Volume 5
An 11-track cassette album, reissued in 2013 from a cassette copy.
Dur-Dur Band, 1987
The original year is contested: Wikipedia, Afropop, Songlines and RVA Mag say 1987, the Awesome Tapes shop page and the Vinyl District say 1989. The reissue, ATFA004, came out on March 19, 2013 as double LP, CD, cassette and digital, delayed from February 5 by pressing plant issues, and was remastered from a cassette copy. Awesome Tapes lists the 1980s line-up: vocals by Sahra Abukar Dawo, Abdinur Adan Daljir, Mohamed Ahmed Qomal and Abdukadir Mayow Buunis, guitars, trumpet, two saxophones, keyboards, bass, drums, congas and backing vocals. A retailer lists the tracks as "Dur-Dur Band Introduction", "Hayeelin", "Halelo", "Fagfagley", "Ilawad Cashaqa", "Garsore Waa Ilaah", "Aada Fududey Iga Ahow", "Tajir Waa Ilaah", "Dholey", "Amiina Awdaay" and "Dooyo". Songlines' Max Reinhardt gave 5 of 5, sounding like the reissue of the year; Afropop's Morgan Greenstreet praised tight, Michael Jackson-inspired grooves; RVA Mag found it rawer and funkier than many contemporaries. We found no track times.
Track listing
- Dur-Dur Band Introduction
- Hayeelin
- Halelo
- Fagfagley
- Ilawad Cashaqa
- Garsore Waa Ilaah
- Aada Fududey Iga Ahow
- Tajir Waa Ilaah
- Dholey
- Amiina Awdaay
- Dooyo
Sources
- Dur-Dur Band, Volume 5, Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Dur-Dur Band, Vol. 5, Songlines (2013-06)
- Dur-Dur Band, Vol. 5, Afropop Worldwide (2013-05-09)