Various Artists - Roots Of Rumba Rock / Congo Classics 1953-55

Roots Of Rumba Rock / Congo Classics 1953-55

Various Artists

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Various Artists - Roots Of Rumba Rock / Congo Classics 1953-55

The long-deleted, essential collection documenting the early days of Congolese pop is finally being re-issued, this time as a double CD including both of the separate, original volumes. Lovingly put together by (Congotronics man) Vincent Kenis, Roots of RR contains 40 delightful tracks and chronicles the birth of what was to become Africa's most popular musical style. The origins of Congolese rumba, its strange links with traditional music, with salsa piano styles, French crooners and Belgian brass-bands… the social context, the lifestyle of early Fifties Congolese musicians, all of that and much more is extensively described in the liner notes written by Kenis and based on interviews with musicians from that era .

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CD Double Album (CRAW 34)
  1. Bowane - Kotiya Zolo Te
  2. Bowane - Mam’alobi Na Bala Yo
  3. Liengo - Tembe Na Tembe
  4. Adikwa - Noko Akomi Mobali
  5. Kalima Pierre - Tika Lofundu
  6. Lisanga Pauline - Ménagère
  7. Luyeye Gaston - Ah, Ngai Nzambe
  8. Kitenge - Odjali Na Mouchoir?
  9. Amba Josephine - Belito
  10. Tino Mab - Margarine Fina
  11. De Wayon - Nyekese
  12. Luyeye Gaston - Angélique
  13. Bowane - Nyokuma
  14. Lufungola Alphonse - Prince Baudouin
  15. De Malo - Towuti Brazza Toye Kisasa
  16. Bokalanga - Mazole Vanga Sanga
  17. De Wayon - Nalekaki Na Nzela
  18. Kalafayi - Kitoko Na Yo Ekosaki Ngai
  19. De Wayon - Esengo Ya Mokili
  20. Kalima Pierre - Na Mokili Moko Te
  21. Liengo - Esengo Ya La Beauté
  22. Kalafayi Jean - Balobi Na Pimbwa
  23. Fataki Camille - Caroline
  24. Nganga - Senene Mingi
  25. Tino Mab - Banani Wana?
  26. Taureau - Boyoki Lisolo?
  27. Adikwa - Kanisa, Elise
  28. Bowane - Mbula Ebeti, Naleli
  29. De Wayon - Nicodeme Lulu
  30. Bolalia Pedro - Oka Banzola
  31. De Wayon - Bana Bosenge
  32. Same Raymond - Osi Dia Mba Nyue
  33. Bossocould David - Ndumba Madeleine
  34. Bowane - Liwa
  35. De Wayon - Ayebi Kobota
  36. Adikwa - Mwasi Wa Kalemba
  37. De Wayon - Tuba Mbote
  38. Kalima Pierre - Olingi Na Sala Boni
  39. Nganga - Liwa Ya Nkoko
  40. Kalima Pierre - Bomba Na Motema