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- Date Released: January 1, 1987
- Genre: International
- Style: Africa
- Label: RetroAfric / IODA
One of the most exciting bandleaders of the 20th century.
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We Say...
English speakers tend to assume that Fela Kuti was the most influential of Africa’s pop titans. Not so. That honor goes to the Congo’s one and only Franco, the man who codified what we think of as Afropop guitar playing and one of the most exciting bandleaders of the 20th century — the Congo’s Chuck Berry and James Brown rolled into one. Originalité collects the first 20 sides Franco cut in the mid ’50s, and while he would later grow both wilder and more refined, these are plenty exciting nevertheless.
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They Say...
Remastered from original 78-rpm singles cut between 1956 and 1959, these are the hits that established Franco (and TPOK Jazz Band) as Africa's reigning guitar god.
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| 01. |  |
On Entre OK, On Sort KO |
2:59 |
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| 02. | |
La Fiesta |
3:06 |
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| 03. | |
Pasi Ya Boloko |
3:03 |
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| 04. | |
Nini Cherie |
3:03 |
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| 05. | |
Na Bosani Yo Te |
3:03 |
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| 06. | |
Mado Ya Sango |
3:06 |
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| 07. | |
Lina |
3:12 |
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| 08. | |
Se Pamba |
3:04 |
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| 09. | |
Merengue |
3:07 |
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| 10. | |
Botika Tembe |
3:06 |
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| 11. | |
Mabe Nde Kolimwa |
3:28 |
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| 12. | |
Eponi Banganga |
3:03 |
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| 13. | |
Tondimi La Mode |
3:12 |
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| 14. | |
Azali Mwasi Baponeli Ngai |
3:01 |
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| 15. | |
Tango Ekoki Nabatela Mwana |
3:01 |
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| 16. | |
Mosala Ekomi Mpasi-Embonga |
3:07 |
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| 17. | |
Tcha Tcha Tcha De Mi Amor |
3:09 |
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| 18. | |
Tcha Tcha Tcha Modero |
3:05 |
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| 19. | |
Ah Bolingo Pasi |
3:05 |
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| 20. | |
Motindo Na Yo Te |
3:08 |
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20 Total Tracks, 62:08 Total Length
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