• Fela Kuti – na poi (part 1)
    • Fela Kuti – na poi (part 2)
    • Fela Kuti – you no go die...unless
    • 1. na poi (part 1)
    • 2. na poi (part 2)
    • 3. you no go die...unless

    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 not to be missed.

    Other Releases by Fela Kuti

    Fela KutiLive In AmsterdamPhillips
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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...
      • – Up Side Down
      • – Go Slow
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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
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      Fela KutiOriginal SufferheadKnitting Factory Records
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      • – Original Sufferhead
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      Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
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        • – Noise For Vendor Mouth
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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...
        • – 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...
          • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2009-8£23.00
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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...
          • – 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
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            • 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!
            • – 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...
            • – 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...
            • – 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...
            • – No Agreement
            • – Dog Eat Dog
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            Fela KutiUnderground SystemKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Underground System
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            Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
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            Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
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            Fela KutiAlagbon Close Knitting Factory
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            Fela KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Expensive Shit
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            Fela KutiAlagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey SufferKnitting Factory
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            • – Alagbon Close
            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 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!
            • – I T T
            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...
            • – Yellow Fever
            • – Na Poi ‘75

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            • – Up Side Down
            • – Go Slow
            • Original LP£80.00
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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 KutiOriginal SufferheadKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Original Sufferhead
            • – Power Show
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            Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
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              Fela KutiNoise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
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              • – Noise For Vendor Mouth
              • – Mattress
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              Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
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              • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
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              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
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              Fela KutiGentleman: 50th AnniversaryKnitting Factory Records
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                • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2009-8£23.00
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                  Fela KutiOpen & CloseKnitting Factory Records
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                  Fela KutiOriginal Suffer Head And I.T.TKnitting Factory Records
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                  • – I T T
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