Musiques Du Pays Lobi

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Album Info

Release Date: 1970

Labels: Ocora, Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française

Photo couverture: Musiciens Lobi de Nako

The musical pieces on this record were recorded in March 1961 in the region of Gaoua, in South-West Upper Volta. Some of the were published in 1962, grouped with other musics of various regions of Upper Volta in an album which is now out of stock (SOR 10 - 25 cm - Haute-Volta - International Grand Prize - Academie Charles Cros).

The first side of the present record is devoted to the music of the Lobi, whose xylophone elong, with 14 keys and calabash resonators, is the principal instrument, always used in the important ceremonies of initiation or at funerals.

The second side presents the musics of the Gan, Dagari and Birifor peoples, who are neighbours [...]

Side A
Track 1 & 2 [...] recorded on 18 March 1961, at Gaoua.
Track 3 & 4 [...] recorded on 19 March 1961, at Gaoua.
Side B
Track 1 & 2 [...] recorded on 21 March 1961, at Laropéni.
Track 3 [...] recorded on 20 March 1961, at Nako.
Track 4 [...] recorded on 20 March 1961, at Boukor.
Track 5 & 6 [...] recorded on 19 March 1961, at Gaoua.
[sleeve notes] (Novembre 1970)

Imp. Jean Colombet - Paris-15e

Enregistrements réalisés en Haute-Volta [...]

- gatefold sleeve with outer lamination
- stamped matrices
- pressing plant identified through labels' characteristics
- some tracks were reissued on Burkina Faso