It took a few years but at the last recordfair I finally got
lucky and found this wonderful lp. It is without doubt one
of the grand maître’s very best albums. With the great Sam
Mangwana and le Tout Puissant O.K. Jazz, Lutumba Simaro
being one of the loyal guitarists, from 1982, on Edipop, what
more can you wish for..? Get it & Spread it..

tracks;

1 Coopération
2 Loboko nalitama
3 Faute ya commercant
4 Zala sportif

It’s been two weeks since our last post, I am very busy with
renovation work and just didn’t find the energy to record anything.
Today we’re back with an lp you’ll enjoy for sure, hope it will
make up for the hiatus..

We had several of their albums, mostly they have beautiful covers,
piano and panther or a swell photo, this record has a dull sleeve
but don’t be misled. The music of this group never disappointed
me yet and this lp makes no exception. Four wonderful songs to
spend your sunday afternoon with. Do not hesitate
and get it while you can.

tracks;

1 Bibila
2 Massa
3 Zunia amie espoir
4 Boni medos

I kept wondering for years, after seeing this album cover
on the backsleeve of other Sonafric releases, how would
it sound ? Today we finally solve the mystery. Kin-Bantou,
is it the name of a group or man ? I don’t know. What I do
know is that I really love the sound on this wonderful album
and keep playing it over and over now I finally got it. Hope
you’ll feel the same sensation I did when first listening to it.
Get it & Spread it..enjoy..

tracks;

1 Kayuka ilunga
2 Nakokamua
3 Bandoki pt.1
4 Bandoki pt.2
5 Tokabwana
6 Nakufa-boyce

It is in mint condition, I recorded it on cd from my Technics 1200
with it’s perfect stylus and Stanton element, then ripped in
320 kbps, I ensure you, quality in sound you will appreciate.
Track no.1 has a very funny rhythm, at first I thought something was
wrong but soon it fell in place, listen..

Today we’ve got another lp of the great Michel Boyibanda with l’International Orchestre Rumbaya,
same as the last mentioned lp. It is a collaboration with Loko Massengo.
Enjoy these rare beauties and pass them on to your friends..

tracks;

1 Loko Massengo – Au revoir guy-guy
2 Loko Massengo – Amour loko
3 Michel Boyibanda – Monge alel’ okondji
4 Michel Boyibanda – Nkokila mwana ponton

With vocals by André Pamomiel, solo guitar by Master
Mwana Congo, Jerry, Miguel and Domingo Salsero,
this is a pretty decent album. Jean Serge Essous
on saxophone as always guarantees plenty
listening pleasure, check it out..

tracks;

1 Philosophie
2 Se malembe
3 Vivre a deux
4 B.D.E.A.C.

I had some time left and made you an extra for the weekend.
It’s a single but on 12″ and 33 tours so only two songs. If your
birthday is around today, this one is for you, cheers..

tracks;

1 Bon anniversaire
2 Tonton akue

We already know a small pile of records by these guys. Although
the line-up of this band changed quite a few times, this is a nice
piece of music again. It concerns a Kenyan release by the group
that originally came from the Congo off course. Zaïko Langa Langa
is the name and the album is from 1989 or 1985..
Sleeve speaks of 1985 and label of 1989, which one is it..?

tracks;

1 Etape
– Moselebende
– Kamanzi
– Misolina
– Etape
2 Zizita
3 S.v.p. mbey
4 Mokili echanger

Do you know that feeling ? Hunting for records, walking
through piles of vinyl at fairs and in dusty old stores in
hidden boxes and under counters. The moment one
stumbles upon an lp like this one is just what we do
it for. You see the image, read the name and a chill
rolls down your spine..you think, do not react too
enthousiastic now, the price will go up if I do..Then
later when walking out the door with yet another
treasure recovered one feels like an archeologist,
can’t wait to get home and play it. If it is as good
as you imagined upfront, mostly the first spin is
disappointing having expectations far too high.
But playing it again and again, one starts to
realize, this is gold. This is why we love
to collect & hunt vinyl,
total satisfaction!

tracks;

1 Safari ya mangelepa
2 Zoao
3 Harare
4 Odesia

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 tracks from lp instead of from
the mothertapes. One way or the other,
as far as I’m concerned, 17
songs to lick your lips with,
Get it & Spread it.

tracks;

1 Mbanda tolinga tomeka
2 Na zonga na motema
3 Na’ sombela yo eva
4 Tout brazza
5 Evolution merengue
6 Jalousie na nini
7 Destino
8 Na lembi bipale
9 Ah! que pena
10 Yambi cherie
11 Pa’vacillar
12 Brazza mbok’etumba
13 En diable merengue
14 Fatou akamue
15 Padrona de la musica
16 Una noche
17 Luiza

Good morning, how are you groovers today ? I hope very well.
I’ve been holding quite some records with the idea to post them
as soon as the new page would be ready. Now the work takes
so much more time then assumed upfront, some of the treasure
needs to find you folks with precedence I reckoned. This swell
collector on Pathé Marconi contains some of the best rumba’s
by Franco’s O.K. Jazz. Tracks from the hand of Franco himself
but also by Edo, de la Lune, Vicky and Brazzos. Recorded in
1960, 1961 and 1962 but re-released in 1977. Don’t miss this
lp, another piece of Congolese musical inheritance.
Get it & Spread it !

tracks;

1 Franco et O.K. Jazz – Bolingo ekoma niongo
2 Franco et O.K. Jazz – Mousica tellama
3 Franco et O.K. Jazz – Rumba de ondo ondo
4 Edo, Malape, Franco et O.K. Jazz – Zozo kobanga te
5 Edo, Malape, Franco et O.K. Jazz – Aimee wa bolingo
6 Orchestre O.K. Jazz – Cha-cha modeiro
7 Franco, Vicky et Edo – Micorasson
8 Vicky et O.K. Jazz – Cha cha cha de mi vida
9 Vicky, Rossignol, Franco et de la Lune – La fiesta
10 Brazzos et O.K. Jazz – Tcha tcha tcha de mi amor
11 Edo et O.K. Jazz – Taxi avalon
12 Groupe Rythmique O.K. Jazz – Aya la mode