Music For A Revolution Vol.1 - Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973)Various Artists

• 1. Orchestre Du Jardin De Guinée : Sakhodou
• 2. Orchestre De La Paillote : La Guinée Moussolou
• 3. Bembeya Jazz National : Guantanamera-Seyni
• 4. Bembeya Jazz National : Sabor De Guajira
• 5. Balla Et Ses Balladins : Sakhodougou
• 6. Balla Et Ses Balladins : Samba
• 7. Orchestre De La Paillote : Kankan-Yarabi
• 8. Myriam’s Quintette : Solo Quintette
• 9. Pivi & Les Balladins : Ka Noutea
• 10. Horoya Band National : N’Banlassouro
• 11. Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine : Sabouya
• 12. Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis : Samakoro
• 13. Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis : Miri Magnin
• 14. 22 Novembre Band : Kouma
• 15. Les Frères Diabaté : N’Fa

From 1967 to 1983, Guinea’s government presented selections of songs from the Voix de la Révolution catalogue on its own recording label, Syliphone. These recordings were described as ‘the fruit of the revolution’.

Syliphone was revolutionary in many aspects: it was the first recording label to feature traditional African musical instruments such as the kora and balafon within an orchestre setting; it was the first to present the traditional songs of the griots within an orchestre setting; and it was the first government-sponsored recording label of post-colonial Africa.