Filed under: Togo
During the years that they were active, Togo’s Orchestre Abass only released five singles. With the three additional unreleased tracks that are on Analog Africa’s “De Bassari Togo” LP, that is a total of 13 songs they recorded. – and most of them are killer. – especially the songs that were released on Polydor of Ghana.
The band was led by Malam Issa Abass who played guitar and organ. This song – which is the B side to “Honan” – is led by one of the band’s songwriters Thon A. Komlan.
Catalog number DC N° 2 on Disques Chic of Dahomey – now Benin. No release date listed.
Filed under: Togo
♬ Ablo
This is one of those records that I had been searching for forever. I was under the impression that Koffi Ottytana Bebli was from Ghana since the only tidbit of information listed on this single is that it was recorded at Ghana Films Studios Accra. But, according to an Instagram post by Hot Casa Records, he was from neighboring Togo and currently lives in Paris. This single was his only known recoding.
Catalog number AD 046 on Afro-Disc of Creteil, France. No release date listed.
Filed under: Togo
What little I do know about Siagbo Dieudonne Eddie is that he was from the small African nation of Togo. Also, El Rego et Ses Commandos de Cotonou from neighboring Benin were his backing band. And I have seen one other record that he release on his own label…But that’s it.
If you have any further information, please contact me.
Catalog number 002 SDE Records of Lomé, Togo. No release date given.
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