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Live!
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731454938228
Format: Live
Label: Mca
Manufacturer: Mca
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mca
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Studio: Mca
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Rating:  - not stereo if it was made in portugal
I have the lp, and its sounds better than the cd made in portugal( I buyed it too). Is monophonic ,only you can heard one channel, because of that you cant heard the sax solo and others.
Despite that: what a record!!!!!!!!.
Rating:  - Buyer Beware!
Yes this is one of the best, if not THE best, of Felas recordings. Why then have I only given it one star? For the simple reason that this Terrascape CD is, unless they have corrected their blunder, an absolute travesty. Why? Because, at least on my copy, purchased some 6 years ago, every single sax solo has been virtually eliminated from the mix. You can still here it way off in the distance but this, and I have the original vinyl to compare with, is NOT the original mix. I have played this ... Read More
Rating: - Let us do what we came into the room to do...
Thus Fela introduces the opening track on this album, and from there on, it becomes exceedingly clear what he came into the room for. It was to funk you right into outerspace.
I could explain every track and all the elements and all that mess, but I'm going to keep this simple: If you want to know what funk is, Fela will show you.
Rating: - Great Kicking Sounds
Ginger Baker's drumming integrates PERECTLY with the band. You would swear they've been playing together for decades. And he really does manage to display immense virtuosity (on Track 2), but in service to the groove and only in ways that make the music better.
Enough about him though, this is Fela's record. Fela and his band are in top form here. The best rhythms this side of James Brown. The msuic has a lot of drive, and a lot of heart.
Rating: - Powerful mix of styles
The discussion of West African vs. "western" rhythm is interesting and I fall on the side of "it's all good." Yes, it's true that the African rhythms are more advanced in terms of layering different meters, complexity, and the feeling of being amazingly loose to the point where the drums seem like extensions of the mind and body of their players. However, there's much to be said for the spectacle of Ginger Baker pounding away with what seem to be 12 or 13 limbs, as he did on the classic live Cream ... Read More
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