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CONGO

The Repuplic of Congo shares not only a long river border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (or Zaire as it used to be called and I for one still do) but also its love of Rumba and Soukous music. Artists have moved fairly freely between the two countries for many years.
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This page was last updated on 20/4/08.


ARTISTTITLENUMBERFMTPRICEBUY
JEFF LOUNA PAULINA MINEURE DARL018 LP 0.00 COL
WOW!...... Now that's what I call music with a capital M. Vocal harmonies as sweet as honey with guitars that sing and a killer brass line up. Who made it? Well back in the good old 80's Jeff did the lead vocals and all the guitaring while Lea Lignanzi and Baba Bhy Gao helped with the singing. Ballou Canta was on toumbas and Manga, Priso, Roger Kom and Ben's comprised the horn section. Strangely this is the first time I have played it since I got it and I probably would have left it in the racks if somebody hadn't been interested in it. ( F.T.Index: Paulina Mineure, Ngai Na Batelo Congo, Sonzo To Disco, Bolingo Va Mbongo Te, Nono Okanisaka. ) [5T/32M] 1. PAULINA MINEURE
2. NGAI NA BATELO CONGO
3. SONZO TO DISCO
4. BOLINGO VA MBONGO TE
5. NONO OKANISAKA
Jeff Louna - ORCHESTRE TAO-TAO ORCHESTRE TAO-TAO DE PARIS AFMS005 LP 15.00 COL
A really nice album that is not only difficult to find but also difficult find a country to file it under. Jeff Louna is the only artist I knew and he sings, plays guitars and is also the artistic director so I have placed it under Congo with him. The members of the band come from the Universite d'Amiens and are drawn from Congo, Zaire, Central African Republic, Gabon, Benin, Guinea and Cameroon. Musically it is sweetly played guitars up front somewhat soukous in style and if you have a listen some of the tracks on DARL018 you will have a good idea of the sound. 1. SANTA MUTOMBO
2. NGBONGA TI LIBERTE
3. LOLANGO
4. NZAMBE ALAKISI LA VERITE (TELEVISION)
LES TOMAWAKS LE PROFESSIONNEL, ENVANISSEURS CD85602 CD £ 13.20
LUCIDE GALANT GUY GUY LA 16e 46006-1 LP 8.00 COL
LUCIEN BOKILO LUCIEN BOKILO JIP033 VID £ 16.50
MICHEL MOUTOUARI EH EH CA VA CASSER ACPCG009 LP £ 10.00
PAMELO MOUNKA 20 ANS DE CARRIERE GENIDA106 LP 30.00 COL
1. CYNTHIA
2. ON NE MEURT QU'UNE FOIS
3. LE TRAVAIIL TOUJOURS LE TRAVAIL
4. ADJOUSSOU D'ABIDJAN
PAMELO MOUNKA ASSETOU OUN DIARABI AP049 LP £ 12.00
PAMELO MOUNKA CAMITINA SONIC79430 LP 12.00 COL
PAMELO MOUNKA HOMMAGE A PAMELLO MOUNKA, HOSANA CD82626 CD 13.20 COL
PAMELO MOUNKA LA METAMORPHOSE DE PAMELO MOUNKA ANS8407 LP 30.00 COL
1. C'EAT LA VIE A L'ENVERS
2. OONA
3. ADEYI LA CHERIE NOIRE
4. N'SAMU NA INKI
PAMELO MOUNKA L'ARGENT APPELLE L'ARGENT/SAMANTHA CD44430 CD 13.20 COL
PAMELO MOUNKA LES MERVEILLES DU PASSE Vol. I CD79090 CD 13.20 COL
PAMELO MOUNKA LES MERVEILLES DU PASSE Vol. II CD79091 CD 13.20 COL
PASSY JO KASS KASS MAN BVM907 VID £ 16.50
PIERRE BELKOS AND LES LPP MUSIQUE ET MODE JP009 LP £ 8.00
PIERRE MOUTOUARI TESTEMANY A BANA 66881-4 TC 6.50 COL
PRINCE YOULOU MABIALA AND L'ORCHESTRE KAMIKAZE LONINGISA KEBA NA MONIATO FDB200075 TC £ 10.00
A seemingly little known album that was released back in 1992 by Flash Diffusion Business. I don't know why it is not mentioned in more discographies as it is simply gorgeous from start to finish. 1. PARDON MAYA
2. MON PROBLEME
3. PATOU
4. SAGESSE
{ POT-POURRI }
5. NSONA
6. PAPY
7. KUMBE-KUMBE
RY-CO JAZZ RUMBA'ROUND AFRICA RETRO10CD CD 11.99 COL
Nearly an hour and 16 tracks of 1960's Cara Cara, Mambo, Rhumba, Cha Cha Cha, Calypso, Twist, Santa, Pachanga, Merengue, Highlife & Biguine music.
TCHICO TCHICAYA SOUKOUS MACHINE TCHICOTC TC 6.50 COL
TCHICO TCHIKAYA AND LOLO LOLITA JEANNOT 1981, 1982 CDS7028 CD 13.20 COL
THEO BLAISE KOUNKOU GEMILE (CONDITION C- ) TBK006 LP £ 3.00
YOULOU MABIALA THE BEST OF VOL. 1 1977, 85 CDS6830 CD 13.20 COL
YOULOU MABIALA , 3 FRERES L'HEURE DE MIDI NG059 CD 12.35 COL
ZAO ANCIEN COMBATTANT 46001-1 LP 8.00 COL
ZITANY NEIL L'EMBARRAS DU CHOIX KL044 LP 7.00 COL
ZITANY NEIL MACORY GASOIL 38762-1 LP 7.00 COL



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