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Tabansi Records

CTL-I-0104 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-01460 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0104. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

By the early 1970s Chief Tabansi had set up Tabansi Records (later renamed Tabansi Music Publishers) in Onitsha, Nigeria, complete with its own studios and pressing plant. Stored city Onitsha and type company confirmed.

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By the early 1970s Chief Tabansi had set up Tabansi Records (later renamed Tabansi Music Publishers) in Onitsha, Nigeria, complete with its own studios and pressing plant. Stored city Onitsha and type company confirmed.

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By the early 1970s Chief Tabansi had set up Tabansi Records (later renamed Tabansi Music Publishers) in Onitsha, Nigeria, complete with its own studios and pressing plant. Stored city Onitsha and type company confirmed.

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