release date: 1981
format: vinyl (MLPS 9697) / digital (1989 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: various
label: Mango / Island Records - nationality: various African countries
Tracklist: A) 1. Mekongo President "Me bowa ya" - 2. Eba Aka Jerome "Massoua mo" - 3. Kambou Clement "Dounougnan" - - B) 1. Pablo "Bo mbanda" - 2. Etoile de Dakar "Jalo" - 3. Menga Mokombi "Moboma"
Compilation album later aka Sound d'Afrique, Vol. 1 with six different artists and only six tracks but it's not just a Mini-Album as it has a running time of 44 minutes playing time. The six artists come from [as listed on back cover]: Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Zaire, Senegal, and Congo.
This is perhaps the first African compilation album I have come across, and I think I must have found it at the library around 1982 or '83. I just fell for the energy and wonderful original songs. The first track just... makes me feel happy, I guess. The original vinyl album was re-issued on cd in '89.
Highly recommended.
