Viva Bawobab Si (Si Bou Odja) (LP)

Originally released in 1981, the second studio album of Orchestra Baobab “Si Bou Odja” produced at the Golden Baobab in Dakar by the young producer Ibrahima Sylla is reissued on Syllart Records. 2026 repress
After their masterpiece “Mouhamadou Bamba” recorded the same year, “Si Bou Odja” would once again mark the history of Senegalese music by propelling the group’s success into a new musical decade. Under the direction of the hard-hitting saxophonist Issa Sissokho and the irremovable guitarist Barthélémy Attiso, it is notably the young singer future icon of Senegalese salsa Médoune Diallo who will deliver one of his masterpieces with the irresistible “Autorail”, song locomotive which celebrates the opening of the railway line connecting Dakar to Niamey.
The mastering was done from the master tapes from the studio recording of the album. The cover is a reproduction of the original. The LP includes a printed sleeve.
FACE A:
1. Sibou Odia (14:36)
2. Sotante Xalat (6:56)
3. Bon Bon I (6:27)
FACE B:
1. Autorail (7:05)
2. Sou Sedhiou (7:38)
3. Ndiambaane (9:49)