Record-hunting in Yemen

Hypnotic oud, Polish jazz, the Godfather of Soul – and lots of the local amphetamine. Vinyl obsessive Chris Menist takes stock of his finds from a crate-digging trip on the Arabian peninsulaIt was the most unlikely place to find a copy of James Brown's The Popcorn. Pinned clumsily to a wall in one of the many antique shops in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, hung the creased sleeve of a rare LP that contains some of Brown's funkiest moments. To stumble across it here defied logic, but was, it turned ...

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