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This album is best seller to have. All the emotion is present because of this preserved sound quality. The beauty and quality sound of drums are magnificent. Long life the dsd version. It's a delight.
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Title: The African Beat
Artist(s): Drums, Timpani, Gong, Drum [Telegraph Drum] – Art Blakey
Bass – Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Bata [Bata Drum], Congas – Robert Crowder
Congas – James Ola Folami
Congas, Drum [Telegraph Drum], Gong [Double Gong] – Chief Bey
Drum [Bambara Drum], Gong [Double Gong], Drum [Log Drum], Drum [Corboro Drum] – Montego Joe
Oboe, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Horns [Cow Horn], Kalimba [Thumb Piano] – Yusef Lateef
Shekere [Chekere], Maracas [African Maracas], Congas – Garvin Masseaux
Timpani – Curtis Fuller
Vocals, Whistle [Penny Whistle], Talking Drum – Solomon G. Ilori
Recording Info: Transferred from a 15ips 2-track tape
Producer – Alfred Lion
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Recorded for Blue Note records at the Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey on January 24, 1962
1 Prayer By Solomon G. Ilori / Ife L'Ayo 6:26
2 Obirin African 3:39
3 Love, The Mystery Of 9:23
4 Ero Ti Nr'ojeje 7:35
5 Ayiko Ayiko 7:13
6 Tobi Ilu 5:58
Total Time: 40:14
Digital re-mastering in DSD256 :
Merging Technology Editing software with the
Hapi Analog to Digital converter
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