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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...
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        • – 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
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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...
        • – Original Sufferhead
        • – Power Show
        • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2039-3£20.99
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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...
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          • – 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...
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          • – 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...
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            • 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
              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
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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 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 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 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 KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
              1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
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              • – Shakara (Oloje)
              Fela KutiZombieKnitting Factory Records
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              • – Zombie
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              Fela KutiAlagbon Close Knitting Factory
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              • – 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 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:...
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              • – 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 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

                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 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...
                • – Original Sufferhead
                • – Power Show
                • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2039-3£20.99
                  In stockAdd to Bag
                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
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                  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 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
                      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 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 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
                      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 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 KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                      1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                      African
                      • – Shakara (Oloje)
                      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 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 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 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

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