Issuing label Cadillac describes key background to their recent Fela Kuti archival release. Interest in Fela has never been greater and two tracks on this release add to the early history of Fela's recording career. It is 1959. London.
''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 Highlife on the Move (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!''
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