Artist	Song
Wendo	Marie Louise
Camille Mokoko	Ekoko Bata
San Salvador	Yen Vavanga
A. Mundanda	Liwa Ya Koko Albert
LTon Bukasa	Congo Ya Biso Basi Bayebi Kolata
Trio Bow	AnnTe 59
Henri Freitas, Manuel D'Oliveira & Georges Eduard	ChTrie Tokoyana Malamu
Camille Feruzi	Cha Cha Cha Bay
TchadT & Depiano	Batu Ya Monoko
Trio Fylla	Guigui
Mavula Baudouin	Mbila Na Biso
Paul Mwanga	Muana Nkento Bebele
Desholey	Louise Marie Wa Motema
Isaac Musekiwa	ChTrie Akimi Ngai
Manu Dibango	Ekedy
TchadT	Rhythmo De Mi Coraco
K. P. Flammy	Article 15 Oyebi Y'ango
Manuel D'Oliveira	Merengue Rumba Rumba
Assassin	El Rhythmo Novelty
Philos	IndTpendance 28 Nov.
Belos	Jazz Mango
Depiano	Gouvernement Ya Congo
Henrique Tinapa	Ukala Na Ndeke
Polydor	Yakolimwa MabT

Comment:

Legendary Congolese record label Ngoma (the Kikongo term for "drum") was founded in 1947 by Greek businessman and expatriate John Nico JTronimidis (1903-1951) who, over the years, shaped his company into the most important musical business in Central Africa by not only selling music, but phonographs and phonograph needles as well. By the end of the fifties, Ngoma had released about 4000 songs on 45rpm shellacks JTronimidis had manufactured rather cheaply in Belgium and France. In 1963, all the Ngoma master tapes were destroyed when the label's French pressing plant burned down. A complete set of all Ngoma sides ever recorded had been kept in Kinshasa; unfortunately, this collection, too, was destroyed during the 1989 troubles, so most of Ngoma's original recordings are lost forever. This mix was compiled from three pretty-hard-to-come-by collections released by the African Music Archive of the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Mainz in Germany which is the only one of its kind. Made for the upcoming birthday of a friend who arranged for me to copy said discs a while ago.

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