Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ Baby Come Back

This is the first single by Orchestre Les Thu Zahina from Zaïre – which is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – and sounds like an outtake from the Back from the Grave series.

The band was founded in 1967 at Gombe High School in Kinshasa by brothers Bruno and Denis Bonyeme. Their first single was released the following year. In the next six years, they released sixteen more singles and a single album which is mostly comprised of tracks from their singles. During their existence, they went through various line-ups with many different musicians – all of which you can fins listed HERE.

I stumbled on an interview with vocalist Abeli Kelly on LinkedIn (of all places) that you can find HERE.

Catalog number 90.296 on African Records of France. Released 1968.