Salif Keita Discography
Compiled by Graeme Counsel
[1971] Orchestre Rail Band de Bamako. Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM 30 L 2606. 33.3
rpm disc.
Side A:
Rail Band / Koro koni / Gansan na
Side B: Mali cèbelenw / Sunjata
1975 Les
Ambassadeurs du Motel. Sonafric. SAF 1773. 45 rpm disc.
Super pitie / Bolola
sanou
1976 Les Ambassadeurs du Motel. Sonafric. SAF 1786. 45 rpm disc.
Saranfing / Sabar
1976 Les Ambassadeurs du Motel.
Sonafric. SAF 1814. 45 rpm disc.
Nagana / Djoula
[1976] Melodias Rail Band du Mali. Kouma.
KLP 1040. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Kandoun /
Tiramakan
Side B: Soyomba / Soundiata
[1976] Concert
Rail Band du Mali. Kouma. KLP 1042. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Premiere
partie
Side B: Deuxième partie
[1976] Melodias Rail Band du Mali. Kouma.
KLP 1043. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A:
Soundiata / Mali tebaga mogoma
Side B: Maki / Armée Malienne
1976 Les
Ambassadeurs du Motel. Sonafric.
SAF 50014. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A:
Diandjon / Wara
Side B: Kibaru
1977 Les
Ambassadeurs du Motel. Volume 1.
Sonafric. SAF 50030. 33.3 rpm
disc.
Side A:
Yassoumouka / Fatema / Super Pitie
Side B: Bolola Sanou / Mali Denou / Sabar / Saranfing
1977 Les
Ambassadeurs du Motel. Volume 2.
Sonafric. SAF 50031. 33.3 rpm
disc.
Side A: N'na /
Nagana / M'bouram mousso / Salimata
Side B: Ray m'bote / Djoula / Tiecolomba
1978 Leon
Keïta. Papa Disco. DISCO 011. 33.3 rpm disc.
Salif Keita duets
with Leon Keïta on "Koma kouma" & "'Wousse". These recordings were later
re-released, along with tracks by Dembo Conté (from DISCO 27), as DISCO 1127.
1979 Ambassadeur International. Mandjou. Badmos. BLP 5040. 33.3 rpm
disc.
Side A: Mandjou /
Kandja
Side B: 4 V / N’toman / Balla
1979 Salif Keita
& Manfila Kanté. Dans l’authenticité.
Volume 1.
Badmos. BLP 5031. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Djandjon /
Finzamba
Side B: Toura Makan / Wara mana
1979 Salif
Keita & Manfila Kanté. Dans
l’authenticité. Volume
2. Badmos. BLP 5032.
33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Tara /
Dimbassin
Side B: Toubaka / Badougou
1980 Ambassadeur
International.
Badmos. BIR
002. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Seydou
Bathily / Saly
Side B: Jean ou Paul / Une l'arme d'amitie / Super-colou
[1981] Salif
Keita et les Ambassadeurs Internationaux.
Badmos. BIR 009. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A:
Bithiéloulé
Side B: Namory / Kankelen-tigui
1981 Les
Ambassadeurs Internationaux. Sako. SP 001.
33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Tounkan /
Wale
Side B: Sidiki / Kenlelenti
1981 Les
Ambassadeurs Internationaux. Sako. SP 002.
33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Mana mani
/ Djata / Marfa
Side B: Primpin / Toubaka 81
[1982] Rail
Band. Salif Keita & Mory Kanté. Syllart. SYL 8357. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Soundiata
Side B: Gansan na / Rail Band
1983 Les
Ambassadeurs Internationaux. Celluloid. CEL 6635. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Djougouya
/ Wassolon-foli
Side B: Bara wililé / Manjougoulon
1983 Best
of Ambassadeurs. Celluloid. CEL 6640. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Mana mani
/ Sidiki
Side B: Marfa / Primpin / Wale
1984 Salif
Keita and Kanté Manfila. Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. Celluloid.
CEL 6717. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Tounkan /
Djata
Side B: Kanlelenti / Toubaka 81
1984 Les
Ambassadeurs Internationaux. Mandjou. Celluloid. CEL 6721. 33.3 rpm disc.
Side A: Mandjou /
Kandja
Side B: 4 V / N'toman / Balla
1985 Tam
tam pour l'Éthiopie. Philips. 880 568-1. 45 rpm maxi single.
(with various
artists)
1986 Salif
Keita et Les Ambassadeurs.
Africa
roots. Volume 4.
Milkweg. 08-023863-20. Compact disc.
Various artists.
Contains live version of Primpin
1987 Soro.
Island. Celluloid. CD 66883. Compact Disc.
