tracks

Mamboleyo (Affairs Of Today)
Mamwana Kufika Munda (My Love Is Upset)
Siwezi Kuiacha Rumba (I Cannot Give Up Rumba)
Stanleyville Putulú (Stanleyville is Dusty)
Kwa Jinsi Ninavyokupenda (How I Love You)
Pini Ochama (I Was Without Hope)
Sͻkͻ Olingi Na-Boma (If You Want To Kill Me)
Caroline Zibula Bango
Tála Bango (Watch Them)
Gitari Na Congo (Guitar Of The Congo)
Birima
Mangwasi
Napenda (I Love)
Mamie Sistah Mai Deah (Mommy, Sister My Dear)
Chemirocha III
Mpenzi Wangu Wanitupa (My Sweetheart Left Me)
Mpenzi Wangu, Umepotea Mjini (My Love, You Have Disappeared in Town)
Jumamosi Kuna Vigelegele (On Saturday, There Is Celebration)
Maivuno Ni Kilema (Jealousy Is A Vice)
Kisima Cha Wivu (Well Of Jealousy)
Moyo Wanitanga-Tanga (My Heart Is Troubled)
Nali Kisafiri (As I Was Traveling)
Wapenzi Kuwaona (We Are Pleased To See You And To Be Together)
Mama Josefina (Mama Josefina)
Jean Ndjela Ku Parquet (Jean Ndjela Before The High Court)
Pipi Na Dongo (Candy And Okra)
Kilio Mama (Mother’s Cries)
Mwendo Tulikwenda (The Journey That We Took)
Doa Jeupe (White Spot)
Eh, Mwajuma Wanikataa (Eh, Mwajuma, You Have Turned Me Down)
Marie Wabolingo (Marie, My Love)
Hayo Siyakweli (It’s Not True)
Nimepata Mpenzi, Mtoto, Mdogo, Mzuri Simwachi (I Got A Young, Beautiful Girl That I Won’t Leave)
Nimepata Mpenzi, Mtoto Mzuri (I Got A Young, Beautiful Girl)
Mtoto Mzuri Simwachi (I Won’t Leave A Young, Beautiful Girl)
Chineno (Little Speech)
Chaupele Mpenzi (Chaupele, My Love)
Ushuru Wa Guitare (Payments For [Playing] Guitar)
Mapani (Mapani’s Band)
Mahaba Matamu (How Sweet Is Our Love)
Shukurani (Give Thanks)
Hawana Kazi Makarani (They Have No Work, Those Clerks)
Dada Mwajuma Nifichie Siri Yangu (Sister Mwajuma, Keep My Secret)
Skoot (Scouts)
Dhi Dala U (Go Back To Your Home)
Nabela
Tulale Ngonga Imelia (The Time Has Come to Sleep)

notes

Hype sticker on shrinkwrap reads: Recorded by researcher Hugh Tracey between 1950-1957, the songs here represent the Golden Age of Central and Eastern African recorded music. Contains two compact discs and audio download code.

credits

Compiled By – Alex Perullo
Design – Martin Venezsky's Appetite Engineers
Executive-Producer – April G. Ledbetter, Diane Thram, Steven Lance Ledbetter
Liner Notes – Alex Perullo
Photography By – International Library of African Music
Recorded By – Hugh Tracey
Remastered By [Audio Restoration & Mastering] – Michael Graves (2)
Research – James Nindi
Transferred By – Elijah Madiba

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Dust-to-Digital
Copyright (c) – Dust-to-Digital
Remastered At – Osiris Studio

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