Orchestre Afrisa International – Isa, african 1973 – ’74 – ’75

Afrisa International, front

Congo’s greatest singer of all time is Tabu Ley Rochereau.
On this album we hear him perform with Orchestre Afrisa International.
These recordings from the early 70’s have such a subtel relaxed
sound, you wouldn’t want to miss. Listen.

tracks;

1 Kaful mayay 1 & 2
2 Mayeya
3 Mass media
4 Nzale
5 Mose – Konzo
6 Bala bala
7 Aon-aon
8 Lisala ngomba

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16 thoughts on “Orchestre Afrisa International – Isa, african 1973 – ’74 – ’75

  1. Calling Rochereau “Congo’s greatest singer of all time” seems a bit too much. What about Vicky, Kabasele, Kwamy, Mangwana….?
    But the album is very nice, yes.

  2. Calling Rochereau “Congo’s greatest singer of all time” seems a bit too much. What about Vicky, Kabasele, Kwamy, Mangwana….?
    But the album is very nice, yes.

  3. I don’t think you push it too far Moos. This is, I think, one of Tabu Ley’s finest albums. Good choice. This is one of the first Congolese albums I ever bought. It was a brand new album back then in the early 70s and it still has a hold on me.

  4. I don’t think you push it too far Moos. This is, I think, one of Tabu Ley’s finest albums. Good choice. This is one of the first Congolese albums I ever bought. It was a brand new album back then in the early 70s and it still has a hold on me.

  5. Fabulous blog, Moos. Thanks for sharing your collection; particularly grateful to hear the Jhimmy upload elsewhere.

    But on this entry here I hope you won’t mind if I point out that I think you might have uploaded side B of the Tabu Ley LP before side A; therefore in the track listing tracks 1-4 are in fact 5-8 and 5-8 are in fact 1-4. The whistled Aon-Aon is definitely track 3 (and not 7 as you list it).

    But this is a small quibble in your truly valuable archive.

  6. Fabulous blog, Moos. Thanks for sharing your collection; particularly grateful to hear the Jhimmy upload elsewhere.

    But on this entry here I hope you won’t mind if I point out that I think you might have uploaded side B of the Tabu Ley LP before side A; therefore in the track listing tracks 1-4 are in fact 5-8 and 5-8 are in fact 1-4. The whistled Aon-Aon is definitely track 3 (and not 7 as you list it).

    But this is a small quibble in your truly valuable archive.

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