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Manu Dibango: Soul Makossa

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Artist: Manu Dibango
Title: Soul Makossa
Released: 1985
Label: Musidisc Records
Time: 55:36
Producer(s): Rolande le Couviour
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Category: World Music
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.02.03
Price in €: 9,99
Web address: www.manudibango.net

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[1] Soul Makossa (M.Dibango) - 4:30
[2] Kata Kata (M.Dibango) - 4:15
[3] Recontre (M.Dibango) - 7:00
[4] Soukouss (M.Dibango - H.Singer - Jopo) - 5:30
[5] Taoumba (M.Dibango) - 3:25
[6] Pepe Soup (M.Dibango) - 4:00
[7] Moni (M.Dibango) - 4:15
[8] Essimo (M.Dibango) - 6:05
[9] New Bell "Hard Pulsation" (M.Dibango) - 6:20
[10] Nights In Zeralda (M.Dibango) - 4:30
[11] O Boso (M.Dibango) - 5:20

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Manu Dibango - Percussion, Arranger, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals

Georges Arvanitas - Piano
Malekani Gerry - Guitar
Joby Jobs - Drums
Long Manfred - Bass
Freddy Mars - Percussion
Manu Rodanet - Percussion
Pierre Zogo - Guitar

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The story of the first ever hit by a Paris-based African is enlightening. In 1971 Cameroon's Minister for Sport financed the recording of an anthem composed by Manu Dibango in honour of the national football team, for the 8th Coupe des Tropiques due to take place in Yaoundé. The single was released in 1972, with "Soul Makossa" as its B-side. The Cameroonians were then knocked out and the record was duly forgotten. But the song reappeared on a Dibango album released at the end of 1972 by French Decca's Africa division. On the other side of the Atlantic, meanwhile, African-American radio programmers were scoring heavily with "Soul Makossa". The French label paid no attention to this phenomenon and ignored the African artist, but New York's prestigious Atlantic label signed him up. The result was two years of sell-out live performances in the US and a cool two million records sold. There was a further development in 1982, when Michael Jackson revived the famous "Ma ma ma, Ma ma sa, Ma ma Makossa" chorus on the opening track of his multimillion-selling Thriller album. Dibango's lawyers obtained compensation in an out-of-court settlement.
 

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