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    Fela Kuti Boxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti

    Knitting Factory Records

    Knitting Factory Records release the next installment of long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Box Set #5 was co-curated by Fela’s son, world-renowned multi-instrumentalist and Afrobeat ambassador, Femi Kuti, and Chris Martin (Coldplay).

    This volume includes Why Black Man Dey Suffer, Noise for Vendor Mouth, Kalakuta Show, Excuse O, Ikoyi Blindness, Original Sufferhead, and Overtake Don Overtake Overtake. The artwork for each album has been meticulously recreated from the original vinyl pressings, alongside vintage vinyl label artwork.

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          • – Army arrangement (vocal)
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          • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
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            Fela KutiFela's London Scene (50th Anniversary Edition)Knitting Factory Records
            Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1971. Essential Fela Kuti, featuring Tony Allen on drums!
            • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
            • – Who're You?
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            Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
            'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
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              Fela KutiSorrow Tears & Blood (2014 Vinyl Reissue)Knitting Factory Records
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                • – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
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                • – He Miss Road
                • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                • – It's No Possible
                Fela KutiBeasts Of No Nation / O.D.O.OKnitting Factory Records
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                • – Beasts Of No Nation
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                Two classic Afro-beat albums on one bargain price CD! All Fela Kuti's albums are superb! Highly recommended!
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                    • – Ikoyi Blindness
                    • – Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
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                    • – Power Show
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                      • – Excuse-O
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                      • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2014-3£20.99
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                      Fela KutiKalakuta ShowKnitting Factory Records
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                      • – Kalakuta Show
                      • – Don't Make Garan Garan
                      • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2020-3£20.99
                        In stockAdd to Bag
                      Fela KutiNoise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
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                      • – Noise For Vendor Mouth
                      • – Mattress
                      • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2019-3£20.99
                        In stockAdd to Bag
                      Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
                      ‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been...
                      • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
                      • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
                      • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
                        In stockAdd to Bag
                      Fela KutiGentleman: 50th AnniversaryKnitting Factory Records
                      “Gentleman is the last of Fela's early 1970s albums recorded with the Africa 70. The title track can be interpreted literally or as a metaphor concerning...
                        • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2009-8£23.00
                          Limited smoke coloured vinyl edition
                          In stockAdd to Bag
                        Fela KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
                        Fela Kuti stories Nigeria’s attempt at ‘democracy’ in 1979 after more than a decade ofmilitary rule told through this album, originally released...
                        • – Army arrangement (vocal)
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                        Fela Kuti made some frantic albums in his career--ones that popped with his enthusiastic political disobedience and ones that roared with fury at the Nigerian...
                        • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
                        • Original LP£8.00
                          Vinyl condition: POORSleeve condition: POOROriginal Nigerian vinyl POOR CONDITION
                        • LP + Download Code KFR2036-1£20.99
                          In stockAdd to Bag
                        • CD KFR-1021£7.99 £7.99
                          In stockAdd to Bag
                        Fela Kuti & Roy AyersMusic Of Many ColoursKnitting Factory Records
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                        Fela KutiNo AgreementKnitting Factory Records
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                        • – No Agreement
                        • – Dog Eat Dog
                          Fela KutiUnderground SystemKnitting Factory Records
                          Reissue of one of Fela's later recordings, comprised of two extended tracks, the title cut and the classic, 'Pansa Pansa'.
                          • – Underground System
                          • – Pansa Pansa
                          Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                          1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                          • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                          • – Eko Ile
                          • LP + Download Code KFR2008-1£20.99
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          Fela KutiFela's London Scene (50th Anniversary Edition)Knitting Factory Records
                          Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1971. Essential Fela Kuti, featuring Tony Allen on drums!
                          • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
                          • – Who're You?
                          • – Buy Africa
                          Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
                          'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
                            Fela KutiZombieKnitting Factory Records
                            On the title track Fela and the backup singers ridicule the mindset of men in uniform over an urgent, quick-march accompaniment from Afrika 70. The album...
                            • – Zombie
                            • – Mr. Follow Follow (Mister Follow Follow)
                            Fela KutiEverything Scatter (2015 Reissue)Knitting Factory Records
                            Another killer gem from the undisputed 'King Of Afrobeat' Fela Kuti! Originally released in 1975. Expect nothing less than perfection. Sweet locked-in...
                            • – Everything Scatter
                            • – Who No Know Go How
                            Fela KutiNa PoiKnitting Factory Records
                            Hypnotic afrobeat bullet from 1972 - recorded in Lagos. Sprited percussion, tight horns, and pure funk! As with most of the great man's albums, this is...
                            • – na poi (part 1)
                            • – na poi (part 2)
                            • – you no go die...unless
                            • LP + Download Code KFR2021-1£20.99
                              In stockAdd to Bag
                            Fela KutiSorrow Tears & Blood (2014 Vinyl Reissue)Knitting Factory Records
                            Originally released in 1977, Fela and Afrika 70 rise to their peak with rowsing, radical stuff as espoused by 'Colonial Mentality'.
                              Fela KutiTeacher Don't Teach Me NonsenseKnitting Factory Records
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                              • – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
                              Fela KutiHe Miss Road (2014 Vinyl Reissue)Knitting Factory Records
                              He Miss Road', also 1975, was produced by Ginger Baker. A deep and darker shade of afro-beat that is one of Fela's best.
                              • – He Miss Road
                              • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                              • – It's No Possible
                              Fela KutiBeasts Of No Nation / O.D.O.OKnitting Factory Records
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                              • – Beasts Of No Nation
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                              'Expensive Shit', from 1975, is one of Fela's most notorious albums. The title track recounts being framed by the police and his comical escape from certain...
                              • – Expensive Shit
                              Fela KutiOpen & Close / AfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                              Two classic Afro-beat albums on one bargain price CD! All Fela Kuti's albums are superb! Highly recommended!
                              • – Open & Close
                              Fela KutiConfusion / GentlemanKnitting Factory Records
                              Two classic afro beat albums on one bargain price CD! Recommended! Deluxe digipack, with booklet including Fela’s biography and track-by-track commentary...
                              • – Gentleman
                              Fela KutiEverything Scatter / Noise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
                              The king of afro beat does it again! Two essential classic albums on one budget CD!
                                Fela KutiOpposite People / Sorrow Tears And BloodKnitting Factory Records
                                Fela and Afrika 70 at their peak with two seminal albums on one disc. Rowsing, radical stuff as espoused by 'Colonial Mentality'.

