Everything (8067 items)
    Alfa MistVariablesANTI
    SAULT11Forever Living Originals
    SAULTAIIRForever Living Originals
    SAULTEarthForever Living Originals
    SAULTToday & TomorrowFoever Living Originals
    SAULTUNTITLED (God)Forever Living Originals
    London BrewLondon BrewDowntown Music
    Chris & CoseyElemental 7CTI International
    Chris & CoseyFeral Vapours Of The Silver EtherCTI International
    Chris & CoseyMuzik Fantastique!CTI International
    Trees SpeakMind MazeSoul Jazz Records
    De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingCHRYSALIS RECORDS
    Idris MuhammadHouse Of The Rising SunMusic On Vinyl
    Yazmin LaceyVoice NotesOwn Your Own Records
    Mainstream Disco Funk: The Finest Funky Sound Of Mainstream Records – 1974-76Various ArtistsWewantsounds
    Who Say Reload: Volume One (Original 90s Jungle and Drum & Bass)Various ArtistsVelocity Press
    Who Say Reload: Volume Two (Original 90s Jungle and Drum & Bass)Various ArtistsVelocity Press
    Archie SheppKwanza (Verve By Request Series)Verve
    Space, Energy and LightExperimental Electronic and Acoustic Soundscapes 1961 - 88Soul Jazz Records
    Ahmad JamalThe Awakening (Verve By Request Series)Verve
    Tomasz Stańko QuintetWooden Music I (1972)Astigmatic Records
    The PharcydeBizarre Ride II The PharcydeCraft Recordings
    Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed MuhammadPhil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison JID016Jazz Is Dead
    LaraajiSegue To InfinityNumero
    Worldwide Connection Vol.1Various ArtistsNon Stop Rhythm
    Al Brown & Inner ForceDub CutsMixed By Paolo Baldini DubfilesPressure Sounds
    Wayne MarshallGive Thanks & PraiseFashion
    Barry BoomThe Wicked Shall FallFashion
    Wild FireDance HitsCultures Of Soul Records
    East Coast Love AffairGet Down (feat. Quiet Storm)Athens Of The North
    Coco And BenGood FeelingAthens Of The North
    Godfather DonHazardous90's Tapes
    Eddie Capone's TreatmentI Won't Give You UpFreestyle Records
    Fabiano NascimentoLendasNow-Again Records
    Black Soprano FamilyLong Live DJ ShayMNRK Music Group

    Fela Kuti J.J.D (Johnny Just Drop!!) Live!! At Kalakuta Republik

    Knitting Factory Records
    African
    • LP + Download Code£20.99 £16.99
      In stockAdd to Bag
      • 1. J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) Part I
      • 2. J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) Part II

      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 to work or study and then returned (dropped) home with European social pretensions and an inferiority complex about African culture.

