Rail Band discography
Compiled by Graeme Counsel
© Copyright
1970 
Orchestre
Rail-Band de Bamako. Bärenreiter-Musicaphon.
BM 30 L 2606. 33.3 rpm
disc.
Rail Band / Koro koni / Gansan na / Mali cèbalenw
/ Sunjata
[1973] 
Orchestre
"Rail-Band" (Mali). Disques
France-Afrique. LGVD-ST 3000. 45
rpm disc.
Rail Band /
Kankoun.
[1973] 
Orchestre
"Rail-Band" (Mali). Disques
France-Afrique. LGVD ST 3002. 45
rpm disc.
Diya / Sayomba.
1973 
Orchestre
Rail-Band. Buffet
Hotel de la Gare Bamako. ("Série
Pop-Rail 1"). Rail Culture Malienne. RCAM 014573. 45 rpm
disc.
Mokodiolo / Tamadiara (Mokodiolo from RCAM 013373)
1973 
Orchestre
Rail-Band. Buffet
Hotel de la Gare Bamako. ("Série
Rail-Typique 1"). Rail
Culture Malienne.
Nanthan / Nabayé tabayé.
(Nanthan from RCAM 013373)
1973 
Rail
Band. Buffet
Hotel de la Gare. Bamako. (Série
Rail-Concert 1"). Rail
Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM
013373. 33.3 rpm disc.
Jurukan / Mariba-Yasa / Bajala malé / Sunan / Duga / Tidiani
Koné / Nantan / Moko jolo
1973 
Regard
sur le passé à travers le présent.
[one song only by the Rail Band -Tidiani Koné - from RCAM
013373]
1973 
Panorama
du Mali.
[two songs only by the Rail Band - Badialamalé & Sounan
- from RCAM
013373]
1974 
Tiramakam. ("Série
Folk Rail
1"). Rail
Culture Mali. RCAM
013374. 33.3 rpm disc.
Tiramakan / Marietou / Noumounan /
Yakaréparé / Baichabata /
Battou
[1974] 
Orchestre
Rail Band de Bamako. Mali
Music. MALI 01. 45 rpm disc.
Duga /
Duga (from RCAM
013373)
1975 
re-issue→ 
Rail
Band. Soundiata. L'exil. ("Série
Folk Rail 2").
Rail
Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM 3301 / HMV-EMI. HNLX 5146.
33.3 rpm disc.
Soundiata / Soundiata
1975 
Rail
Band. ("Série
Folk Rail 3"). Rail Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM 3302 /
HMV-EMI. HNLX 5147. 33.3 rpm disc.
Balakononifing / Fankanté Denkélé /
Demba / Kaïdia
/ Den-nadiya
1975 
Rail
Band. ("Série
Folk Rail 4"). Rail Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM
3303 / HMV-EMI. HNLX 5148. 33.3 rpm disc.
Kaira / Finza / Mansa / Djamba
1975 
Rail
Band. ("Série
Rail Danse 1"). Rail Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM
3304 / HMV-EMI. HNLX 5149. 33.3 rpm disc.
Lounseny / Dioba / Karitea / Dugu kamaleba / Diula
1975 
Rail
Band. ("Série
Rail Danse 2"). Rail Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM
3305 / HMV-EMI. HNLX 5150. 33.3 rpm disc.
Mamadou Boutigui / Mamobo / Armée Malienne / Kibaru /
Tiedioucouya
1975 
L'Orchestre
Rail Band. HMV-EMI.
HNS 1581. 45 rpm disc.
Wassamba
/ Laï soumalei.
1975 L'Orchestre
Rail Band. HMV-EMI.
HNS 1582. 45 rpm disc.
Diaba / Mouodilo.
1976 
Rail
Band du Mali. Melodias. Kouma.
KLP 1040. 33.3 rpm disc.
Kandoun / Tiramakan / Soyomba / Soundiata (nouvelle version)
1976 
Rail
Band du Mali. Concert. Kouma.
KLP 1042. 33.3 rpm disc.
Premiere partie / Deuxième
partie
1976 
Rail
Band du Mali. Melodias. Kouma.
KLP 1043. 33.3 rpm disc.
Soundiata
/ Mali tebaga mogoma / Maki /
Armée
Mali (Tatine Dembelé
vcl, Orchestre Municipal de San), Armée
Malienne
(Fanta Damba, vcl)
1977 
Super
Rail Band. Orchestre
du Buffet Hôtel de la Gare de Bamako. Rail
Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM 3301 / HMV- EMI. HNLX 5179.
33.3 rpm disc.
Wale numa lombaliya / Tie diu guya ("Tiedioucouya", from RCAM 3305)
/ Sinsimba / Balakononifing (from RCAM 3305)
1979 
Seigneur
Djali Madi
Tounkara et le Rail Band du Mali. Volume 1. Famadenké. Disco
Stock. DS 7918. 33.3 rpm disc.
Nama / Famadenké /
Yobalema.
