Kongo Retro Band 83 is a group or was, existing from artists
from different countrys. Grand Kalle and Adou Elenga from
Zaïre, ( Congo and Zaïre were seperated ) Manuel d’Oliveira
& Les San-Salvador from Angola and Les Bantous et Guy Léon
Fylla from Congo. The vocal parts are taken care of by Lutumba,
( is it ‘le Poete Simaro’ ? ) Elba and Diasi. Many names of which
I know little, if anyone can enlighten us ? I do know this is a
beautiful album, get it while you can.
tracks;
1 Air fluvial
2 Basambala omoy
3 Samedi soir
4 Nandimi pasi
thanks
What a treasure! If I come to the Netherlands, will you take me to your favorite record store?
I have never heard this and I am excited by the chance to hear it.
DavidN
great blog
Moos, I did download your files to listen and also to read the back of the album sleeve before making any further comment. I am still very excited about this record. I have not yet listened, but I going to bet that this is not made up of the artists listed, but rather a tribute to them. Joseph Kabasele “Grand Kalle” died in February of 1983 after an illness of many months, so I’m going to assume that he was not involved in 1983. I do not know what happened to Adou Elenga, but I doubt that he was active in 1983 either.
I have been told many times that Lutumba Simaro does not sing although he is credited with vocals on a couple of other albums.
I am still looking forward to listening to this later tonight.
DavidN
all i can say is wow!
danke!
Hey Moos,
Great record but isn’t the 1st & 3rd tracks identical & the 2nd & 4th also?
Ta
J
Is that true ?
I’ll have to dive into that,
and get back to you.
thanks
you are right, what a dumb mistake.
I’m gonna have to rip it again when I find the time, soon come..
Okay folks ?
de nada
joe
Hi Moos! MF says that this has been removed for copyright violation. Any chance for a re-up?
Big thanks, Moos, for the re-up!!
moos reupload plis