Never listened to this until yesterday. ****, I've been missing out, this really probably is about where funk starts. I understand that he probably sounds like this in studio recordings at some point before, but there's this long medley that just reminds me of the long jams that he'd play in the late 60s and into the 70s. I've really been getting into live albums lately just for their improvisations, and this one didn't disappoint, and the crowd sounds pretty great even if they do get really loud at times.
Another thing I really got into this year that I wasn't into, and missed out on a lot - Fela Kuti. This guy's like the Nigerian Miles Davis, but if he was more funky like George Clinton or Sly Stone. I have this on disc along with the "Confusion" album from two years later. It's kind weird because Confusion plays first even though it came out later, but it still sounds fine to me.
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