Friday, August 24, 2018

Various - The Sound of Kinshasa: Guitar Classics from Zaire: 8.5 (high A-)


This is one of those comps that ranges over a very long period of time. From the liner notes: "from the semi-traditional acoustic guitar of the early 50s ... to the full maturity of the 1970s." Less of an "album" than an historical study/survey. I have only the digital files of this one because of that. Outstanding track, anthologized elsewhere and well known to us all by now: "Kiri Kiri Mabina Ya Sika." Here's the single cover for that one:


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