Sunday, May 9, 2010
More Live Youssou
As promised, here is another "live" recording by Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar, the cassette Live Olympia (Productions SAPROM), recorded in Paris and released in 1991.
Live Olympia finds Youssou & the band in the more simplified mode they exhibited, at least in the international market, after achieving world fame in the mid '80s. The music is "catchier" and the performances shorter and less complex than in the earlier Jamm La Paix. Still, this is a recording well worth listening to, with a nice rendition of "Immigrés" and interesting alternate versions of some other Super Etoile hits.
Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar - Sabar
Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar - Bamako
Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar - Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar - Xaley Rew Mi
Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar - Medina
Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar - Jaam
Download Live Olympia as a zipped file here.
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