Friday, September 17, 2010

Orchestre Super Tembessa,
Pathé Marconi / EMI 1976

From 1976, this killer album by Orchestre Super Tembessa.
Jean Baptiste Moukolo is the man behind this great band.
Sha-Mouchko signed his contract with Pathé Marconi on
March 19, 1976 and formed this group of musicians. Seven of
the eight songs on this LP are of his hand, and what
a voice, indeed 'super'.

tracks;

1 Yambi club Tembessa
2 Calendrier 1
3 Calendrier 2
4 Koum baye
5 Tassi
6 Proverbe
7 Yambula lulondo
8 Consequence ya la vie

promo

10 comments:

øשlqæda said...

fantastique! magnifique! phantasmagorique! merci moos

Anonymous said...

I am collection african music since more than 30 years, always watching the lists of bolingo and Graeme Counsel, but have not known about this record and many other you've posted. Thank you 1000 times for all the treasures you are sharing with us. Jo

Anonymous said...

thanks moos, fantastic sound.. congratulations..

from Barranquilla -Colombia

Leonardo Meneses E.

P.D. moos and the LP by Mavuela Somo?
AFFAIRE MOUGOYE.. do you have??

Apurva Bahadur said...

Thank you Moos. Excellent album. Apurva from Pune, India.

moos said...

I am so sorry Leonardo but I don't have that one, maybe one fine day....

Anonymous said...

Thanks for all this great music, my ears are fluttering... ;-))

david said...

This posting is great. Never heard of Tembessa. Thanks for the introduction, Moss.

david.

bolingo69 said...

Another remarkable record!
Thank You Moos!

Le Porc Rouge said...

Wonderful stuff!
Many thanks.

P.S.:
had to move my blog to a new adress:
http://guitarandthewindagain.blogspot.com/
Would really appreciate if you could update your bloglist.

P.P.S.: Just posted several Hugh Masekela albums from the 1960s.

MrMozambique said...

I'm having difficulty identifying better music than the Golden Age of the Congo. This music is superb!