Ali Farka Toure - Red Album
Artist: Ali Farka Toure | Label: World Circuit | Format: LP | Genre: World | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed
Ali Farka Toure
Red Album
Red Album
World Circuit 096
Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist Ali Farka Toure, then still in the early years of his recording career, teamed up with the brilliant percussionist Hama Sankare. Together, from a base in Ali's home village of Niafunka they travelled through Northern Mali, refining a collection of new songs. When they were ready to record they followed the River Niger as it wound down through the desert, to the capital city of Bamako. In one afternoon, the great Radio Mali house engineer Boubacar Traore captured these eight superb performances on two microphones: two voices so close it was thought they were double tracked, one guitar (the distinctive Bulgarian acoustic model that Ali treasured) and Hama's calabash percussion making it's first appearance on record. Remastered from the original tapes in 2004 for release on World Circuit, 2021 sees this classic album back on vinyl for the first time since it's original 1984 release, and its US vinyl debut! As dexterous as John Lee Hooker, singing plaintive blues songs, Ali Farka Touré delivers a tour de force performance here—check his playing on "Cheri" especially—all played on an acoustic guitar. If you love African music and guitar mastery, you need to own this.
Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist Ali Farka Toure, then still in the early years of his recording career, teamed up with the brilliant percussionist Hama Sankare. Together, from a base in Ali's home village of Niafunka they travelled through Northern Mali, refining a collection of new songs. When they were ready to record they followed the River Niger as it wound down through the desert, to the capital city of Bamako. In one afternoon, the great Radio Mali house engineer Boubacar Traore captured these eight superb performances on two microphones: two voices so close it was thought they were double tracked, one guitar (the distinctive Bulgarian acoustic model that Ali treasured) and Hama's calabash percussion making it's first appearance on record. Remastered from the original tapes in 2004 for release on World Circuit, 2021 sees this classic album back on vinyl for the first time since it's original 1984 release, and its US vinyl debut! As dexterous as John Lee Hooker, singing plaintive blues songs, Ali Farka Touré delivers a tour de force performance here—check his playing on "Cheri" especially—all played on an acoustic guitar. If you love African music and guitar mastery, you need to own this.
Contains;
La Drogue
Ali Aoudy
Cheri
Timnbindy
Lalayche
Ketine
Laisse Les Phasees
Baliky Lalo
NEW SEALED LP
Cheri
Timnbindy
Lalayche
Ketine
Laisse Les Phasees
Baliky Lalo
NEW SEALED LP
First time on LP in the US!