      Other Releases by Fela Kuti

      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...
      African
      • – Roforofo Fight
      • – Go Slow
      • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl)£26.00
        Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
        In stockAdd to Bag
      Fela KutiLive with Ginger Baker (50th Anniversary Expanded Reissue)Knitting Factory
      It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and...
      African
      • – Let’s Start
      • – Black Man's Cry
      • – Ye Ye De Smell
      • – Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die)
      • – Ginger Baker and Tony Allen Drum Solo, Pt. 2 (Live at Berlin Jazz Festival, 1978)
      • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl)£22.00
        Limited red vinyl edition with etched d-side
        In stockAdd to Bag
      Fela KutiBoxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi KutiKnitting 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...
      African
        Fela KutiOpen & Close (50th Anniversary)Knitting Factory Records
        Limited edition reissue on Red & Yellow Butterfly coloured vinyl
        African
          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
          • CD£7.99
            In stockAdd to Bag
          • LP£19.00
            Gatefold sleeve
            Out of stock
          Fela KutiThe Best Of The Black President 2Knitting Factory Records
          African
            Fela KutiBeasts Of No NationKalakuta Records
            Afrobeat classic! After helping Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, Wally Badarou then produced Beasts of No Nation. 
            African
            • – beats of no nation (vocal)
            • Original LP£50.00
              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Eurobond pressing in shrink, with original inner, in great condition, old price sticker on front
              Out of stock
            • LP£13.99
              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...
            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...
            African
            • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
            • Original LP£8.00
              Vinyl condition: POORSleeve condition: POOROriginal Nigerian vinyl POOR CONDITION
              Out of stock
            • LP + Download Code£16.99
              In stockAdd to Bag
            • CD£7.99 £7.99
              In stockAdd to Bag
            Fela KutiV.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power)Knitting Factory Records
            Performed by Fela and his Afrika 70 at the renowned Berlin Jazz Festival in 1978, this live recording of V.I.P. is possibly Fela’s most profound vilification...
            African
              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
              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 KutiGentlemanKnitting Factory Records
              1973 Fela Kuti mastepiece - Absolutely essential!!!! 
              African
              • Fela Kuti – Gentleman
              • Fela Kuti – Igbe
              • Fela Kuti – Fe Fe Ne Eye Fe
              Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
              'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
              African
                Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                African
                • – Shakara (Oloje)
                Fela KutiUp Side DownKnitting Factory Records
                Upside Down’ and ‘Zombie’, both released in 1976, were made at the midpoint of an extraordinary three-year purple period during which Fela recorded...
                African
                • – Up Side Down
                • – Go Slow
                Fela KutiAlagbon Close Knitting Factory
                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!   
                African
                • – alagbon close
                Fela KutiRoforofo Fight (2015 Reissue)Knitting Factory
                Essential afro beat! A dancefloor bomb! You need this!! KILLER REISSUE of Fela Kuti's 1972 album Roforofo Fight! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
                African
                • – Roforofo Fight
                • – Go Slow
                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...
                African
                • – Everything Scatter
                • – Who No Know Go How
                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'.
                African
                  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 KutiFela With Ginger Baker Live!Knitting Factory Records
                  It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and...
                  African
                  • – Let's Start
                  • – Black Man's Cry
                  • – Ye Ye De Smell
                  • – Egbe Mi O
                  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.
                  African
                  • – He Miss Road
                  • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                  • – It's No Possible
                  Fela KutiBeasts Of No Nation / O.D.O.OKnitting Factory Records
                  After helping Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, Wally Badarou then produced Beasts of No Nation. Another album that has been combined...
                  African
                  • – Beasts Of No Nation
                  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 KutiUpside Down / Music Of Many Colours (with Roy Ayers)Knitting Factory Records
                  Two essential Afro-beat classics from Fela Kuti with 'Upside Down' (1976) and the 'Music Of Many Colours' collaboration with Roy Ayers (1980). Their version...
                  African
                    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'.
                    African
                      Fela KutiRoforofo Fight / The Fela SinglesKnitting Factory Records
                      Essential afro beat! A dancefloor bomb plus essential previously unreleased tracks! You need this!! This is a CD reissue of Fela Kuti's 1972 album Roforofo...
                      African
                      • – Rofororo Fight
                      Fela KutiShuffering And Shmiling/No AgreementWrasse
                      Two classic afro beat albums!
                      African
                      • – Shuffering And Shmiling
                      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
                      • LP + Download Code£16.99
                        Out of stock
                      • CD£7.99 £7.99
                        In stockAdd to Bag

                      Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

                      Fela KutiBoxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi KutiKnitting 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...
                      African
                        Fela KutiOpen & Close (50th Anniversary)Knitting Factory Records
                        Limited edition reissue on Red & Yellow Butterfly coloured vinyl
                        African
                          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
                          • CD£7.99
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          • LP£19.00
                            Gatefold sleeve
                            Out of stock
                          Fela KutiThe Best Of The Black President 2Knitting Factory Records
                          African
                            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...
                            African
                            • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
                            • Original LP£8.00
                              Vinyl condition: POORSleeve condition: POOROriginal Nigerian vinyl POOR CONDITION
                              Out of stock
                            • LP + Download Code£16.99
                              In stockAdd to Bag
                            • CD£7.99 £7.99
                              In stockAdd to Bag
                            Fela KutiV.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power)Knitting Factory Records
                            Performed by Fela and his Afrika 70 at the renowned Berlin Jazz Festival in 1978, this live recording of V.I.P. is possibly Fela’s most profound vilification...
                            African
                              Fela Kuti & Roy AyersMusic Of Many ColoursKnitting Factory Records
                              Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
                              African
                              • – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
                              • – Africa-Center Of The World
                              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
                              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 KutiGentlemanKnitting Factory Records
                              1973 Fela Kuti mastepiece - Absolutely essential!!!! 
                              African
                              • Fela Kuti – Gentleman
                              • Fela Kuti – Igbe
                              • Fela Kuti – Fe Fe Ne Eye Fe
                              Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
                              'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
                              African
                                Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                                1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                                African
                                • – Shakara (Oloje)
                                Fela KutiUp Side DownKnitting Factory Records
                                Upside Down’ and ‘Zombie’, both released in 1976, were made at the midpoint of an extraordinary three-year purple period during which Fela recorded...
                                African
                                • – Up Side Down
                                • – Go Slow
                                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...
                                African
                                • – Everything Scatter
                                • – Who No Know Go How
                                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'.
                                African
                                  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 KutiFela With Ginger Baker Live!Knitting Factory Records
                                  It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and...
                                  African
                                  • – Let's Start
                                  • – Black Man's Cry
                                  • – Ye Ye De Smell
                                  • – Egbe Mi O
                                  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.
                                  African
                                  • – He Miss Road
                                  • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                                  • – It's No Possible
                                  Fela KutiBeasts Of No Nation / O.D.O.OKnitting Factory Records
                                  After helping Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, Wally Badarou then produced Beasts of No Nation. Another album that has been combined...
                                  African
                                  • – Beasts Of No Nation
                                  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 KutiUpside Down / Music Of Many Colours (with Roy Ayers)Knitting Factory Records
                                  Two essential Afro-beat classics from Fela Kuti with 'Upside Down' (1976) and the 'Music Of Many Colours' collaboration with Roy Ayers (1980). Their version...
                                  African
                                    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'.
                                    African
                                      Fela KutiRoforofo Fight / The Fela SinglesKnitting Factory Records
                                      Essential afro beat! A dancefloor bomb plus essential previously unreleased tracks! You need this!! This is a CD reissue of Fela Kuti's 1972 album Roforofo...
                                      African
                                      • – Rofororo Fight
                                      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
                                      • LP + Download Code£16.99
                                        Out of stock
                                      • CD£7.99 £7.99
                                        In stockAdd to Bag

                                      People also bought

                                      Fela KutiFela With Ginger Baker Live!Knitting Factory Records
                                      It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and...
                                      African
                                      • – Let's Start
                                      • – Black Man's Cry
                                      • – Ye Ye De Smell
                                      • – Egbe Mi O
                                      The SimeonsDub Conference In LondonFreedom Sounds
                                      Killer roots dub album originally released on Freedom Sounds in 1978. Check "Jah Rastafari" and the title track.  a.k.a. One Blood U.K. Lovers...
                                      Reggae Roots Dub
                                      • – Dub Conference In London
                                      • – Dub Under Contract
                                      • – Love Dub
                                      • – L.T. Time
                                      • – More Time
                                      • – 16 Track Rock
                                      • – Jah Rastafari
                                      • – Imortal Dub
                                      • – Cool Stepping
                                      • – Mark At Control
                                      • LP£15.00
                                        Out of stock
                                      Fela KutiRoforofo Fight / The Fela SinglesKnitting Factory Records
                                      Essential afro beat! A dancefloor bomb plus essential previously unreleased tracks! You need this!! This is a CD reissue of Fela Kuti's 1972 album Roforofo...
                                      African
                                      • – Rofororo Fight
                                      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 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
                                      • LP + Download Code£20.99
                                        Out of stock