Not much to find on this album, no year of release for instance. It is said to be a compilation record. The vinyl looks clean, but sounds a bit dusty. Jean Serge Essous appears here with les Bantous de la Capitale. Part from the (pity) noise we find a bunch of very nice songs, enjoy[...]

Always a pleasure to listen to the legendary 'Les Bantous de la Capitale'. We find a number of great musicians on this album, Pamelo Mounk'a, Kosmos Moutouari, Nino Malapet, jean Serge Essous, Celestin N'Kouka, Samba Mascot & Passy Mermans among others. Despite the 'Ave Maria' I think it is a decent record. Quite some albums[...]

LP1 01 - Sala lokola olinga n'gai 02 - Mi vida 03 - Nini ekossi yo cherie 04 - Majoda parati 05 - Omoni resultat 06 - Manola wa celio 07 - Bantous pachanga 08 - Mama na boyi kosambwa 09 - N'dele okolela n'gai 10 - Lolaka lua boso 11 - Na messeni boyette[...]

On special request by blog friend Harris, today we have this 1986 album with Pamelo Mounk'a and Les Bantous de la Capitale. The record is in mint condition and sounds just perfect. We are lucky having it. It's like it's been recorded yesterday, enjoy.. Op speciaal verzoek van blog vriend Harris hebben we vandaag deze[...]

One of the most famous Congolese rumba bands in the early sixties was Les Bantous de la Capitale. Founded by former musicians of Orchestre T.P.O.K. Jazz and Orchestre Rock a Mambo. Members were Alphonse Ntaloulou, Celestin N'Kouka, De La Lune, Dicky Baroza, Domingo Louya, Ganga Edo, Jean Serge Essous, José Missamou, Kabako Lambert, Kosmos Moutouari,[...]

Herrinner je je die andere elpee van Samba Mascott, wat een juweeltje was dat. Vond jij dat ook ? Luister dan zeker ook naar deze. Helaas heeft hij wel wat achtergrond geluiden maar dit is een zeldzaam plaatje dat je niet snel in betere kwaliteit zult vinden. Met M'Passy Jo, Tino Muinka, Kabako L. en[...]

Goodmorning groovers, it's been some time since we've seen them here. Les Bantous de la Capitale had quite some albums passing by over the years. The one we have today is a Congolese pressing on Socodi ( societé Congolaise du Disque ) which we hadn't seen so far. It contains some good songs and some,[...]

At first I didn't realise, we had him passing by here in august 2011. He was on that album called 'les Grands Succes des Editions Samay'. It gained many happy listeners I remember. Today Samba Mascott is here with an album of his own, what can I say, I think it's one of the better[...]

An lp from the seventies, Congolese on Pathé Marconi, what's the chance we won't like it ? Very small indeed. This one was first released in 1964 and re-released in 1978. Some of the tracks towards the end sound quite dusty without any traces of being played a whole lot. It seems they took the[...]

Goodmorning, I want to say thank you for the kind reactions on yesterdays post. Great to have your support. Meanwhile I must continue, life goes on and there's so much to do. For instance, I know that many of you are waiting for the re-up of a certain lp. The amount of dead links is[...]

This month's number of posts is extremely low. My work was demanding most of my time but that's slowly changing now. Tonight I finally found some and put it to use for y'all. Pamelo Mounk'a appears here with Les Bantous de la Capitale. I really can't tell you anything of value about it but listening[...]

Some time ago we had an LP by Orchestre Sossa. The brothers Pierre and Michel Moutouari played in it. Before that they were members of Orchestre Sinza Kotoko with their other brother, Kosmos Moutouari. On this album by Les Bantous de la Capitale we hear him perform. But the main man here was Samba Mascot[...]

You know them, Les Bantous de la Capitale came by here a couple of times before, check our search option. They always guarantee a solid performance. This here LP is from 1984, listen some more. 1 B.M. 21 en colère 2 Yuda 3 C'est trop tard chéri 4 Getty

Hearing and seeing this album by Les Bantous de la Capitale, makes me think of the 'african' label. The way the label is built up, orange background, the numbering, 360.118, and how it is positioned. Maybe you can tell me Bo, isn't this the missing 360.118 in your african list? I may be completely wrong[...]