In the latest Mail Order List - 2003 SPRING a catalogue by "Maestro" the Japanese Congolaise Connoisseur of "Le Grand Samurai Productions" makes an indepth comparison of the latest Ngoyarto and Glenn releases of "Les Freres Soki & l'Orchestre Bella Bella.I thought it was very useful for the collectors of Congolaise music, especially about the different versions. I have edited his information and added some other releases of Bella Bella and related material. I have also included some more detailed track listings and scanned covers of the CD's

Maestro writes:

The brothers Soki and orchestra Bella Bella is the well-established group which started from 1969. The band leader was the older brother - Soki Vangu (Maxim Soki) and the younger - Soki Dianzenza (Emile Soki). Emile was a teen idol who was a singer songwriter and only 16 years old when he started the band. In 1999 Ngoyarto released 5 CDs and in 2002 Glenn Music also released 5 CDs as well. Now Ngoyarto has deleted the first edition (5 CD) and released a new edition of 5 CDs. They include different versions of some songs for the enthusiastic fan! I tried to analyze the list of the songs for all three versions of CD sets (15 CDs).How to look at the chart: If you pick the song called -Masanga" as an example, it's on vol.3 of Ngoyarto 2003 release (the version on vol.2 is different.), on vol.1 of Ngoyarto 1999 release and on vol.1 of Glenn Music release. This new editions from Ngoyarto have many songs and lots of them appear for the first time here. As a result of my analysis, vol.1 has 7 previously unavailable tracks, vol.2 also has 7 tracks, vol.3 has 8 tracks and vol.4 has 5 tracks. But ALL the tracks on vol.5 have already been issued before, I hope this helps you when you decide to buy these CDs.

Title of the Track	Ngoyarto 2003	Ngoyarto 1999	Glenn 2002	Other CD's [LP]
Anina, la Fille de Mon Coeur	0	3	0
Baboti Bapekisi	1	5	0
Bana Babela Nzala	2	0	0
Betu Munioka	4	0	0
Bienvunu Doudou	0	0	3	CD 36517 [6'14]
Bipale Pembeni	4	5	0
Bolingo Ebandi na Liyoto	1	5	0
Bombaka	0	2	2
Bondeko	0	0	1	CD 36541
De Base	5	2	2
Emilo Santu	1	0	0
Galantie	0	4	0
Getou Salai	0	4	3
Horoscope	5	4	4
Houloux Houloux	5	3	1
Jamais de la Vie	1	0	0
Jean Roger	1	0	0
Julie ya ba Julie	1	0	0
Kalala	3	0	0
Kamavasthy	0	4	4
Kopalongana Te	0	4	1
Kukulu cache-cache	0	0	3	CD 36517 [6'55]
Leki ya Mwasi	0	3	2
Lina	2	1	0
Lipua Lipua	3	4	0
Lisoso	1	0	0
Lokumu ya Congo	0	0	2	NIL
Longola Ngai Soni	4	0	1
Luta	1	5	0
Made	5	1	1
Mamie Lita	1	0	0
Mandendeli	3	5	0
Marcelui	3	0	0
Marie Yeye	1	5	0
Masanga (2 different versions)	2 & 3	1	1
Mayanga	2	1	1
Mbuta	3	0	0
Mea Culpa	0	3	5	[African 360093]
Menga Menga	5	2	2	BMP 940016 [5'03]
Mobali Akenda Voyager	4	5	0
Monie	5	1	0
Moninga	0	2	3
Mouvement ya Kin	0	0	2	CD 36541 [10'12] BMP 940016 [9'09]
Mpetu Santu	1	0	0
Musoso	4	0	2	BMP 940016 [5'28]
Mwana Soki	3	0	0
Mwana Yoka Toli	4	0	0
Nakomi Moto	0	0	5	NIL [African 360093]
Nakosuka Wapi	3	0	0
Nakweyi Ndeke	2	0	0
Ndele Okozonga	5	1	0
Nga na Yo se Lita	3	0	0
Nganga	5	1	1
Nono - (2 different versions)	2 & 3	0	0
Ntumba Marie Jose	1	0	0
Nzambe Mokonzi	4	0	2
Nzungu ya Kala	4	5	0
Nzoto elembi	0	0	3	CD 36541 [9'27]
Pampindoni	0	3	5	[African 360093]
Pete pe Toli Tolali	2	0	0
Petit Zizina	0	3	4
Place au Vedettes	0	4	4
Sentiment	0	2	3
Silako	4	0	3	BMP 940016 [6'30]
Sofele - (2 different versions)	2 & 3	1	0
Soki Vangu Aye	0	3	0
Sola	3	1	0
Sortez de là	0	4	0
Souvenir	0	0	5	NIL
Suaze	2	0	0
Taty la Verite Blesse	2	0	0
Tikela Ngai Mobali	5	2	0
Tolembaka Te	0	0	4	CD 36541 [9'44]
Tuki na Edition	1	0	0
Tukina	0	5	0
Yakini Krubondo	0	0	5	NIL [African 360093 as Yakani?]
Youyou	5	1	3
Zamba Zamba	0	3	5	[African 360093]
Zing Zong	0	3	4	[African 360093 as Nzingi Zong]
Zizina	0	0	4	NIL

Not on any of the three 5 volume sets!

Felly BMP 940016 [5'52]

Tracklisting from a previously released LP:

Sonodisc / African 360093 - L’Afrique Danse Avec L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu

[A-01] Pambi Ndondi 1 º 2 [P.1975] (Shaba Kahamba) 9:08 L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu
[A-02] Yakani 1 º 2 [P.1975] (Soki Vangu) 9:30 L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu
[A-03] Mea Culpa 1 º 2 [P.1976] (Shaba Kahamba) 8:15 L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu
[B-01] Nzingi Zong 1 º 2 [P.1975] (Soki Vangu) 10:05 L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu
[B-02] Zamba 1 º 2 [P.1975] (Soki Vangu) 9:20 L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu
[B-03] Nakomi Moto 1 º 2 [P.1976] (Soki Vangu) 9:15 L’Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu