Babatunde Olatunji & His Drums Of Passion
May 30, 2002 (2002-05-30)
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, California

EX+ stereo Soundboard 48kHz Dat master recorded on unknown model Sony Datman deck.
Ripped by grner1 - 2023-05-21: Panasonic SV-3700 (S/PDIF digital output) > Zen Go Synergy Core interface > Pro Tools (normalize, minor seamless fixes and tracking on sector boundaries - no EQ or noise reduction) > 16/48 .wav files > xACT (tagged Flac level 8 files). These are 16/48 files and must be converted to burn to audio CDRs.

First set:
01 Loyin Loyin 11:06
02 talk 0:25
03 The Beat Of My Drum 6:24
04 talk 0:19
05 Akiwowo 8:40
06 talk 1:06
07 Bebi Alolo 8:55
08 talk 0:50
09 Mandela 8:18

Second set:
10 Ife L’oju L’aiye 8:43
11 talk 0:51
12 What’s Your Number Mama? 5:54
13 talk 0:15
14 Bum Bamba 6:43
15 talk 0:59
16 Se Eni A Fe L’amo Kere Kere 12:45
17 Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums Of Passion) > encore break 12:59
18 Ilere 6:59
total time - 102:11

Notes: The setlist was figured out from a stage cue sheet which is included with the download. Track 17 is listed as what the title was when it was originally released but is on the cue sheet as its more common title, "Jingo".

Thanks to Randall Kane, the now deceased owner of the Catalyst, for supporting the music there for so long. Here’s a link to the trailer for a documentary about the Catalyst that was released in 2010 that includes an interview bit with Randall and gives a bit of an idea of what it was like at The Catalyst back in those days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Y_ZmcdhO0

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