The Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Album: Darkest Light (The Best of)
Release: 04.10.1999
Recording Date: 1974-78
Label: Strut
Type: Compilation

Tracklist:
 1 LARB - Voodounon 			5:08 (Arthur Young)
 2 LARB - Conga 			5:01 (Lafayette Hudson)
 3 LARB - Hihache 			7:01 (Leroy Gomez)
 4 LARB - Nicky 			6:07 (Lafayette Hudson)
 5 LARB - Malik 			5:11 (Donny Donable)
 6 Ice - Ozan Koukle [Radio Edit] 	3:14 (Jean-Paul Guilbert)
 7 LARB - Soul Makossa 			4:55 (Manu Dibango)
 8 Ice - Racubah 			3:21 (Arthur Young)
 9 LARB - Darkest Light 		6:15 (Michael McEwan)
10 Crispy & Co. - Scorpion Flower 	6:32 (Frank Abel)
11 LARB - Heels and Soles 		4:31 (Ronnie Buttacavoli, Jaubert)
12 Ice - The Gap [instrumental] 	3:03 (Donny Donable)
13 Mal Waldron- Red Matchbox 		9:29 (Mal Waldron)
14 Crispy & Co. - A.I.E. (A Mwana) 	3:19 (Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger, Joseph Avion, Michel Jaspar)
15 Captain Dax - Dr. Beezar "Soul Frankenstein"  3:53 (Frank Abel)

Credits:
Frank Abel 		Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocoder, Fender Rhodes, 
			Mini Moog
James Buttacavoli   	Percussion, Horn, Vocals
Coco 			Percussion
C.O.C.O. 		Percussion
Vincent Holmes 		Horn
Lafayette Hudson 	Bass, Vocals
Pierre Jaubert 		Producer, Compilation Assistant
Larry Jones 		Guitar
James MayCock 		Liner Notes
Quinton Scott 		Compilation, Project Coordinator
Kenny Speller 		Percussion
Kino Speller 		Percussion
Mal Waldron 		Keyboards
Arthur Young 		Flute, Percussion, Horn, Vocals, Clavinet

Notes
'Darkest Light' brings together the band's finest material for the first time, alongside some previously unreleased gems.