Artist.......: Fela Kuti
Album........: Live in Detroit 1986
Label........: Knitting Factory Records/Strut Records
Genre........: Afrobeat
Catnr........: STRUT095CD
Source.......: CD (LP)
Rip.date.....: 2012-08-27
Str.date.....: 2012-05-08
Quality......: 283kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.knittingfactoryrecords.com/
track title time
Disc 1/2
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1. 1. JUST LIKE THAT 29:35
2. 2. CONFUSION BREAK BONES 41:04
Disc 2/2
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1. TEACHER DON'T TEACH ME NONSENSE 34:05
2. BEATS OF NO NATION 38:48
Runtime 143:32
Size 291.68
Release Notes:
What more could there possibly be to say about Fela Kuti? For many of us, KutiÆs
music has been the primary entry point to the incredibly fertile terrain of
hybrid African music. But aside from the obvious honor of having the privilege
of releasing some of the first unheard Fela recordings in over twenty years, the
fact that these recordings even exist in the first place is something of a
marvel.
In 1984, Fela Kuti had planned to leave Nigeria to tour abroad, but was arrested
and imprisoned on dubious charges of ôcurrency trafficking,ö preventing him from
leaving the country. It took two years, and efforts from Amnesty International
before Fela once again was able to share his music with the world. The music
featured on this album was recorded the year of his release, live at the Fox
Theater in Detroit.
The songs featured here, the shortest clocking in at 29 minutes and 35 seconds,
arenÆt among FelaÆs best known compositions, though they did feature on studio
albums with the Egypt 80 band. ItÆs in these unbridled live performances though
that the material truly comes alive, complete with audience interaction, the
incredible musicianship of the band, and KutiÆs inimitable vocal stylings. ItÆs
evident that the audience as completely entranced.