LoginKoola Lobitos 1964-1968/The '69 Los Angeles Sessions
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It's a shock to hear Fela Kuti, the furious, rabble-rousing godfather of Afro-beat, singing perky little high-life tunes about good times, but that's exactly what he did with his first band, Koola Lobitos, back in the mid-'60s. The first half of this set presents the band's hybrid of swinging London grooviness and African jazz, with Fela playing trumpet at least as much as he sings. In 1969, he took the band (renamed Nigeria 70) to Los Angeles. Within a few months, he'd become radically politicized and started writing songs like "Viva Nigeria." The singles he recorded in America, collected on the disc's second
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Manufacturer: Mca
Release date: 17 July 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731454946124 UPC: 731454946124
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Release date: 17 July 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731454946124 UPC: 731454946124
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