-recorded. There are about
> 6
> cuts per side but no titles, which are, however, listed and annotated in
> the
> inserted booklet Everything is in English.
>
> There is no label name nor other identifying information .I can't even tell
> in what country it was made but the feel of the gatefold cover is U.S.and
> the label designs remind me of some older rock bootlegs.
>
> It looks like an interesting ebay item but i'd like to indentify it better.
> Does anyone have more info on this set?
>
> Steve Smolian
>