Live! (Fela Kuti album)

Live!
Live album by Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker
Released	August 30, 1971 (LP) June 13, 2001 (CD)
Recorded	Early 1971-1978
Genre	Afrobeat
Label	Regal Zonophone Barclay/Universal Records (CD)
Producer	Jeff Jarratt
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Live! is an album recorded in 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. The bonus track on the Barclay CD reissue features a 16-minute drum duet between Baker and Africa 70s 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.

Track listing

All songs by Fela Ransome-Kuti, except where noted.

1. "Let's Start" - 8:06
2. "Black Man's Cry" - 12:12
3. "Ye Ye De Smell" - 13:55
4. "Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want to Die)" - 12:37

Bonus track :

1. "Ginger Baker and Tony Allen Drum Solo" - live 1978 (Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, Tony Allen) - 16:21

Personnel

• Fela Kuti: Hammond organ, percussion, vocals.
• Ginger Baker: Drums, percussion, African drums, congas, vocals.
• Tunde Williams: Trumpet.
• Eddie Faychum: Trumpet.
• Igo Chiko: Tenor saxophone.
• Lekan Animashaun: Baritone saxophone.
• Peter Animashaun: Guitars.
• Maurice Ekpo: Double bass, electric bass guitar.
• Tony Allen: Drums, percussion.
• Henry Koffi: Percussion.
• Friday Jumbo: Percussion.
• Akwesi Korranting: Percussion.
• Tony Abayomi: Percussion.
• Isaac Olaleye: Percussion.

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