| 1 | –Lake Victoria Band | Dhi Dala U (Go Back To Your Home) | 2:38 |
| 2 | –Henri Bembele And Orchestra Tinapa | Stanleyville Putulú (Stanleyville is Dusty) | 3:02 |
| 3 | –Vijana Wa Mbeya | Mtoto Mzuri Simwachi (I Won’t Leave A Young, Beautiful Girl) | 2:36 |
| 4 | –Kamwema Jean and His Friends | Nabela | 2:42 |
| 5 | –Samuel Colon And Baninga Baye | Marie Wabolingo (Marie, My Love) | 2:47 |
| 6 | –Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band | Kwa Jinsi Ninavyokupenda (How I Love You) | 2:35 |
| 7 | –Ezekiel Kamenga & Luba Men | Kilio Mama (Mother’s Cries) | 2:51 |
| 8 | –ECO African Band | Wapenzi Kuwaona (We Are Pleased To See You And To Be Together) | 3:09 |
| 9 | –Coast Social Orchestra, Alexander Ayub | Napenda (I Love) | 2:37 |
| 10 | –Bakia Pierre | Gitari Na Congo (Guitar Of The Congo) | 2:46 |
| 11 | –Lang Obiero | Mpenzi Wangu, Umepotea Mjini (My Love, You Have Disappeared in Town) | 3:16 |
| 12 | –Sunderland String Band | Eh, Mwajuma Wanikataa (Eh, Mwajuma, You Have Turned Me Down) | 2:57 |
| 13 | –Mwenda Jean Bosco and Singers | Mwendo Tulikwenda (The Journey That We Took) | 2:38 |
| 14 | –Katanga Dance Orchestra | Mapani (Mapani’s Band) | 2:46 |
| 15 | –Sunderland String Band, Louis Mellito | Mpenzi Wangu Wanitupa (My Sweetheart Left Me) | 2:54 |
| 16 | –Salum's Brass Band with Salum Seliman | Hawana Kazi Makarani (They Have No Work, Those Clerks) | 2:53 |
| 17 | –ORCLOS, Ombiza Charles | Jean Ndjela Ku Parquet (Jean Ndjela Before The High Court) | 3:05 |
| 18 | –Yemba Jean Batiste and Soldiers | Caroline Zibula Bango | 2:54 |
| 19 | –Patrice Ilunga, Victor Misomba And Friends | Mama Josefina (Mama Josefina) | 2:53 |
| 20 | –Chibanda Baudouin | Skoot (Scouts) | 2:59 |
| 21 | –Ilunga Patrice, Misomba Victor, And Friends | Mamwana Kufika Munda (My Love Is Upset) | 2:47 |
| 22 | –Coast Social Orchestra, Alexander Ayub | Mamie Sistah Mai Deah (Mommy, Sister My Dear) | 3:17 |
| 23 | –Chemutoi Ketienya, Kipsigis Girls | Chemirocha III | 1:27 |
| 24 | –Norbert De Magaro | Pipi Na Dongo (Candy And Okra) | 2:54 |
| 25 | –ORCLOS | Ushuru Wa Guitare (Payments For [Playing] Guitar) | 2:52 |
| 26 | –ECO African Band | Doa Jeupe (White Spot) | 2:38 |
| 27 | –ORCLOS, Ombiza Charles | Maivuno Ni Kilema (Jealousy Is A Vice) | 3:01 |
| 28 | –ORCLOS | Tulale Ngonga Imelia (The Time Has Come to Sleep) | 2:48 |
| 29 | –Coast Social Orchestra, Alexander Ayub | Moyo Wanitanga-Tanga (My Heart Is Troubled) | 2:44 |
| 30 | –Vijana Wa Mbeya, Jim D. Gondwe | Siwezi Kuiacha Rumba (I Cannot Give Up Rumba) | 2:48 |
| 31 | –Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band | Hayo Siyakweli (It’s Not True) | 3:04 |
| 32 | –Kalenga Antonance | Mamboleyo (Affairs Of Today) | 2:49 |
| 33 | –Salum's Brass Band with Salum Seliman | Mahaba Matamu (How Sweet Is Our Love) | 2:34 |
| 34 | –Joseph Eluka And Soldiers | Sͻkͻ Olingi Na-Boma (If You Want To Kill Me) | 3:01 |
| 35 | –Merry Black Birds | Chaupele Mpenzi (Chaupele, My Love) | 2:41 |
| 36 | –Chipukizi Rumba | Nimepata Mpenzi, Mtoto Mzuri (I Got A Young, Beautiful Girl) | 3:02 |
| 37 | –Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band | Nimepata Mpenzi, Mtoto, Mdogo, Mzuri Simwachi (I Got A Young, Beautiful Girl That I Won’t Leave) | 2:48 |
| 38 | –Morris Kalala | Birima | 2:43 |
| 39 | –Société Edemi de Stanleyville, Elise Edemi | Tála Bango (Watch Them) | 2:53 |
| 40 | –Lang Obiero | Jumamosi Kuna Vigelegele (On Saturday, There Is Celebration) | 2:52 |
| 41 | –Tauni Mwenasasu and Friend | Mangwasi | 2:54 |
| 42 | –Salum's Brass Band with Salum Seliman | Shukurani (Give Thanks) | 2:31 |
| 43 | –Lang Obiero | Pini Ochama (I Was Without Hope) | 2:47 |
| 44 | –Chipukizi Rumba | Dada Mwajuma Nifichie Siri Yangu (Sister Mwajuma, Keep My Secret) | 2:44 |
| 45 | –Merry Black Birds | Chineno (Little Speech) | 3:01 |
| 46 | –Kimambo Brothers | Kisima Cha Wivu (Well Of Jealousy) | 2:58 |
| 47 | –Coast Social Orchestra, Alexander Ayub | Nali Kisafiri (As I Was Traveling) | 2:50 |
Hype sticker on shrinkwrap reads: Recorded by researcher Hugh Tracey between 1950-1957, the songs here represent the Golden Age of Central and Eastern African recorded music. Contains two compact discs and audio download code.
