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    Fela Kuti Open & Close / Afrodisiac

    Knitting Factory Records
    • Fela Kuti – Open & Close
    • 1. Open & Close
    • 2. Swegbe And Pako
    • 3. Gbagada Gbagada Gbogdo Gbogodo
    • 4. Alu Jon Jonki Jon
    • 5. Jeun Ko Ku
    • 6. Eko Lle
    • 7. Je Nwi Temi

    Two classic Afro-beat albums on one bargain price CD! All Fela Kuti's albums are superb! Highly recommended!


    Other Releases by Fela Kuti

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      • 4×LP Box Set KFR1001-8£79.99
        *Ludo Board included!
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      Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
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        • – 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...
        • – 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
            Limited smoke coloured vinyl edition
            In stockAdd to Bag
          Fela KutiRoforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)Partisan Records
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          • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
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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 KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Army arrangement (vocal)
            Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
            Fela KutiNo AgreementKnitting Factory Records
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            • – No Agreement
            • – Dog Eat Dog
            • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
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            Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
            1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
            • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
            • – Eko Ile
            Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
            1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
            • – Shakara (Oloje)
            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:...
            • – Alagbon 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

            Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

            Fela KutiThe Best Of The Black PresidentKnitting Factory Records
            The Best of the Black President is the 13 track guide to Fela Kuti’s massive and manifold creative career. Fela was a musician, arranger, producer, political...
              • 4×LP Box Set KFR1001-8£79.99
                *Ludo Board included!
                *Pressed on opaque 'Red, Green, Blue & Yellow' coloured vinyl.
                Expected 21 NovPreorder
              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...
                • – 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...
                • – 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...
                  • 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...
                    • 7×LP Box set (2.2kg) KFR4006-1£90.00
                      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...
                    • – 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
                    • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
                      In stockAdd to Bag
                    Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                    1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                    • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                    • – Eko Ile
                    Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                    1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                    • – Shakara (Oloje)
                    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

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