what he said....and don't sleep on the '69 Los Angeles Sessions'...very tasty and atypically succinct jams. essential. -----Original Message----- From: Nudebruno@aol.com [mailto:Nudebruno@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:59 PM To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com; jasontors@yahoo.com Subject: fela kuti all I have is a fela kuti greatest hits record, any suggestions for essential Fela albums to check out? Personal faves include Sorrow, Tears and Blood, Zombie, ITT and Coffin Head of State. Most of the albums are doubled up on CD, which helps, but Fela put out a lot of product over the years. Its all consistently high in quality, but, and don't get me wrong this is not a criticism, variety is not the key. The Wire did an excellent overview on him last year (Issue 234) which is worth checking, rule of thumb is that more essential his work the greater consternation it caused the government.