Fela Kuti And Africa 70 With Ginger Baker - Live! (2 x LP)
- Artist:
- Fela Kuti And Africa 70 With Ginger Baker
- Title:
- Live!
- Label:
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalog#:
- KFR2003-3
- Format:
- 1 x Vinyl LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, 1 x Vinyl LP, Single Sided, Album, Etched, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
- Country:
- UK & Europe
- Released:
- 25 Feb 2022
- Media Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Comments:
- Brand New And Factory Sealed. Save On Shipping By Combining Two Or More Items.
- Stock Images:
- Images are stock images, actual item may differ.
Live! is a live in-studio album recorded on July 25, 1971, by Fela Kuti's band Africa '70, with the addition of former Cream drummer Ginger Baker on two songs. It was released in 1971 by EMI in Africa and Europe and by Capitol/EMI in the United States and Canada.
It was reissued on CD by Celluloid in 1987 and was reissued on CD in remastered form by Barclay with a bonus track from 1978. Baker travelled with Kuti into Africa in a Land Rover to learn about the continent's rhythms, as documented in Tony Palmer's film Ginger Baker in Africa (1971).
The bonus track on the Barclay CD reissue features a 16-minute drum duet between Baker and Africa '70's drummer Tony Allen recorded at the 1978 Berlin Jazz Festival.
The album is on Rolling Stone's list of the 50 greatest live albums of all time. The album is also included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
| A1 | Let's Start | 7:44 |
| A2 | Black Man's Cry | 11:40 |
| B1 | Ye Ye De Smell | 13:13 |
| B2 | Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die) | 12:24 |
| C1 | Ginger Baker And Tony Allen Drum Solo, Part I (Live At Berlin Jazz Festival, 1978) | |
| C2 | Ginger Baker And Tony Allen Drum Solo, Part II (Live At Berlin Jazz Festival, 1978) |
| Media Condition | Mint (M) |
| Sleeve Condition | Mint (M) |
| Format | Vinyl |
| Format Description | Album, Etched, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Single Sided, Stereo |
| Country | UK & Europe |
| Year | 2022 |
| Genre | Jazz, Funk / Soul, Afrobeat |
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| Notes | 50th-anniversary reissue Side C: Mastered from the original tape and cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Etching of the album artwork on Side D |
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