Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale
1971 Tervuren
Réf. 680301? - Swazimuziek - Recordings by D. Rycroft - No 1 - P.1968
Réf. 680301? - Luba-Shankadi vocale muziek - Rec. Jos Gansemans - No 2 - P.1969
Réf. 680301? - Zulu, Swazi en Xhosa instrumentale en vocale muziek - No 3 - P.1969
Réf. 680301? - De Teda uit Tibesti - instrumentale muziek - No 4 - P.1971
Réf. 6803015 Ankole West Uganda - No 6 - P.1971
Réf. 6803017 Kongo Music - Music of the Mpangu - No 5 - P.1977
Réf. 6803031 Music of the Bafia - Cameroun - No 7 - P.1977
Réf. 6803038 Yaka Music - Zaïre - No 8 - P.1977
Réf. 6803044 Humbi & Handa - Angola - No 9 - P.1977
Réf. 6803054 Musique de Luanda in Zaïre - No 10 - P.1977
Réf. 6803073 Musique de Tchokwe in Zaïre - No 11 - P.1977
Alpha 5023 Rwanda 1 - Musique Instrumentale - P.1977
Alpha 5024 Rwanda 2 - Musique Vocale - P.1977
Alpha 5025 Rwanda 3 - Musique de Danse - P.1977
Thanks for the kind help extended by "whiteink" that now allows us also to know what the first four volumes were. Those I have no copy of, but if someone has them and could supply digital likeness of the audio and photos of the sleeves and labels and accompanying booklets ;-)
I am sure that all Luobaniyans would be overjoyed. I had checked the museum homepages but failed finding the RMCA series. I would be very happy if someone still has more information about any other series like the Alpha Label. But I have not even looked carefully at the Museum homepage yet, so maybe they are right under my nose. I'll let you know. But if you know if there were any publications on LP or cassette either in other own produced series or a continuation on the Alpha label or other label of African field recordings you'll let us know right!
All the volumes listed above (minus the first four!) will be posted here as soon as I find time! Most are almost ready and the vol 1-3 of Rwanda will soon start appearing here. But the volumes 6-11 all include a 50 - 80 pages book with the "liner notes" (actually more like field research reports) in french, flemish german and english and they take considerably longer time to edit. If you can contribute any other recordings from this series and that are not listed here please let me know and I will post them here with your kind help. Or you make them available somewhere we can reach them!
