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
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.
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.
yay, love tabu ley!
yay, love tabu ley!
Okay, I like to push it a bit sometimes, but it’s sweet..
Okay, I like to push it a bit sometimes, but it’s sweet..
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, an excellent album – on constant rotation here.
cheers
Rob
Yes, an excellent album – on constant rotation here.
cheers
Rob
Sorry folks, that it took so long, but finally I corrected the songorder and everything should be okay now.
There’s a new link, enjoy..
Sorry folks, that it took so long, but finally I corrected the songorder and everything should be okay now.
There’s a new link, enjoy..
Nice, relaxed sound. Thanks for this one.
jf
Nice, relaxed sound. Thanks for this one.
jf