Wamba / Soro (Afriki)
/ Soureba / Sina (Soumbouya) / Cono / Sanni kegniba
1987 Soureba / Soro. EMI. 201739. 45 rpm disc.
1988
Wamba / Soureba.
Stern's. 720.
45 rpm disc.
1989 Under
African skies. “Mali” episode. BBC production. Videocassette, colour.
Contains interview
with Salif Keita.
1989 Ko-yan.
Island Records 259 850. Compact Disc.
Yada / Nou pas
bouger / Ko-yan / Fe-so / Primpin / Tenin / Sabou
1989 Primpin / Primpin (part 2). Mango. MNG 103. 45 rpm disc.
1989 Nous
pas bouger / Fe-so. Mango. MNG 175. 45 rpm disc.
Re-mix from
Ko-yan
[1990] Les
Ambassadeurs featuring Salif Keita & Kante Manfila. Mélodie. 47018-2.
Compact Disc.
Primpin / Mana
mani / Kanlelenti / Tounkan / Sidiki / Djata / Marfa
1990 One
world one voice. Virgin. V2632/210 904. 33.3 rpm disc.
Various artists.
1990 Dance
music from West
Africa: Les
Ambassadeurs, featuring Salif Keita and Kante Manfila. Rounder 5013.
Compact Disc.
Mana mani / Sidiki
/ Marfa / Primpin / Wale
1991 Salif Keita: Destiny of a noble outcast. Island Visual Arts/Polygram. Videocassette, colour.
1991 Amen.
Island Records. 848 793-2. 33.3 rpm disc.
Yele n na / Waraya
/ Tono / Kuma / Nyanafin / Karifa / N b’i fe / Lony
1992 Les
Ambassadeurs Internationales featuring Salif Keita. Rounder. 5053. Compact
Disc.
Kolangoman /
Seidou Bakhili / Mousso gnaleden / Super koulou / Sali
1993 L'enfant
lion. Mango. Compact Disc. (With Steve Hillage)
Pama / Elephants 1
/ Djembe / Jealousy / Cherie / Bees 1 / Elephants 2 / Kesao / Forge / Dalimansa
/ Manding / Bees 2 / Donsolou / Ignadjidje
1993 Sirga.
SOS Albino productions. Malian cassette. (Malian release of "L'Enfant Lion").
Ni sanoubabife /
Djembe / Bees / Cherie / Ignedjite / Sama
1993 69.80.
Sonodisc. CD 74646. Compact Disc.
Mana-mani /
Mandjou / Primpin / Walé / 4 V / Sidiki / N’toman / Marfa
1994 The
mansa of Mali...
A retrospective. Mango. CD 162-539 937-2. Compact Disc.
Sina / Mandjou /
Nyanafin / Ignadjidje / Nou pas bouger / Djembe / Souareba / Tenin / Sanni
kegniba / Dalimansa
1994 Sosie.
ASK 001. Cassette. Re-released by Development-Jasrac. AFPCD 5237. Compact Disc.
Noir et blanc /
Chater pour ceux / Pars / Ignadjidje / Avec le temps / Le lac majeur / Je suis
venu te dire le sud / La valise des lilas / Tanganika
1995 Folon...
The past. Mango. CD 524 149-2. Compact Disc.
Tekere / Mandjou
/ Africa / Nyanyama / Mandela / Sumun / Seydou / Dakan-fe / Folon
1996 Africa.
Mango CIDM 829/854 527-2. 12" 45 rpm disc.
Africa - 7" edit /
Africa - The Jambo sana 7" edit / Africa - The Jambo sana 12" mix / Africa - The
rainy season ambient mix.
1997 Tekere. ZAC records. ZAC 160. 33.3rpm disc.
Tekere (Matthew's Afro house mix / Tekere (Matthew's Afro house edit) / Tekere
(high pressure phunk mix - dub one) / Tekere (damage dub two)
1997 Tekere.
Matthew Roberts remixes. Mango. MNG 836. 12" 45 rpm disc.
Tekere (Matthew's Afro house edit / Tekere
(Matthew's Afro house mix) / Tekere (high pressure phunk mix - dub one) / Tekere
(acapella)
1998 Africa
fete 98. Island Records/Polygram 314-524 517-2.
Various Artists.
Contains Abede & Gnokon fe by Salif Keita.
1998 Musiques
du Mali. Volume 1. Banzoumana. Mélodie. 38901.2. Double Compact Disc.
Contains Gansa
na by Orchestre Rail-Band de Bamako, Salif's first recording.
