VariousThe Belgian Congo Records

Label:

Reeves Sound Studios – none

Format:

6 x Shellac , 10", 78 RPM, Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Field Recording

Tracklist

A Manbetu* Manbetu Songs
B Babira* Babira Songs
C1 Unknown Artist Bapere Dance
C2 Unknown Artist Chief Karumi's Dance
D Unknown Artist Xylophone
E Mambuti* Mambuti Pigmy Music
F Batwa* Batwa Pigmy Dances
G Unknown Artist Royal Watusi Drums Part 1
H Unknown Artist Royal Watusi Drums Part 2
I Unknown Artist Royal Watusi Drums Part 3
J Hutu Bahutu Chant And Dances
K Babira* Babira Circumcision Ritual
L Unknown Artist Bapere Circumcision Ritual

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Notes

Label variant where all titles are fully capitalized

A - Rungu, Belgian Congo
B - Ituri, Belgian Congo
C1 - Moto-Kolia, Belgian Congo
C2 - Wamba, Belgian Congo
D - Lubero, Belgian Congo
E - Elephant Feast - Flutes - Humming (Ituri Forest, Belgian Congo
F - N'Goma, Belgian Congo
G - Kigali, Ruanda
H - Kigali, Ruanda
I - Kigali, Ruanda
J - N'Goma, Belgian Congo
K - Kokonyange, Ituri Forest, Belgian Congo
L - Moto-Kolia, Belgian Congo

The booklet: title "The Belgian Congo Records" sub-title "Primitive African Music" and "Stirring rhythms and unusual melodic tunes as played and sung by the people of the Great Equatorial Forest"
"The Denis-Roosevelt African Expedition which, under the leadership of Armand Denis and Leila Roosevelt, in 1935-36 visited the Belgian Congo and the Territories of Ruanda and Urundi, under the Belgian Mandate of the League of Nations, has been inspired by such sympathetic understanding."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (A side catalog number): R-941
  • Other (B side catalog number): R-940
  • Other (C side catalog number): R-978
  • Other (D side catalog number): R-979
  • Other (E side catalog number): R-980
  • Other (F side catalog number): R-981
  • Other (G side catalog number): R-982
  • Other (H side catalog number): R-983
  • Other (I side catalog number): R-984
  • Other (J side catalog number): R-985
  • Other (K side catalog number): R-987
  • Other (L side catalog number): R-986

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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The Belgian Congo Records (6×Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album) Reeves Sound Studios none US 1937
Dark Rapture Belgian Congo Records (6×Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album, Reissue) Reeves Sound Studios none US 1938
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Primitive African Music (LP, Album, Mono) Commodore DL 30,005 US 1950
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Primitive Music Of Africa (LP, Mono) Mainstream Records 56021 US 1964
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Primitive Music Of Africa (LP, Stereo) Mainstream Records S/6021 US 1964

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