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

Roots Of Rumba Rock / Congo Classics 1953-55

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1.	Bowane - Kotiya zolo te 02:44	buy track
2.	Bowane - Mam’alobi na bala yo 02:38	buy track
3.	Liengo - Tembe na tembe 03:04	buy track
4.	Adikwa - Noko akomi mobali 02:57	buy track
5.	Kalima Pierre - Tika lofundu 02:59	buy track
6.	Lisanga Pauline - Ménagère 02:54	buy track
7.	Luyeye Gaston - Ah, ngai Nzambe 03:04	buy track
8.	Kitenge - Odjali na mouchoir? 03:06	buy track
9.	Amba Joséphine - Belito 03:12	buy track
10.	Tino Mab - Margarine Fina 02:57	buy track
11.	De Wayon - Nyekese 02:55	buy track
12.	Luyeye Gaston - Angélique 03:03	buy track
13.	Bowane - Nyokuma 03:14	buy track
14.	Lufungola Alphonse - Prince Baudouin 02:49	buy track
15.	De Malo - Towuti Brazza toye Kisasa 03:03	buy track
16.	Bokalanga - Mazole vanga sanga 03:24	buy track
17.	De Wayon - Nalekaki na nzela 03:04	buy track
18.	Kalafayi - Kitoko na yo ekosaki ngai 02:57	buy track
19.	De Wayon - Esengo ya mokili 03:17	buy track
20.	Kalima Pierre - Na mokili moko te 03:17	buy track
21.	Liengo - Esengo ya La Beauté 03:20	buy track
22.	Kalafayi Jean - Balobi na pimbwa 03:19	buy track
23.	Fataki Camille - Caroline 03:03	buy track
24.	Nganga - Senene mingi 02:54	buy track
25.	Tino Mab - Banani wana? 03:05	buy track
26.	Taureau - Boyoki lisolo? 03:02	buy track
27.	Adikwa - Kanisa, Elise 03:07	buy track
28.	Bowane - Mbula ebeti, naleli 03:00	buy track
29.	De Wayon - Nicodème Lulu 03:12	buy track
30.	Bolalia Pedro - Oka Banzola 02:50	buy track
31.	De Wayon - Bana Bosenge 02:58	buy track
32.	Same Raymond - Osi dia mba nyue 02:52	buy track
33.	Bossocould David - Ndumba Madeleine 02:57	buy track
34.	Bowane - Liwa 03:09	buy track
35.	De Wayon - Ayebi kobota 02:56	buy track
36.	Adikwa - Mwasi wa Kalemba 03:02	buy track
37.	De Wayon - Tuba mbote 03:12	buy track
38.	Kalima Pierre - Olingi na sala boni 02:58	buy track
39.	Nganga - Liwa ya nkoko 03:07	buy track
40.	Kalima Pierre - Bomba na motema 02:53	buy track

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The long-deleted, essential collection documenting the early days of Congolese pop re-issued 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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released October 12, 2002

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