コンゴ音楽シーンにおいて数々の金字塔を打ち立てたフランコ（1938-89）の新・編集盤がリリースされました。未発表曲・初ＣＤ化曲は無いかと思いますが、デビューした１９５３年から後半生の黄金期前夜１９８０年までの重要曲をほぼ年代順に収録～さらに貴重な写真と詳しい解説を満載した48ページの豪華ブックレットがつくところがミソ。ルンバからフォルクロール、そして北米Ｒ＆Ｂまで飲み込んだゴージャズなフランコ流儀のコンゴレーズ、その進化発展ぶりが手に取るようにわかる２ＣＤコレクション！フランコ・ファンはもちろん、コレはアフリカ音楽ファンなら、何はともあれ手元に置きたい２枚組でしょうね、やっぱり。英文超豪華ブックレット付！

DISC １
1 Esengo ya mokili
2 Tika kondima na nzolo
3 Anduku lutshuma
4 On entre OK, on sort KO
5 Tcha tcha tcha de mi amor
6 Mosala ekomi mpasi embonga
7 Sansi fingomangoma
8 Bato ya mabe batondi mboka
9 Bazonzele Mama Ana
10 Bolingo ya bougie
11 Ku Kisantu kikwenda ko
12 Tozonga na nganga wana
13 Annie ngai nalinga
14 Marie naboyi
15 Boma l’heure
16 Nzube oleka te
17 Likambo ya ngana
18 Infidelité Mado
DISC 2
1 AZDA
2 Mambu ma miondo
3 Minuit eleki Lezi
4 Mabele
5 Kinsiona
6 Alimatou
7 Chérie Bondowe 2
8 Liberté
9 Lisolo ya Adamo na Nzambe
10 Nalingaka yo te

Francophonic finally gives Franco his due. Vol. 1: 1953-1980 comes out this year, the 70th anniversary of the artist’s birth. Vol. 2: 1980-1989 will be released next year, the 20th anniversary of his death. Each volume is a boxed set containing 2 CDs and a 48-page book. From Sterns – “one of the world’s finest disseminators of African music,” according to the New York Times -both albums are researched, compiled, annotated, illustrated and designed by the same people that produced last year’s Voice of Lightness, a retrospective of Franco’s rival, Tabu Ley Rochereau, which garnered high praise from National Public Radio, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and Pitchfork. This first Francophonic volume is the album that will confirm Franco’s international reputation as Africa’s greatest. The second volume will crown it.
Product Description
Francophonic finally gives Franco his due. Vol. 1: 1953-1980 comes out this year, the 70th anniversary of the artist’s birth. Vol. 2: 1980-1989 will be released next year, the 20th anniversary of his death. Each volume is a boxed set containing 2 CDs and a 48-page book. From Sterns – “one of the world’s finest disseminators of African music,” according to the New York Times -both albums are researched, compiled, annotated, illustrated and designed by the same people that produced last year’s Voice of Lightness, a retrospective of Franco’s rival, Tabu Ley Rochereau, which garnered high praise from National Public Radio, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and Pitchfork. This first Francophonic volume is the album that will confirm Franco’s international reputation as Africa’s greatest. The second volume will crown it.