The Last Poets, Africanism
- Artist
- LAST POETS, The
- Title
- Africanism
- Label
- Africa Seven
- Catalogue number
- ASVN071
- Format
- Vinyl
- Genre
- Jazz
- Release date
- 2024-11-28
- Price
- £30.99
- Availability
- In stock, only 1 left
Regular sleeve & white inner sleeve plus 12x12 inch insert with liner notes dated 2024-09. Hype sticker on shrinkwrap states: Africanism where The Last Poets revisit their most revolutionary verses. Featuring Afrobat legends [a9786] & [a273534] with [a27805] & [a3515]. Front cover & disc labels: The Last Poets Spine: Last Poets © 2024 Africa Seven On this album The Last Poets revisit some of their most revolutionary verses: A1 & B3 were first recorded for [r=309802] (1971); A2 to B2 & B4 were first recorded for [m83865] (1970). The album as a recording project was started when [a9786] recorded drum tracks in Prince Fatty’s Brighton studio in 2019 for the last two Poets, Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan. Along the way more musicians added input: Courtney Pine, Joe Armon Jones, Kaidi Tatham and Akinola Adio Oyebola & Kunle Justice of [a273534]. Completion was delayed due to the covid pandemic. The vocals by [a48284] were apparantly recorded at the tail end or right after the pandemic.
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