Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
2LP | Vinyl Rip | 24-bit/96 & 192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.62 Gb | Artwork > 283 Mb
Label: Afrodisia | Afrobeat, Funk
~ Up Side Down (1976, Afrodisia DWAPS 2005) + I Go Shout Plenty!!! (1986, Afrodisia DWAPS 2251) ~
2LP | Vinyl Rip | 24-bit/96 & 192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.62 Gb | Artwork > 283 Mb
Label: Afrodisia | Afrobeat, Funk
~ Up Side Down (1976, Afrodisia DWAPS 2005) + I Go Shout Plenty!!! (1986, Afrodisia DWAPS 2251) ~
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
He formed his first group Koola Lobitos in 1963. The large jazz, funk, and afrobeat collective underwent many changes in the following decades but the style remained the same thanks to Fela's vision and other key members such as drummer Tony Allen.
In 1969 after visiting America, Fela returned to Nigeria and opened club Afro Spot in Lagos also changing the group's name to Afrika 70. He played with Ginger Baker on the album Ginger Baker Live with Afrika 70 and Fela Kuti, released in 1971 and along side Bobby Gass, better known as Bobby Tench from The Jeff Beck Group, on Stratavarious which was released the next year. In 1981 Fela changed the group's name for the last time to Egypt 80.
He was known as Fela Ransome-Kuti until about 1978, when he renamed himself Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the middle name meaning 'he who carries death in his pouch'. He was a human rights revolutionary who started his own political party, Movement Of The People, to protest the kleptocracy in Nigeria. He had his own compound called the Kalakuta Republic in Lagos, which he declared independent from Nigeria, where he and his uncountable number of wives lived and they were constantly terrorized by the government.
His influence on funk and African music is unsurpassed and has put his name to many albums, the total number thought to be 77.
Father of Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti.~ discogs
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986):
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Tracklist LP01. Up Side Down (1976, Afrodisia DWAPS 2005):
01. Up Side Down (Kuti) - 14:44
02. Go Slow (Kuti) - 14:39
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, piano, vocals
Sandra Akanke Isidore - vocals (#1)
Africa 70:
'Ladi (Tony) Alabi - leader, drums
Lekan Animashaun - baritone saxophone
Tunde Williams, Nwokoma Ukem - trumpet
Ayoola Abayomi - sticks
'Leke Benson, Okalue Ojeah - guitar
Oghene Kologbo - tenor guitar
Oladeinde Koffi, Addo Nettey, Shina Abiodun - congas
Nweke Atifoh - bass guitar
Babajide Olaleye - maracas
Tokunboh Oghomienor, Ronke Edason, Bose Oshun, Folake Oladejo, Omolola Osaeti, Tejumade Adebiyi, Shade Komolafe - chorus
Processing: Click Repair 3.9.9 at 10/0 on DeClick > Volume Boost +0.8/0 DB > Remove DC Bias
Original ripper: thezabs
Original format: 24/192
Direct Drive Turntable: Rega P10 Turntable with Rega P10 PSU
Cartridge: Rega Apheta 3 Cartridge
Amplifier: PS Audio NuWave Phono Converter ADC
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
* * * * *
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Tracklist LP02. I Go Shout Plenty!!! (1986, Afrodisia DWAPS 2251):
01. I Go Shout Plenty (Kuti) - 13:02
02. Why Black Man Dey Suffer (Kuti) - 15:36
Processing: De-clicking and normalization in Izotope RX 5 Advanced
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986)
Original ripper: mantis
Original format: 24/96
Direct Drive Turntable: Custom Lenco L-70 (heavy birch plinth, PTP4 top plate) on an isolation sandbox
Cartridge: Denon DL-103R
Amplifier: Musical Surroundings Phonomena II
ADC: E-Mu 0202 USB ADC
Download Fela Kuti & Afrika '70: Collection (1976-1986):