Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 - Open & Close
Жанр: Afrobeat, Funk
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1971/2021
Лейбл: Knitting Factory Records (KFR2005-5)
Страна-производитель: США
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks
Формат записи: 32/192
Формат раздачи: 24/192
Продолжительность: 00:37:23
Треклист:
01. Open and Close (Kuti) - 15:09
02. Suegbe and Pako (Kuti) - 12:47
03. Gbagada Gbogodo (Kuti) - 9:27
Источник оцифровки: Flabbergast
Код класса состояния винила: Mint
Устройство воспроизведения: Pro-Ject RM-5SE
Головка звукоснимателя: Audio Tecnica Signet TK7E
Предварительный усилитель: Creek Audio OBH-15
АЦП: M-Audio Audiophile 192
Программа-оцифровщик: Adobe Audition
Обработка: clicks and pops removed manually with Adobe Audition 3.0; resampled and dithered using iZotope RX Advanced
Условия оцифровки
Pro-Ject RM-5SE with Audio Tecnica Signet TK7E cartridge
Speedbox power supply
Creek Audio OBH-15
Audioquest Black Mamba and Pangea Premier interconnect cables
M-Audio Audiophile 192 Soundcard
Adobe Audition at 32-bit float 192khz
clicks and pops removed manually with Adobe Audition 3.0
resampled and dithered using iZotope RX Advanced
Converted to FLAC in either Trader's Little Helper or dBPoweramp.
Tags done with Foobar 2000 and Tag and Rename.
Спектры
Замер динамического диапазона
foobar2000 1.6.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-02-03 00:25:56
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Analyzed: Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 / Open & Close
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -2.00 dB -18.33 dB 15:09 01-Open and Close
DR13 -3.30 dB -19.26 dB 12:47 02-Suegbe and Pako
DR13 -3.42 dB -19.48 dB 9:27 03-Gbagada Gbogodo
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Number of tracks: 3
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5132 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Review by John Dougan
Another long-thought-lost gem from the Fela Anikulapo Kuti archives, Open & Close was originally released in 1971 and, in the manner of He Miss Road and Fela's London Scene, is a total groove-fest loaded to the gills with raucous horn blowing, ferocious percussion (once again, Tony Allen take a bow), and song lengths over ten minutes. By this point, Fela could do no wrong when it came to recording; Afro-beat dissenters will claim that there is a trance-inducing similarity to much of Fela's '70s recorded output, that the grooves aren't enough to make the songs distinctive enough on their own. That's true of some of his later recordings (like in the mid- to late '80s), but at this point he was still breathing fire and the band was in top form. Perhaps the distinguishing factors of records like Open & Close and some of Fela's other '70s releases are that as much as he liked to ride a groove, he also liked to disrupt it, twist it and turn it, reshape it, only to bring it back to its original shape. There was less of that later in his career.
Состав
Fela Kuti - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, electric piano, vocals
Tony Njoku - trumpet
Igo Chico - tenor saxophone
Lekan Animashaun - baritone saxophone
Ohiri Akigbe, Tutu Sorunmu - guitar
Ayo Azenabor - bass guitar
Tony Allen - drums
James Abayomi - percussion
Isiak Olaleye - shekere
Henry Koffi, Akwesi Korrantin, Tony Kupoliyi - congas
Recorded in Lagos, Nigeria in 1971.