1979 
Seigneur
Djali Madi
Tounkara et le Rail Band du Mali. Volume 2.
Koulandjan. Disco
Stock. DS 7919. 33.3 rpm disc.
Koulandjan / Trio Mandingue / Djigiuya / Dosoké cery.
Sadio Kouyaté
et le Trio Manding du Mali. Volume 3. La nouvelle etoile.
Disco
Stock. DS 7920. 33.3 rpm disc.
Marigounda / Djougouloussona / Mansani cissé / Damandjaye.
[1980] 
Ouedraogo
Mamadou et l'Orchestre Super
Rail Band International. Dioulou koussoube. Sacodisc.
LS 24. 33.3 rpm disc.
Dioulou koussoubé / Nong tem
sega / Sovo P.E.R. / Toem zougo
[1980] 
L'Orchestre
Super Rail Band International. Affair
social. Sacodisc.
LS 25. 33.3 rpm disc.
Affair social / Deniyeleba / Ma awaba / Wasso
1983 
Super
Rail Band Buffet Hôtel de la Gare de Bamako. Volume
1. Rail
Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM 3301. 33.3 rpm disc.
Foliba / Tallassa / Konowalé / Diby
1983 
Super
Rail Band Buffet Hôtel de la Gare
de Bamako. Volume
2. Rail
Culture Authentique Mali. RCAM 3302. 33.3 rpm disc.
Diabaté / Mali yo / Bedianamogo
/ Gna gna
1985 
The
Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hôtel de la Gare de Bamako. Globestyle.
ORB 001. 33.3 rpm disc. [re-issued on CD in 1995]
Foliba (from RCAM 3301,
1983) / Bedianamogo (from RCAM 3302,
1983) /
Tallassa (from RCAM 3301, 1983) / Konowalé (from RCAM 3301,
1983) / Mali
yo (from RCAM 3302, 1983)
1988 
re-issue → 
Salif
Keita & Mory Kante. Mali
stars. Volume 1. Syllart.
SYL 38750-1. 33.3 rpm disc.
Soundiata / Soundiata / Gansan na / Rail Band
1988 
Mali
music. Legendary bands of Mali. Sterns.3001.
33.3 rpm disc.
[One song by the Orchestre Rail-Band de Bamako - Mali cèbalenw -
from Bärenreiter-Musicaphon.
BM 30 L 2606]
[1990] 
Super
Rail Band du Bamako. Djougouya magni. Indigo.
LBLC 2500. 33.3 rpm disc. [re-issued on CD in 2001]
Djougouya magni / Derimagni / Sanankoro moriba / Dagna /
N'donikegniba / Folikelaou / Soumba / M'barin / Dyanfamagni
1994 
Mory
Kanté. Mali
Stars. Syllart.
33.3 rpm disc. (re-issue RCAM 3301,
1977)
Walé numa
lombaliya / Tie
diuguya / Sinsimba / Balakononfing
1995 
Super
Rail Band du Bamako. Kongo
sigui. Indigo.
LBLC 2500. Compact disc. [re-issued on CD in 2003]
Mogo gnayé kodola
/ Pirates / Kongo sigui / Balla Moussa Keita / Sory / Dion
Mansa / Tunga / Dakan / Sada Diallo
1995 
Musiques
du Mali. Banzoumana. Mélodie.
38901-2. 2 x compact discs.
[Three
songs by the Rail Band: Kibaru (from RCAM 3305,
shortened version) / Duga (from RCAM 013373
- shortened version) / Gansa na (from
Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM
30 L 2606)
1995 
Musiques
du Mali. Volume 2. Mélodie.
38902-2. 2 x compact discs.
[Three songs by the Rail Band:
Dugu
kame lemba (from RCAM 3304, shortened version) / Madi
guindo (from RCAM 013373) / Moko jolo (from RCAM 013373).
[1996] 
Super
Rail Band. Mansa. Indigo.
LBLC 2520. 33.3 rpm disc.
Silanidé / Mansa / Kamalimba / Niamatoutou kono / Tolonté
sebessa / Dounia / Kanou salé
/ Fourou kolon
1997 
Les
nuits de Bamako. Années 70 / 78. Syllart.
SYLAF 9607. Compact disc.
[Two songs by the Rail Band - Walignouma
lombaliya & Balakononifing, from
RCAM 3301, 1977]
[1998] 
Rail
Band. Mory
Kanté & Salif Keita. CD.
Sonodisc. CDS 7051. Compact disc.
Kandoun
(from Kouma. KLP 1040) / Tiramakan / (from Kouma. KLP 1040)
/ Soyomba (from Kouma. KLP 1040) / Soundiata ("Soundiata
nouvelle version", from Kouma KLP 1040) / Tiedioucouya (from RCAM 3305) / Jurukan (from RCAM 013373) / Mariba
yassa (from RCAM 013373) / Duga / Foliba (from RCAM
3301, 1983)
2000 
Mali
& Guinea: Kora kings and griot minstrels. Rough
Guide. RGNET
1048. Compact disc.
[One song by the Rail Band - Duga -
not sure which version].
