Grand Maître Franco – In Memoriam
Volumes 1 to 10, Polygram 1989

Hello world,
this sunday it is 25 years ago that ‘le Grand Maître’
Franco Luambo Makiadi passed away. Untill now I have
been posting practically every album I found by him. When
Franco died in 1989, Polygram Kenya launched this series
of 10 albums. They were compiled by Justus M. Kasoya.
I’m afraid they didn’t do a very good job though, the artwork
on the covers of the lp’s is quite poor, it lacks of any info
about the music, the sound quality leaves us with something
to wish for and many songs are cut off at a certain point.
In short, it does not do a great deal of justice to Franco’s
impressive oeuvre. Few collectors have good words for the
series, however, we can’t deny that it’s part of the inheritance
and therefore I guess it is justified to bring you these ten lp’s
nevertheless. Of course it is not all that bad, it’s a historic
document all together and deserves a place in our collections.
Nowadays we have all the desired information under our
keyboards so with a little homework we’re able to find out
who plays and sings on every recording. Twentyfive years
have passed in an incredible pace, it seems only
yesterday Franco was still among us,
now let’s honour him once more..
I made this collage as an
homage some years ago.
Hey Fried, hier zijn ze
weer, thnx again..

tracks;

1 Lukika
2 Zando ya tipo tipo
3 Nakbala mbwa
4 Lezi pt. 1
5 Lezi pt. 2
6 Assitou pt. 1
7 Assitou pt. 2

tracks;

1 Nakweyi tapis
2 Celita
3 Beya
4 Georgette
5 Mado

tracks;

1 Kinzonzi ki tata mbemba
2 Mambu na miondo
3 Liberté pt. 1
4 Liberté pt. 2
5 Azda pt. 1
6 Azda pt. 2
7 Kinsona
8 Aya la mode

tracks;

1 Claude
2 Tembe na tembe
3 Caisse d’epagne
4 Lola
5 Celina
6 Patience
7 Mokili matata
8 Nakosala nakolota

tracks;

1 Liwa ya wech
2 Na likunga na seli
3 Motema ya fata
4 Amida muziki ya ok
5 Bomboko justin
6 Isaac ombele
7 Florette modele
8 Mpata ezangi mokengeli
9 On a renseignement na bana ok
10 Ba katanga balingi toyokana
11 Mboka nini okende
12 Nani akunsimdila muana

tracks;

1 Ele wa bolingo
2 Miguel canta
3 Jalousie ya mimi nangai
4 Como quere
5 Guitares de c’enfer
6 Mado oboyi simarro
7 Tele mujos
8 Licencie
9 Bulundue na zongwee
10 La vida del un negro

tracks;

1 Ezuivoisin
2 Zenaba
3 Inousa
4 Nzuzi
5 Lufua lua nkadi
6 Nakobala mbwa

tracks;

1 Mosala etindi
2 Lilian
3 Yoka meje
4 Ba masta bonne année
5 Ebale ya zaïre
6 Cedou

tracks;

1 Assitou
2 Zando ya tipo tipo
3 Bano brekete
4 Lukika
5 Todutaka kaka
6 Bodutaka
7 Ledi

tracks;

1 Makambo maneno
2 Cesar aboya yo
3 Matinda
4 Mibali ya kinshasa
5 Marie mado
6 Dix makuta
7 Aime
8 Basi ya makangoo