Accra / Studio Ledger
Night Market
Archive 04 / Data
A pressing run, 1964—1978
The sleeve made highlife travel.
1964 → 1978
3.5×
first-pressing volume
Original pressings by release year
peak year / 63k
Original highlife LP pressings by release year
Six bars show thousands of first pressings: 18 in 1964, 27 in 1967, 34 in 1970, 49 in 1973, 43 in 1976, and 63 in 1978.
THOUSAND COPIES / FIRST PRESSING
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
18
27
34
49
43
63
1964
1967
1970
1973
1976
1978
PEAK / 63K
Records logged in the studio ledger, not retail estimates.
+250% from first to last entry
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