Fela Kuti
Open and Close / Afrodesiac
Knitting Factory continue their Fela reissue series, delivering two albums on one CD here. Another long-thought-lost gem from the Fela Anikulapo Kuti archives, "Open & Close" was originally released in 1971 and is a total groove-fest loaded to the gills with raucous horn blowing, ferocious percussion (once again, Tony Allen take a bow), and song lengths over 10 minutes. The four (lengthy, as usual) songs occupying "Afrodisiac" were originally recorded in Nigeria as 45rpm releases. "Afrodisiac" consists of re-recordings of these, done in London in the early 1970s, all extended as full-length album cuts.
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