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    Fela Kuti Monkey Banana And Excuse O

    Knitting Factory Records
    African
      • 1. Monkey Banana
      • 2. Sense Wiseness
      • 3. Excuse O
      • 4. Mr Grammarticalogyisationalism Is The Boss

      Yet more essential afro beat classics from the king of Nigerian music, Fela Kuti! Monkey Banana - reflects his social consciousness in deploring the poor conditions of workers' lives in Nigeria. "Sense Wiseness' has a funkier beat and prominent high, glistening electric keyboards, the backdrop for lyrics criticizing the educated segment of Africa's population for absorbing Western ways.

      Monkey Banana was combined with another 1975 album, Excuse O.


      Deluxe digipack, with booklet including Fela’s biography and track-by-track commentary from Afrobeat historian Chris May.


      Highly Recommended!

      Other Releases by Fela Kuti

      Fela KutiLive In AmsterdamPhillips
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        • Original LP£35.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian Vinyl
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        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
        • Original LP£80.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK/Nigerian Vinyl, sleeve wear, creasing, spine wear, small tears at opening, vinyl good
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        • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
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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 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 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) KFR2006-8£26.00
            Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
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          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
            • 7×LP Box set (2.2kg) KFR4006-1£90.00
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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 KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
            1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
            African
            • – Shakara (Oloje)
            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
            • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2011-8£22.99
              50th anniversary special - Jollof orange vinyl
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            • LP KFR2011-1£15.99
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            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

            Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

            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
            • Original LP£80.00
              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK/Nigerian Vinyl, sleeve wear, creasing, spine wear, small tears at opening, vinyl good
              Sold out Notify me when in stock
            • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
              In stockAdd to Bag
            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 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
                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...
              Compilations
              • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
              • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
                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
                • 7×LP Box set (2.2kg) KFR4006-1£90.00
                  In stockAdd to Bag
                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
                  In stockAdd to Bag
                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 KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                African
                • – Shakara (Oloje)
                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

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