ETHIOPIAN INSTRUMENTALS HAILU MERGIA MULATU ASTATKE EX-

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I wish you all the best for 2010 ! A romantic year, fantastic and something that's rhyme with...music ! I'm back again with some african pearls that I'm very happy to share with you. Enjoy this wonderful music...and a neverending summer ! / Je vous souhaite le meillleur pour 2010 ! Une année romantique, fantastique et... quelque chose qui rime avec musique ! Je suis à nouveau de retour avec quelques perles africaines que je suis très heureux de partager avec vous. Profitez de cette merveilleuse musique...et d'un été sans fin !

Once again, I am sorry for the high postal fees. We have the world's most expensive postal service in the world ! / Encore une fois, je suis désolé pour les frais d'envoi excessifs, mais nous avons le service postal le plus cher du monde !

WARNING FOR US BUYERS : I'm in Belgium...You will find the shipping cost below (24 US $ for 1 to 3 lp's / 9 US $ for 1 to 3 singles). Due to problems with "Turbo Lister", I was forced to indicated 4 US$ for the shipping cost...I'm sorry for that. No way to list the records with the real shipping cost...Thanks for your understanding.

FOR EVERY BUYER / POUR TOUS LES ACHETEURS : Once the sales 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. / Ne payez pas avant de recevoir le montant total pour chaque transaction, que j'envoie après la fin des ventes. Merci d'avance.

Don't miss this great blog : http://jammagica.blogspot.com   HAILU MERGIA & THE WALLAS "Tche belew" - ETHIOPIAN INSTRUMENTALS (Ethiopia)   Kaifa Records LPKF 45 - Original first pressing from Ethiopia - 1977   A : Tche belew (1) / Yemiasleks fikir (2) / Yikirta lemminalehu (3) / Musical silt (1) / Lomi Tera-tera (3) B : Whogenei (4) / Ibakish tarekigne (3) / Birtukane (3) / Eti gual blenai (2) / Yenuro tesia alegne (4)   Arranged by : 1 = Girma Beyene / 2 = Mulatu Astatke / 3 = Yohannes Tekola / 4 = Moges Habte   Musicians = Hailu Mergia (organ), Mulatu Astatke (Xylophon & conga drum), Moges Habte (sax & flute), Mahmmud Aman (guitar), Yohannes Tekola (trumpet), Melaku Gabrie (bass, guitar) Girma Beyene (piano), Temare Haregu (drum), Abebe Kassa (alto-sax).   http://www.addistunes.com/Hailu_Mergia_and_the_Wallias_Band/   http://video.google.com/videosearch?sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&rlz=1T4GZAZ_frBE248BE248&q=hailu+mergia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=R7VVS66wI8qTjAeC_-ybDg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB0QqwQwAw# http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94477967   You will surely be surprised by my lack of  lyricism concerning a record that holds superior musical interest.  This may be because I tend to think that you know this Ethiopian music better than I do, as it is not my usual domain. The fact is also that I don’t really know what to say. It is so… Probably that there won't be many more chances to find another copy of this record. And certainly impossible to find it in this incredible condition ! Contains the legendary "Musical Slit" (popularized by Jim Jarmusch in his "Broken Flowers"...). But not only. All the tracks are absolutly fantastic. There are lots of expressions in this case : Don't sleep, don't miss it, good luck...Just want to say : Pray little bit harder.   Vous serez surement étonné de ma description peu lyrique pour un disque qui représente un interet musical superieur. Peut-etre parce que je me dis que vous connaissez mieux que moi cette musique ethiopienne qui n'est pas dans mon registre musical habituel. Mais aussi parce que je ne sais pas quoi dire. C'est tellement.... Il n'y aura probablement pas beaucoup d'autres chance de trouver une autre copie de ce disque. Et certainement impossible d'en trouver une dans cette incroyable condition ! Contient le legendaire "Musical slit". Mais pas seulement. Tous les autres morceaux sont absolument fantastiques. Il y a beaucoup d'expressions généralement utilisées dans un cas comme celui-ci : Reveillez-vous ! Ne dormez pas ! Ne le manquez pas ! Bonne chance...J'ai juste envie de vous dire : priez encore un peu plus fort !   Record = Side A : EX- (I prefer to not grade EX to be sure that you will be not disapointed, few very light surface scuffs and traces, plays EX with few very light crackles listenable between tracks) Side A : EX- (lots of light surface ring traces, plays EX with few very light crackles listenable between tracks)   Cover = VG+ (warped, ring wear, few little brown traces, dog eared, corners and slices slightly worn)   Weight = 250 grs   Hailu Mergia and The Band Wallias Album: Tche Belew Song: Yenurow Tesfa Alegne Though I've heard some late-'70s cassettes that have blown my mind, I do believe that there were only three instrumental Ethiopian albums (that is, vinyl-only records) recorded and released during what Falcetto has termed "The Golden Seventies." Two are by the ubiquitous Mulatu Astatke, and saw release on the Amha label. The third is the record that contains the funky jewel heard here, credited to Hailu Mergia and The Band Wallias but owing much to Astatke (featured, naturally, on the vibraphone, which he introduced to Ethiopia). It saw release on Ali Abdella Kaifa's self-named label. Ethiopiques 13: Ethiopian Groove includes a song by Hailu Mergia from Tche Belew.   http://www.nowagainrecords.com/walias-band-musical-silt/   Though I’ve heard some late 70s cassettes that have blown my mind, I do believe that there are only three instrumental Ethiopian albums (that is: vinyl-only) recorded and released during what Francois Falcetto of the Ethiopiques series has termed “The Golden Seventies.” Two are by the ubiquitous Mulatu Astatke, and saw release on the Amha label. The first, Ethiopian Modern Instrumentals Hits, collected his 7? releases on the label while the second, Ethio-Jazz from 1974, contained previously unreleased, long-form compositions. The third is the record you see here, credited to Hailu Mergia and The Band Wallias but owing much to Astatke (featured, naturally, on the instrument he introduced to Ethiopia – the vibraphone). It saw release on Ali Abdella Kaifa’s self-named label. As Falcetto points out on his excellent liner notes to Ethiopiques Vol. 4, there was not much of an instrumental tradition in Ethiopia until the advent of brass bands in the early part of the 20th century. Thus it’s not surprising that outside of the adventurous Astatke very few people attempted to record and release instrumental music in the short period during which the Amha, Kaifa and Phillips released a few hundred 45s and a handful of LPs in the country. Why this album contains only one song like “Musical Silt” is ponderous. The rest of the album is enjoyable, equally funky and benign. But “Musical Silt,” the only song from the album ever reissued, is a beast. While some might call it dissonant, it’s beautifully modal, a perfect example of the Ethiopian qenet system tempered by the tuning of the Western instruments the musicians play. And the rhythms; each component of the ensemble plays in their own time signature. “The one,” which most fans of funk music so readily anticipate in a rolling groove, never sounds exactly like you’d expect it. But the song chugs along perfectly – it ends some four minutes in, but you wish it would run for hours. A hypnotic groove fo’ sho’. Thus, while the song owes much to Astatke’s influence, we can’t cease without giving respect to the arranger and pianist Girme Beyene, whose tenure with the band Wallias continued as the band left Ethiopia and toured the USA in the early 80s. This song is arguably his masterpiece, which says quite a lot considering the quality of musicians he produced during his time in Ethiopia (including the awesome Alehmayehu Eshete).   ! 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You may think these prices are too high, but they are exactly what the Belgian post offers (the most expensive in Europe !!!) / Vous allez penser que les frais d'envoi sont excessifs, mais nous avons le service postal le plus cher d'Europe !!!.

