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October 26, 2008

Super Etoile de Dakar – Djamil vol. 6, Saprom 1983

Super Etoile de Dakar, Djamil, front, cd size

Second in line is Vol. 6, the line-up on this casette is different
from vol. 1. If any one can help us out here, we see Yamar Thiam
playing ‘Tama’ on vol. 1 and we see Assane Thiam playing ‘Tama’
on vol. 6. Assane we know, is Yamar his brother, or maybe himself ?
Overall, this is a great casette, I’ll quote the ‘Rough Guide’:

“Youssou N’Dour et Super Étoile de Dakar:

Vols 1 – 16 ( local casettes )

N’Dour and his trusted cohorts take Dakar street grooves
with strong Latin retentions to the portals of international
superstar collaboration, via some wild, wacky and continually
surprising routes. Vols 6, 7 and 10 are particularly strong.
Vol 8, heavily remixed, became the ‘Immigrés’ CD. But the music
works best as one extraordinary stream of consciousness.
Most of it is impossible to find, but a multi cd compilation,
planned for 2000, could become one of the great albums.”
( my copy of ‘Rough Guide’ is a reprint of the 1999 edition )

Well, didn’t know I was that lucky, but now you are too.

tracks;

1 Mbarguethe
2 Ferridigua
3 Alboury
4 Djamil
5 Yalla

One last thing, track # 5, ‘Yalla’, takes over 11 minutes
while the tape inlay says 6’39, a minor incident.

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16 Comments

  1. thiol 26 October 2008 at 18:36 - Reply

    Hi Moos!
    Thank you very much for sharing these rarities.
    I’m looking for old sounds of Sénégal, continually…

    Greetings!

  2. thiol 26 October 2008 at 18:36 - Reply

    Hi Moos!
    Thank you very much for sharing these rarities.
    I’m looking for old sounds of Sénégal, continually…

    Greetings!

  3. Mouhamadou 26 October 2008 at 19:40 - Reply

    Dang, that was those albums I was looking for in Harlem. Thanks for bringing them back

  4. Mouhamadou 26 October 2008 at 19:40 - Reply

    Dang, that was those albums I was looking for in Harlem. Thanks for bringing them back

  5. aduna 27 October 2008 at 09:31 - Reply

    Hello Moos,
    What a shoot of great post. Many Thanks.
    I believe, that Yamar Thiam is Assane uncle (by his mother). He was played with Canari de Kaolack (we can listen the singer singing his name in their Sutukun version). And after he was part of the Etoile 2000 short adventure.
    He’s now living in Finland (like Rhane Diallo?).
    I think, Super Etoile II de Dakar was something like a Super Etoile side project, with a different line up.
    Thanks again for these gems.

  6. aduna 27 October 2008 at 09:31 - Reply

    Hello Moos,
    What a shoot of great post. Many Thanks.
    I believe, that Yamar Thiam is Assane uncle (by his mother). He was played with Canari de Kaolack (we can listen the singer singing his name in their Sutukun version). And after he was part of the Etoile 2000 short adventure.
    He’s now living in Finland (like Rhane Diallo?).
    I think, Super Etoile II de Dakar was something like a Super Etoile side project, with a different line up.
    Thanks again for these gems.

  7. moos 27 October 2008 at 14:44 - Reply

    Aduna,
    Thank you so much for enlightening us on this, one can’t seem to find out enough. Merci beaucoup !

  8. moos 27 October 2008 at 14:44 - Reply

    Aduna,
    Thank you so much for enlightening us on this, one can’t seem to find out enough. Merci beaucoup !

  9. jahcisco 27 October 2008 at 18:41 - Reply

    thanks for sharing.

  10. jahcisco 27 October 2008 at 18:41 - Reply

    thanks for sharing.

  11. lamtoro 28 October 2008 at 14:56 - Reply

    there is no other god but moos
    by the way I always thought assane thiam, yamar, diamil, and mame mané were all siblings but I’m prolly wrong
    you gotta go with whatever aduna says, the man masters his subject

  12. lamtoro 28 October 2008 at 14:56 - Reply

    there is no other god but moos
    by the way I always thought assane thiam, yamar, diamil, and mame mané were all siblings but I’m prolly wrong
    you gotta go with whatever aduna says, the man masters his subject

  13. aduna 29 October 2008 at 09:46 - Reply

    I’m not 100% sure & may be Lamtoro is right.
    After a quick internet research, things are not clear.
    Sometimes Yamar Thiam is presented as Assane brother :
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=334314941
    Sometimes as his father:
    http://www.umbc.edu/eol/5/mangin/
    Is someone could enlighten us?
    One thing is sure, Yamar played with the excellent Canari de Kaolack.
    Best.

  14. aduna 29 October 2008 at 09:46 - Reply

    I’m not 100% sure & may be Lamtoro is right.
    After a quick internet research, things are not clear.
    Sometimes Yamar Thiam is presented as Assane brother :
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=334314941
    Sometimes as his father:
    http://www.umbc.edu/eol/5/mangin/
    Is someone could enlighten us?
    One thing is sure, Yamar played with the excellent Canari de Kaolack.
    Best.

  15. NGONI 21 April 2009 at 19:21 - Reply

    Friends, if you want to know Yamar Thiam, you have him here here.

  16. NGONI 21 April 2009 at 19:21 - Reply

    Friends, if you want to know Yamar Thiam, you have him here here.

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