Today’s post concerns an album of which we had the first volume
already. Somehow I can’t seem to find it back however, it looks like
another post that has disappeared over the years, very strange. No
worries about it because off course we’ve got it stored safely here
at the home of the Global Groove. So, here are volumes one and
two of Langa-Langa Stars on Editions VéVé International. They
belong to the finest of Congolese records in our collection,
get them and spread them as usual..

tracks vol. 1;

01 – Avenir mbeya mbeya
02 – Tantine betena
03 – Autopsie beloti
04 – Mase femme africaine

tracks vol. 2;

01 – Requiem
02 – Parfum na ngai
03 – Ata pneu ya reserve nandimi
04 – Gloria mangasa

Completing series is a goal we all have when collecting music.
Take this series of Les Grands Succes des Editions Vévé, we
had volumes 1,2,5,6,7,8 and 9. You can imagine how it feels
to finally find volume 4. Volume 3 is still on my wishlist but
I’m sure one fine day I’ll walk into that missing volume as well.
There is a whole lot of albums yet to be discovered, the search
never ends in that perspective. Verckys is an artist of which we
can never find enough music but it gets harder to find all the
time. The record we’ve got today contains three tracks by
Orchestre Lipua-Lipua and one by Orchestre Kiam,
from 1978 and a real treasure, listen..

tracks;

01 – Orchestre Lipua-Lipua – Distingue
02 – Orchestre Lipua-Lipua – Nasepelisa nzoto
03 – Orchestre Lipua-Lipua – Zela mobali nayo mpo otuna
04 – Orchestre Kiam – Mbale

Always a thrilling experience when walking into an album
like this one. The Pathé Marconi EMI recordings selected
by Fayette Blaise Mikano in the seventies are often very
promising. Take this lp by Orchestre Les Noirs, none of
the members of this group have familiar sounding
names. Not to me that is. They travelled through
Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania for some years
with huge succes. Founded in 1966 in the
Republic of Zaïre. This one is from 1975,
get it and spread it..

P.S.
Track #3 at the end and track #4 at
the beginning sound a bit shrill, it is in
the recording though, we
must take it like it is..

tracks;

01 – Bafola 1
02 – Mai ya tongo
03 – S.G.A.
04 – Longoli 1
05 – Masamuna
06 – Diedo miya
07 – Mokulu mbembe 1
08 – Mokulu mbembe 2
09 – Masunda

Les Bantous are here, we had some of their albums
in the past. I can’t seem to find a year of release but
it’s probably from early eighties. One way or the other
this is a very nice lp, look at that line-up, swell stuff..

tracks;

01 – Osala n’gaï nini ?
02 – Bilanda-landa mabé
03 – Querida paola
04 – Dege

Good morning, it’s been some time since we’ve seen
him pass by, le Grand Maître however keeps coming
back every once in a while. This 1980 lp on VISA is
one we didn’t have yet. The album sounds fairly good
it has one small pop in track one but that’s it. Another
sweet piece of Franco’s huge legacy, enjoy it..
p.s. I’ve got some software problems so
I could not rescale to cd sized front.

tracks;

01 – Peuch del sol
02 – Na bali misere
03 – Mbawu na ko recuperer yo
04 – Bolingo ya moitie moitie

Ooh my goodness, look what I found when hunting
vinyl at last weekend’s recordfair in Utrecht. I am
thrilled to bring you this album. Have been looking
for it such a time..Do not hesitate and get it straight
away, it’s a must have if you’re into Congolese music.
Ten great songs by one great artist, give it a go..

tracks;

01 – Lucie okolinga ngai
02 – Pronostic 1er
03 – Pronostic 2e
04 – Bebe 1er
05 – Bebe 2e
06 – Nakobala yo denise
07 – Lina omesana boye
08 – Anna
09 – Maria
10 – Fami zoba

Now that’s quite some time ago, we had a bunch of
both their albums. Today Tabu Ley and Mbilia Bel
appear together on this 1985 record. Their work is
always worth at least a couple of spins and so
does this one. The album is in mint condition
so it plays perfectly well, listen yourself..

tracks;

01 – La beauté d’une femme
02 – Ma fille
03 – Sina mambo
04 – Nalingi yo linga ngai

Good morning, how about some soukous to start up the week?
Kanda Bongo man is here first time with this 1981 slice of hot
African vinyl. With Diblo on guitar, what can go wrong? Listen
and make up your own mind, get & spread as usaual..

tracks;

01 – Iyole
02 – N’sambi-carol
03 – Amina
04 – Mazina

It must have been around 1981, the release of this album
I mean, taken the popularity of the syn-drum. It didn’t take
very long before the whole world got tired with it but here
we are still in the phase in which it was hot to use them.
It is slightly disturbing if you want but it’s also funny to
hear the stuff again. Nuff said, Shama-Shama was in-
troduced to me thru this album on the African label. I fell
in love with the voice of Mopera Wa Maloba straight
away. Warm cavacha sound you don’t want
to miss, get it & spread it..

tracks;

01 – Nasambue
02 – Mamisha
03 – Camarade n’dinga
04 – Fleur rose

Until now we had eight albums with le Prince Youlou Mabiala.
Use our search-bar to find them but first download this record.
It is another of his lp’s, from 1984 and on the IAD label. When
I find an lp like this, it is impossible to suppress a grin on my
face and I’m glad to bring it today, hope you like it like I do.
Get it & spread it the way you’re used to..

tracks;

01 – Le corps refuse
02 – 1 x 2 = mabé
03 – Ondolé léa
04 – Hardy josé