Fela Kuti – Open and Close/Aphrodisiac (CD) collection-the-relix-sessions-vinyl-series UPC: 840460723619

UPC: 840460723619

Don't Give Up

My Wife (Live At San Francisco) (6:45)

Luther Dickinson's roots run deep on both sides of this project: as a Son of the North Mississippi Allstars and a veteran of the fertile intersection between Delta blues and psychedelic rock

Fela Kuti – Open and Close/Aphrodisiac (CD) collection-the-relix-sessions-vinyl-series UPC: 840460723619Fela Kuti's catalog is vast, but these two records capture something essential about how he built his sound in the early 1970s, before Afrobeat became a fully weaponized political force. The contrast here is instructive: loose, exploratory grooves on one side, tight single ready cuts on the other, recorded in London at one of the most storied studios on earth. The songs on Open and Close and Afrodisiac reflect the two sides of the Fela musical story.