LE SAPHIR D’OR – An Evening With Mr. Mohamed Vall (Mauritanian Vinyl Collector Interview

Very special post today, with a video interview of ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ข๐๐ข ๐€๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐, who was the historical ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ & owner of the very well legendary local record store “๐‹๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ซ ๐’๐Ž๐ซ” (which was actually the only one of the country !).

I shot this interview back in June 2017 in ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ญ (Mauritania) during one of my ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ there, when I had the great chance to meet him & spend with him several days at his home welcomed as his own son, talking about him & his story, record collecting & dealing, past & present & future musical scene in Mauritania.. and, of course, sharing some good mint teas !

There are special encounters in life that change you forever, and so it was for this one – Hope you’ll enjoy this precious musical moment !

๐Ÿ…พ๏ธ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ (๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก, ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ) : https://youtu.be/B0MqYUPHVfs

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜’๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ !

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Guelewar Band Of Banjul – Yaye Boul Ma Bayi

( Gambia , 1979 , Valerie )

posted on 07 / 03 / 2024

Following this former article, I wanted to share with you โ€œYaye Boul Ma Bayiโ€œ, an outstanding deep Psychedelic 70s Afro Mbalax Fusion Soul Jazz track, taken from the first album from the legendary Gambian band โ€œGuelewar Band Of Banjulโ€ recorded in 1981.

Leaded by the Gambian composer & musician Laaye Nโ€™Gom, the group included many mythical Gambian & Senegalese musicians such :

– Leader, Vocals, Keyboards, Conductor, Liner Notes : Laaye Nโ€™Gom ;

– Vocals : Moussa Nโ€™Gom ;

– Alto Saxophone : Bas Lo Fara Biram ;

– Bass : Njok Malick Mike Njie ;

– Drums : Oussou Ndiaye ;

– Guitar : Moussa Njobdi Njie ;

– Percussion : Adu Salla, Alive Badara Cham Nโ€™Gom, Koto Suno Icoto Nโ€™Gom ;

– Tenor Saxophone : Laaye Sallah Ombor ;

One of the best Gambian ever recorded, really hard to find nowadays, hope youโ€™ll like it โ€“ Enjoy !

Guelewar Band Of Banjul โ€“ Yaye Boul Ma Bayi (Gambia, 1979, Valerie)

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

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Le Sahel – Caridad

( Senegal , 1975 , Musiclub )

posted on 06 / 03 / 2024

Following this former article, I wanted to share with you for today โ€œCaridadโ€œ, an incredible beautiful Afro Latin Mbalax Soul track, taken from the only album by โ€œLโ€™Orchestre Du Sahelโ€œ, house band of the night club โ€œLe Sahelโ€ in Dakar (Senegal) owned by the businessman Ndiouga Kobe and founded in 1972 by the composer and musician Cheikh Tidiane Tall.

Open to various musical styles, le Sahel offered a music mixing African sounds (Mbalax, Pulaar Fulani music, Mandingo music), and included legendary Senegalese musicians, former members of the mythical band โ€œXalamโ€ founded in 1965 by Sakhir Thiam, such :

– Cheikh Tidiane Tall (Bandleader, Guitar, Organ) ;

– Willy Sakho (Bass) ;

– Alassane Nโ€™Doye (Congas) ;

– Diguy Diabate (Drums) ;

– Thierno Koitรฉ (Flute, Saxophone) ;

– Seydina Insa Wade (Guitar) ;

– Emmanuel Batta (Trombone) ;

– Jean Nโ€™Diaye (Trumpet) ;

– Idrissa Diop, Renรฉ Cabral (Vocals) ;

– Pape Djiby Ba (Vocals, Guiro) ;

Really hard to find album & magical song, hope youโ€™ll like it โ€“ Enjoy !

Le Sahel โ€“ Caridad (Senegal, 1975, Musiclub)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/Jpc5qzWlhi4

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

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