Tokpon Et Son Groupe – "Goudoufio Fo Lanssi Nou De Ladjo Le Epe A Me" 78 rpm

Tokpon Et Son Groupe – "Goudoufio Fo Lanssi Nou De Ladjo Le Epe A Me" – Parlophon B72331 Per Jonathan Ward in 2026: The 1930 Parlophon sessions in West Africa are incredibly rare and no catalogs exist - but they were I think the very first to record onsite, with Odeon, in the region. I’d never even heard of this series existing until a couple of years ago - incredibly tough. This is raw traditional music with a nice mix of well-recorded low and high percussion sounds in a big room. Mina is spoken in Togo and Benin. The later PO- series on Parlophone (with an -e) is dubbed from records on this series.