2006 
Classic
titles. Le Rail Band feat. Mory Kanté.
Cantos Records. 0023. Compact disc.
Walenumalombaliya (from
RCAM
3301, 1977) / Balakoninfing (from RCAM 3302,
1975) / Mamadou Bitiqui (from
RCAM 3305) / Jurikan
(from RCAM 013373) / Mariba Yassa (from RCAM 013373) / Dugu
Kamelemba (from
RCAM 3304) / Karitea (from RCAM 3304)
2006 
Djelimady
Tounkara & l'Orchestre Super Rail Band International. Allo
Bamako. Oriki
Music. ORK 002. 33.3rpm disc. Released on compact disc in 2007.
Marigoundo / Affair social (from
Sacodisc. LS 25) / Djiguya (from
Disco Stock.
DS
7919)
/ Yobalema (from Disco Stock. DS 7918) / Deniyeleba (from
Sacodisc. LS 25) / Nama
(from Disco Stock. DS 7918) / Wasso (from
Sacodisc. LS 25) / Ma awaba (from
Sacodisc. LS 25).
2006 
One
day on Radio Mali. African
Pearls volume 3. Syllart
/ Discograph.
6130132. 2
x CDs.
[One song by the Rail Band - Madi
guindo -
from
RCAM 3303]
2007 
Rail
Band. Belle
epoque. Volume 1. Soundiata. Sterns.
STCD 3033-34. 2 x CDs.
CD 1 - Soundiata l'exil (from RCAM 3301,
1975) / Maliyo (from RCAM
3302, 1983) / Sunjata (from Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM 30 L 2606)
/ Armée Malienne (Groupe vocal de San).
CD
2 - Duga (from RCAM 013373) / Mali cebalenw (from
Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM
30 L 2606) / Armée Malienne (from RCAM 3305) / Fankanté dankélé
(from RCAM 3302,
1975) / Armée Malienne (Fanta Damba - vocal - from
Kouma 1043) / Soundiata (nouvelle version) (from Kouma 1040)
/ Mali tebaga mogoma (from Kouma 1043).
2008 
Rail
Band. Belle
epoque. Volume
2. Mansa. Sterns.
STCD 3039-40. 2 x CDs.
CD 1 - Rail Band (from Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM 30 L 2606
- and LGVDST 3000?) / Mansa (from RCAM 3303) / Finza (from
RCAM 3303) / Demba (from
RCAM
3302,
1975) / Kankoun ("Kandoun", from Kouma. KLP
1040) / Konowalé (from RCAM
3301,
1983) / Balakononifing (from
RCAM 3302,
1975) / Dugu kamaleba (from RCAM 3304) / Mamoba (from RCAM 3305).
CD 2 - Koro koni (from Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM 30 L 2606)
/ Kaira (from
RCAM 3303) / Tie diuguya (from RCAM 3305) / Dioula
(from RCAM 3304) / Tiramakan (from Kouma 1040) / Lanseny
(from RCAM 3304)
/ Gnagna
(from RCAM 3302,
1983)
/ Mamadou Boutigui (from RCAM 3305) / Gansana (from Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. BM 30 L 2606).
2008 
Mali
70. Electric Mali. African pearls volume 7. Syllart
/ Discograph. 6141132.
2 x CDs.
[Three songs only by the Rail Band: Badiamalé
(from RCAM 013373) / Tamadiara (from
RCAM 014573) / Nanthan (from RCAM 024573)
2009 
Rail
Band. Belle
epoque. Volume
3. Dioba. Sterns.
STCD 3043-44. 2 x CDs.
CD 1 - Bedianamogo (from RCAM
3302, 1983) / Sinsimba (from
RCAM 3301,
1977)
/ Kadia Kandia ("Kaïdia",
from RCAM 3302,
1975)
/ Walé
numa lombaliya (from RCAM 3301,
1977) /
Diby (from RCAM 3301,
1983) / Maki
(from Kouma KLP 1043) / Djamban (from RCAM
3303) / Mady guindo (from RCAM 3303) / Dan nadiya (from
RCAM 3302,
1975)
CD 2 - Kibaru (from RCAM
3305) / Mariba yassa (from RCAM
013373) / Dioba (from RCAM
3304) / Tidiane Koné (from RCAM
013373) / Diabaté (from RCAM
3302,
1983) / Foliba (from
RCAM
3302,
1983) / Soyomba (from Kouma KLP 1040) / Karitea (from
RCAM
3304) / Jurukan (from RCAM
013373) / Talassa (from RCAM
3301,
1983).
Rail Band. Rocafort. ROC 006. 45 rpm disc.
Sex machine /
Massaré
mousso
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The following people have contributed to this discography:
Florent Mazzoleni
Geoff Bale
Alan Wheeler
Adamantios Kafetzis
Flemming Harrev
Chris Meserve
Cheeku Bidani