Ali Farka Touré - Red&Green

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Ali Farka Touré
Red&Green

Compil. UK 2004 on World Circuit label
Blues, Folk, World and (African)

Recorded at Radio Mali Studios, Bamako, in the early eighties. Compilation of 2 legendary albums from 1984 and 1988 both simply called Ali Farka Toure. Because there was very little further information on them they were best known for the colour of their sleeves, the Red Album and the Green Album. In a cardboard slipcase with booklet.

Musicians

	Ali Farka Touré voc, g, 1939-2006 ML recorded by, written by, vocals, guitar, producer, photography, courtesy of, album by
	Georgiana Violante sleeve notes, lyrics translated in english
	Aly Guindo sleeve notes, lyrics translated in french
	Vieux Farka Touré voc, g, *1981 ML sleeve notes, lyrics translated in french
	Boubacar Hamadoun Farana vocals, griot
	Hamma Sankare vocals, calabash
	Ousmane Gadjaka xalam, n'goni - traditional guitar

Producers

Iwantdesign.co.uk design

Boubacar Traoré recorded by

Jean Claude recorded by

Nick Gold reissue producer

Jerry Boys remastered by, digitally remastered from the original analogue tapes

John Hadden remastered by, digitally remastered from the original analogue tapes

Tom Leader remastered by, digitally remastered from the original analogue tapes

Andy Kershaw sleeve notes

Marie-Claire Boisset-Pestourie sleeve notes, sleeve notes translated in french

Composers

Ali Farka Touré

Georgiana Violante

Aly Guindo

Vieux Farka Touré

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Duration
1	Red	Ali Farka Touré
2	La Drogue	Ali Farka Touré	5:37
3	Ali Aoudy	Ali Farka Touré	6:33
4	Chérie	Ali Farka Touré	4:39
5	Timbindy	Ali Farka Touré	5:44
6	Laleïché	Ali Farka Touré	5:32
7	Ketiné	Ali Farka Touré	7:13
8	Laisse Les Phases	Ali Farka Touré	4:39
9	Baliky Lalo	Ali Farka Touré	3:42
10	Green	Ali Farka Touré
11	Sidi Gouro	Ali Farka Touré	3:49
12	O Kata Gouna	Ali Farka Touré	4:25
13	Devele Wague	Ali Farka Touré	6:02
14	N'timbara	Ali Farka Touré	4:01
15	Zona	Ali Farka Touré	7:43
16	M'baudy	Ali Farka Touré	8:55
17	Petenere	Ali Farka Touré	4:52
18	L'Exode	Ali Farka Touré	5:21

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