Name: Fela's First - The Complete 1959 Melodisc Session
Brand: Fela Kuti

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SGCMEL204

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-08-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5020675572454

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1 / 10" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Fela Kuti

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Cadillac Records

Legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti's first recordings of highlife and calypso, recorded in London in 1959, on a limited edition 10". Two of the tracks are released here for the first time ever!! The tape of the very first Fela Ransome Kuti recording session has languished in a series of dusty cupboards and damp basements for 60 years. It's a miracle that it has survived in such fine condition. The original Melodisc single, comprising side A of this release, was for long thought lost until a copy of the session acetate turned up and was reissued as part of the superb Soundway compilation <i>Highlife on the Move </i>(2014). However the two tracks on side B of this album have never been issued in any form and are reproduced here in all their glory for the very first time! 

LP: track 1. Fela’s Special / track 2. Alcana / track 3. Highlife Rakers Calypso / track 4. Wa Ba Mi Jo Bosue

Fela's First - The Complete 1959 Melodisc Session

Music GB