The '69 Los Angeles Sessions Explained

The '69 Los Angeles Sessions
Type:studio
Artist:Fela Ransome-Kuti
Cover:Fela_69sessions.jpg
Released:1970
Recorded:February 1970
Genre:Afrobeat
Label:Wrasse Records
Next Title:Fela's London Scene
Next Year:1970

The '69 Los Angeles Sessions is a reissued album recorded in 1969 while Fela Kuti was living in Hollywood performing six nights a week at the Citadel de Haiti on Sunset Boulevard, at the time run by Bernie Hamilton.[1]

Track listing

KOOLA LOBITOS 64-68 (previously unreleased)

  1. "Highlife Time" - 5:22
  2. "Omuti Tide" - 3:50
  3. "Ololufe Mi" - 5:16
  4. "Wadele Wa Rohin" 4:05
  5. "Laise Lairo" - 4:11
  6. "Wayo" (1st version) - 4:41

The '69 L.A. SESSIONS

  1. "My Lady Frustration" - 8:06
  2. "Viva Nigeria" - 3:45
  3. "Obe (Stew)" - 3:11
  4. "Ako" - 2:40
  5. "Witchcraft" - 5:25
  6. "Wayo (Version 2)" - 3:27
  7. "Lover" - 6:08
  8. "Funky Horn" 4:42
  9. "Eko Ile" - 4:12
  10. "This Is Sad" - 4:23

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knitting Factory Records Sets Release Date for Fela Kuti's 'The 1969 Los Angeles Sessions' Reissue. LA Weekly. October 3, 2010.

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