jesse jarnowApr 5, 2024
wild youtube playlist of king sunny ade live performances, 1970s-2000s, mostly digitized #bootleg cassettes, i think, most/many not circulating in bittorrent-adjacent trading circles. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXmlbRirWzuFYEtT0_MCs2sa1iuxiIKMR
personally vibrating to this mildly fuzzy '70s tape at the moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXW0KfVU4DI&list=PLXmlbRirWzuFYEtT0_MCs2sa1iuxiIKMR&index=10
from a channel with oodles of live #juju that goes way beyond king sunny & which i will presently be adding to the @livetapes feed. https://www.youtube.com/@SongTown/videos
A Collection of Sunny Ade Live Performances

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Show threadjesse jarnow
not only that, some serious king sunny heads have found this channel & are annotating the tapes in the comments. my people! referring to this show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXW0KfVU4DI&list=PLXmlbRirWzuFYEtT0_MCs2sa1iuxiIKMR&index=11
Apr 5, 2024 at 5:55pmWeb
Show threadjesse jarnowApr 5, 2024
this november 1985 king sunny ade tape (from his ariya nite club home base in #lagos) is kinda murky, but pretty sure it cuts in on a long #PedalSteel solo by demola adepoju. https://youtu.be/Nu79TTcbVeE?si=93kQmYyfbYe66qmS #juju #nigeria
Sunny Ade Live At Ariya Nite, Club Super Nov 1985 Side A

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Show threadTodd EllenbergApr 6, 2024
@bourgwick thanks for sharing! Saw King Sunny a couple times around then. Wiggy pedal steel player…
Show threadMr. CompletelyApr 5, 2024

@bourgwick wow respect

And yeah I have never seen most of this stuff. Great find

Show threadjesse jarnowApr 5, 2024
@mrcompletely the king sunny that's circulated in etree-land has mostly been his american performances. there was a big economy around pirated (& presumably traded) tapes in nigeria, often including live shows. this account seems to represent the actual nigerian taping scene, which is awesome.
Show threadMr. CompletelyApr 5, 2024
@bourgwick yeah that's exquisite, not sure I can think of a similar thing