[1999] Rail Band. Mory Kante and Salif Keita. Sonodisc. SD 40. Compact Disc.
1999 Papa.
EMI. 499070.2. Compact Disc.
Bolon / Mama /
Ananamin (It's been so long) / Sada / Tolon wilile (The party is on) / Tomorrow
(Sadio) / Abede / Papa / Together (Gnokon fe).
2000 Mama. Capitol. SK 001.
Compact Disc.
2001 The Golden
voice: The best of Salif Keita. Wrasse. WRASS 59. 2 x Compact discs.
Karifa / Folon - The past / N f'i fe.
2002 Moffou.
Universal Music. 016 906-2. Compact disc.
Yamore/ Iniagige / Madan / Katolon / Souvent / Moussolou / Baba / Ana na
ming / Koukou / Here.
2002 Moffou remixed. Universal. 432 / 433. 2 x 12" 45 rpm
discs.
Universal 432. Madan (exotic disc - edit) / Madan
(exotic disco) / Madan (exotic disco - beatapella) / Madan (exotic disco
instrumental)
Universal 433. Madan (FUG remix) / Ana ni ming (Gordon
Hulbert remix)
2002 Madan. Martin Solvieg remixes. Mixture. MXT 11. 12" 45 rpm
disc.
Madan (Martin Solvieg exotic disco mix)
/ Madan (Martin Solvieg exotic tool) / Madan )Martin Solvieg exotic disco club)
/ Madan Martin Solvieg exotic disco club reprise
2003 Madan. Universal records. 019 990-1. 12" 45 rpm disc.
Madan (exotic disco mix) / Madan (exotic disco dub)
/ Madan (exotic disco edit)
2004 Sosie.
MS Verdenshjørnet. DKMS 9600. Compact disc.
Noir et blanc / Chanteur
pour ceux / Pars / Ignadjidje / Avec le temps / Le lac majeur / Je suis venu te dire / Le sud / La valse des lilas / Tanganika
2004 Madan exotic. Manifesto. 982 383-2. 12" 45 rpm disc.
Madan exotic (laid remix) / Madan exotic (Martin
Solvieg exotic disco mix)
2004 Remixes
from Moffou. Universal 981573-8 - 981574-2.
5 x 12" 45 rpm discs.
Universal. 981573-8.
Here (by Doctor L remix) / Yamore (Luciano
remix)
Universal. 981573-9.
Madan (Days of Holly Salif
remix) / Souvent (Hyper preacher remix) / Ana na ming (La Funk Mob remix)
Universal. 981574-0.
Moussoulou (Ark Aka Guilla
remix) / Moussoulou (Charles Webster remix) / Madan (No traitorz remix)
Universal. 981574-1.
Here (Frederic Galliano remix)
Mossoulou (Osunlade remix) / Here) Paul St. Hilaire remix
Universal. 981574-2.
Madan (Cabanne remix) / Madan (Gekko
remix)
2005 The lost album.
(with Kanté Manfila). Cantos/Syllart. 0790003026. Compact disc.
I Djo Fama / Finzamba / Toura Makan /
Djigui / Nakana / Wara
2005 Moffou dia. Emarcy. 9825869.
Compact disc.
2005 M’Bemba. Emarcy.
9831227. Compact disc.
Bobo / Laban / Calculer / Dery / Ladji
/ Kamoukie / Yambo / Tu vas me manquer / M/Bemba / Moriba
2006 M’Bemba.
Decca.
006749. Compact disc.
Bobo / Laban / Calculer / Dery / Ladji
/ Kamoukie / Yambo / Tu vas me manquer / M/Bemba / Moriba / Calculer (remix)
2006 Calculer. Universal. 963 122-8. 12" 45 rpm disc.
2006 Salif Keita & Pepe Bombilla. Cadenza. 09. 12" 45 rpm disc..
Salif Keita - Yamoré
(Luciano remix) / Pepe Bombilla - Harmonic crashes.
2007 Salif Keita & L'Skadrille. Universal. Compact disc.
Nou pas bouger / Nou pas bouger / Nou pas bouger (original 1989 version).
2007 20th century
masters. The millennium collection. The best of Salif Keita. Universal.
Compact disc.
Africa / Mandjou / Wamba /
Mandela / Sina (soumbouya) / Nyanafin / Soro (Afriki) / Soureba / Nou pas bouger.
2007 Tolon willie. Fish out of pond. OWG 01. 33.3 rpm disc (single
sided)
Tolon
Willie (The Sacred Rhythm Live Version)
With
thanks to Flemming Harrev.
This page was created on August
15 1999 and last updated on May 5 2008.