Decca-wa782-kwa5215
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Audio file
| Title/Work | Abode (Highlife) | ||||||
| Author(s)/Composer(s) | unknown (folk music) | ||||||
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| High resolution audio (Flac) | FLAC · FLAC (Commons) | ||||||
| Compressed audio (Ogg Vorbis) | none | ||||||
| Genre(s) | African music (Ghana) | ||||||
| Content | - | ||||||
| Description | Decca WA 782; RCM, Numark TTX, Stanton 500.V3, Rek-O-Kut D5130EJ | ||||||
| Lyricist(s) | unknown (folk music) | ||||||
| Music arranger(s) | none | ||||||
| Conductor(s) | none | ||||||
| Performer(s) | Otoo Larte Band | ||||||
| Vocal range | instrumental | ||||||
| Label | Decca Records (West Africa) | ||||||
| Cat. no. | WA 782 | ||||||
| Order number | KWA 5215 | ||||||
| Matrix/StamperID | KWA-5215-1 | ||||||
| Place of recording | Accra[1] (Republic of Ghana) The given value was not understood. |
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| 1st recording date | between 1948 and 1958 | ||||||
| Coupling date | between 1948 and 1958 | ||||||
| Cutout date | unknown The date "unknown" was not understood. |
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| 1st release date | between 1948 and 1958[2],
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| PD CH | 1 January 2009 | ||||||
| PD EU | 1 January 2029 | ||||||
| PD USA | 1 January 2019 | ||||||
| PD INT | 1 January 2029 |
References
- ↑ Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 1: Media, Industry and Society, Edited by John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver and Peter Wicke, 2003, Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-6321 5; Page 707: In 1947, the British Decca company decided to set up West Africa's first recording studio, in Accra, Ghana, and to launch its West Africa (WA) series.
- ↑ British Library: The Decca West Africa yellow label series, issued on shellac disc between circa 1948-1958, provides a major resource for the study of contemporary African music. The majority of the recordings emanate from Ghana. The series features some virtual household names, such as highlife stars E.T. Mensah and his Tempos Band, King Bruce or The Black Beats, Link to the record
Licensing
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This work is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to Switzerland and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years and a copyright term of 50 years after the first publishing date. (Copyright Act, CopA)
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Categories:
- PD files lacking an image
- PD:Old forms
- Decca Records
- 1950s music
- African music
- African popular music
- African traditional music
- Otoo Larte Band
- Abode
- PD CH 2009
- PD EU 2029
- PD USA 2019
- PD INT 2029
- PD:EURO-SD25
- FLAC sound files
- Keith Monks 'Archivist Duo Omni' - RCM Mk. IX
- Numark TTX
- Stanton 500.V3
- Rek-O-Kut D5130EJ
- Carl Flisch collection
