Where Else Would I Be?

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2017-10-12

Labels: Mississippi Records, Raw Music International

Recorded 31 December 2010 in Kisumu, Kenya.

LP includes a 14-page printed booklet on textured paper with photos, lyrics in English & Luo, and credits for the release.

Back cover incorrectly lists the Raw Music International catalog number as 001, labels have the correct RMI-002 catalog#.

The A side tracklist which appears on the back cover is inaccurate. The tracklist above corresponds to what is on the discs themselves and match what is listed in the booklet.

Label description: "Olima Anditi is an innovative guitarist and singer known and loved throughout Western Kenya. Blind since childhood, Olima travels the trucking routes along Lake Victoria, playing haunting, gorgeous tunes passed down through generations. He's a local legend, helped along wherever he lands. This intimate session, recorded at Olima's rented room in Kisumu, Kenya in 2010, is being released for the first time on vinyl and digital. Since the appearance of some of these tracks online in 2012, some Kenyan music fans and scholars have questioned the authenticity of Olima Anditi, claiming this musician is occupying the place of an artist who died long ago. Vinyl and digital versions of this album include an essay about the controversial origin stories of Olima Anditi and finally clear up this mystery. All versions of the album include lyrics in English and Luo in a 14-page booklet."

Lacquer cutting company/engineer, vinyl processing/pressing companies derived from runouts.