Check each items' weigh, indicated in ads, to estimate the shipping cost. Don't forget the package's weight (Record's box = 200/300grs) / Vérifiez dans chaque annonce le poids des objets pour évaluer les frais de port, sans oublier le poid de l'emballage (Boite pour disques = 200/300grs)

Belgium/Belgique/Belgïe :

1/6 LP (2kg)  = 5 euros          7/15 LP (5kg) = 9,00 euros

1/3 singles (350 grs) = 2 euros      4/30 singles (2kg) = 5 euros

Nederlands + Luxembourg : 15/30 lp (5/10kg) = 13 euros

Europe :

1/2 (3?) LP (1kg) = 9,60 euros (13,5 US$)   3/5 LP (2kg) = 19,20 euros (27 US$)  

15 LP (5kg) = 26 euros (39 US$)

1/3 singles (350 grs) = 5,60 euros (7,5 US$)   4/15 singles (1kg) = 9,60 euros (13,5 US $)

World + USA + Canada :

1/2 (3?) LP (1kg) = 16,00 euros (24 US$)     3/5 LP (2kg) = 32,00 euros (48 US$) 

15 LP (5kg) = 52 euros (76 US$)

1/3 singles (350 grs) = 6,40 euros (9 US $)    4/15 singles (1kg) = 16 euros (24 US $)

REGISTERED SHIPPING / ENVOI RECOMMANDE = + 4,50 euros (7 us$)

Items will be sent as soon as payment is confirmed (24 h after max.) / Les colis seront postés dès la confirmation du paiement (endéans les 24h).

GRADING For LP / NOTATION pour les disques :

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-seled record .../ Disque et pochette impéccables, joué seulement quelques fois.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 few very light light surface traces/hairlines, and few very light insignificant crackles, cover has minor defaults. / Disque en excellent état, possibilité de très lègères traces en surface et de quelques grésillement insignifiants, pochette avec défauts mineurs....

VG++ (VERY GOOD++) : Few light surface traces/scuffs, few very light crackles. There may be few traces 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 ou marques en surface. Quelques traces possibles sur la a 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 or scuffs, plays with light crackles or light surface noise background, no serious scuffs (no jumps). Cover slighty worn (traces, light ring wear, dog eraed, corner ans slices slightly worn...) / Disque qui a tourné, visiblement utilisé, avec des marques ou rayures en surface, des craquements légers ou un bruit de surface en fond, mais pas de griffes sérieuse (ne saute pas). Pochette un peu uséee avec quelques traces, cornée, coins et tranches légèrement abimée, saleté).

VG (VERY GOOD) : Used record, played a lot, has marks and scuffs, crackles and few clicks while playing, sometimes constants but not too sérious,  no jumps. Still quite listenable. 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 traces et rayures diverses, quelques griffes et des craquements audibles, parfois constants mais pas trop sérieux. Ne saute pas.Globalement écoutable... 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), lot of scruffs and marks, lots of crackles while playing, sometimes serious, may have serious clicks (or few little jumps). The cover is damaged.../ Disque très utilisé (et peut l'être encore), beaucoup de griffes et de marques, craquements sérieux, rayé (avec la possibilité de sauter légèrement). La pochette est endommagée...

G (GOOD) : Indeed, not so good...but still alive ! Played while his entire life (and once again today !), or really ill-traited...Lots of traces, marks and scuffs, serious crackles and surface noises while playing, serious clicks, may have jumps...And the cover is really in a bad state too...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 traces, marques, rayures, sérieux craquements et bruits de surface, rayé et peut même sauté quelques fois...Et la pochette est aussi en très mauvais état...Vraiment une rareté pour être présenté dans cet état...

Each record and cover will be described in more detail if necessary .

Chaque disque et pochette seront plus détaillés si nécessaire.

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