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    Fela Kuti Alagbon Close

    Knitting Factory
    African
    • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2011-8£22.99
      50th anniversary special - Jollof orange vinyl
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    • Fela Kuti – alagbon close
    • 1. alagbon close
    • 2. i no get eye for back

    Unmissable classic afro-beat! Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner! 

     

    Other Releases by Fela Kuti

    Fela KutiUp Side DownKnitting Factory Records
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    Fela KutiIkoyi BlindnessKnitting Factory Records
    Fela used the cover of ‘Ikoyi Blindness’ to announce his change of middle name from Ransome, which he now considered a slave name, to Anikulapo, which...
    • – Ikoyi Blindness
    • – Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
    Fela KutiOriginal SufferheadKnitting Factory Records
    This edition of ‘Original Sufferhead’ is a major event. With the release of ‘Box Set #5’, and now on this reissue, the title track of this magnificent...
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    • – Power Show
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    Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
    ‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’ was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997.Like its immediate...
      Fela KutiNoise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
      The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s...
      Compilations
      • – Noise For Vendor Mouth
      • – Mattress
      • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2019-3£20.99
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      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...
      Compilations
      • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
      • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
      • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
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      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...
      African
        • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2009-8£23.00
          Limited smoke coloured vinyl edition
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        Fela KutiRoforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)Partisan Records
        By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming one...
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        • – Roforofo Fight
        • – Go Slow
        • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
          Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
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        Fela KutiOpen & CloseKnitting Factory Records
        Reissue of Fela's highly sought-after 1971 album, 'Open & Close'! Super-funky Afrobeat featuring the incredible title track!
        African
        • – Open And Close
        • – Suegbe And Pako
        • – Gbagada Gbogodo
        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...
        African
        • – Army arrangement (vocal)
        Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
        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...
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        • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
        Fela KutiJ.J.D (Johnny Just Drop!!) Live!! At Kalakuta RepublikKnitting Factory Records
        Originally released in 1977, ‘Johnny Just Drop (J.J.D.)’ features Fela lampooning Nigeria’s ‘been-tos’, people who had been to Europe or America...
        African
          • LP + Download Code KFR2026-1£20.99
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          Fela KutiNo AgreementKnitting Factory Records
          ‘No Agreement’ is sometimes overlooked among Fela’s 1977 releases, eclipsed by albums such as ‘Johnny Just Drop (J.J.D.)’ and ‘Sorrow Tears...
          African
          • – No Agreement
          • – Dog Eat Dog
          • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
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          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'.
          African
          • – Underground System
          • – Pansa Pansa
          Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
          1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
          African
          • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
          • – Eko Ile
          Fela KutiFela's London SceneKnitting Factory Records
          Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1971. Essential Fela Kuti, featuring Tony Allen on drums!
          African
          • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
          • – Who're You?
          • – Buy Africa
          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...
          African
          • – Zombie
          • – Mr. Follow Follow (Mister Follow Follow)
          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...
          African
          • – na poi (part 1)
          • – na poi (part 2)
          • – you no go die...unless
          Fela KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
          'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
          African
          • – Expensive Shit
          • – Water No Get Enemy
          Fela KutiTeacher Don't Teach Me NonsenseKnitting Factory Records
          In 'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense', Fela explains the role of the teacher in any society with the concept that all the things we consider to be problems...
          African
          • – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
          Fela KutiAlagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey SufferKnitting Factory
          Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner. Why Black Man Dey Suffer:...
          African
          • – Alagbon Close
          Fela KutiExpensive Shit / He Miss RoadKnitting Factory Records
          '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...
          African
          • – 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!
          African
          • – Open & Close
          Fela KutiOriginal Suffer Head And I.T.TKnitting Factory Records
          Yet more essential afrobeat from the African equivalent of James Brown! All his albums are great!
          African
          • – I T T
          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!
          African
            Fela KutiYellow FeverKnitting Factory Records
            Yellow Fever’ was originally released in 1976, during Fela’s extraordinarily prolific 1975-77 purple period, when he released 24 albums in Nigeria...
            African
            • – Yellow Fever
            • – Na Poi ‘75

            Other Releases on Knitting Factory

            Fela KutiAlagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey SufferKnitting Factory
            Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner. Why Black Man Dey Suffer:...
            African
            • – Alagbon Close

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