A lot of Shaka tapes are not well recorded! People would take a tape recorder into the dance and most equipment can't handle the weight of the bass...there'll be distortion, the walls are rattling, etc., however, there were a series of about 4 tapes that the Shaka Foundation put out in the early 90s that were well recorded - they all have a variation on the same cover art, so if you ever see a tape with a cover like this then it's probably worth listening to:
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"London 1990" pictured above is good, as is this one:
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