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                                                  Melancholic, psych folk-Brazilian classic!!! Lush beautiful arrangements, sample-laden gem! In 1972 a repressive Brazilian military dictatorship frowned...
                                                  • – Caboclo
                                                  • – Pelas Sombras
                                                  • – Sylvia
                                                  • – Dedicada A Ela
                                                  • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) MRBLP251MB£36.00
                                                    50th Anniversary Edition. Limited coloured vinyl, half-speed mastered.
                                                  Mobb DeepFree Agents: Volume OneHHC
                                                  **Hip hop classsic available again for the first time since the mid-2000s!**Mobb Deep redefined East Coast hip hop in the early 90s with their release...
                                                    Delta Swamp Rock New EditionSoul Jazz Records
                                                    Long out of print (10 years!) limited-edition vinyl only new edition of Soul Jazz Records' classic Delta Swamp Rock features an all-star line-up of groundbreaking...
                                                    • Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Seasons
                                                    • Barefoot Jerry – Smokies
                                                    • Joe South – Hush
                                                    • Bobbie Gentry – Papa Won't You Let Me Go To Town
                                                    • Area code 615 – Stone Fox Chase
                                                    • Cher – I Walk On Guilded Splinters
                                                    • Cowboy – Please Be With Me
                                                    • The Allman Brothers – Ain't Wasting No Time
                                                    • Link Wray – Be What You Want to
                                                    • Boz Scaggs – I'll Be Long Gone
                                                    • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Comin' Home
                                                    • Bobbie Gentry – Seasons Come, Seasons Go
                                                    • Leon Russell – Out In The Woods
                                                    • Tony Joe White – Polk Salad Annie
                                                    • Barefoot Jerry – Come To Me Tonight
                                                    • Dan Penn – If Love Was Money
                                                    • Linda Ronstadt – I Won't Be Hangin' Round
                                                    • Waylon Jennings – Big D
                                                    • Big Star – Thirteen
                                                    • Bobbie Gentry – Mississippi Delta
                                                    • Travis Wammack – I Forgot To Remember To Forget
                                                    • Johnny Cash & Hune Carter – If I Were A Carpenter
                                                    • Billy Vera – I'm Leaving Here Tomorrow, Mama
                                                    • 2xLP (Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP520C£28.99
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