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    Fela Kuti Opposite People / Sorrow Tears And Blood

    Knitting Factory Records
      • 1. Opposite People
      • 2. Equalisation of trouser and pant
      • 3. Sorrow tears and blood
      • 4. Colonial mentality

      Fela and Afrika 70 at their peak with two seminal albums on one disc. Rowsing, radical stuff as espoused by 'Colonial Mentality'.

      Other Releases by Fela Kuti

      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.
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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 KutiKalakuta ShowKnitting Factory Records
          The ‘Kalakuta Show’ album was Fela Kuti’s undaunted manner of extracting revenge on the military regime that attacked and brutalized him in 1974....
          • – Kalakuta Show
          • – Don't Make Garan Garan
          • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2020-3£20.99
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          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
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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...
            • 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 KutiOpen & ClosePartisan Records
            RSD 2021 DROP 1. Available online from 6pm Sat June 12£28.99Gatefold colour LPThe 50th anniversary edition of Fela Kuti's classic "Open & Close" features...
              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 KutiJ.J.D (Johnny Just Drop!!) Live!! At Kalakuta RepublikKnitting Factory Records
              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...
                • LP + Download Code KFR2026-1£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'.
                • – 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!
                • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
                • – Who're You?
                • – Buy Africa
                Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
                'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
                  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!   
                  • – alagbon close
                  • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2011-8£22.99
                    50th anniversary special - Jollof orange vinyl
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                  • LP KFR2011-1£17.99
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                  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!!!
                  • – 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...
                  • – Everything Scatter
                  • – Who No Know Go How
                  Fela KutiNa PoiKnitting Factory Records
                  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...
                  • – na poi (part 1)
                  • – na poi (part 2)
                  • – you no go die...unless
                  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'.
                    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...
                    • – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
                    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.
                    • – He Miss Road
                    • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                    • – It's No Possible
                    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 KutiFela With Ginger Baker Live!Knitting Factory Records
                    'Let's Start' - Seriously killer tune! and loads more. It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat...
                    • – Let's Start
                    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

                    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.
                        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 KutiKalakuta ShowKnitting Factory Records
                        The ‘Kalakuta Show’ album was Fela Kuti’s undaunted manner of extracting revenge on the military regime that attacked and brutalized him in 1974....
                        • – Kalakuta Show
                        • – Don't Make Garan Garan
                        • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2020-3£20.99
                          In stockAdd to Bag
                        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 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 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 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 KutiJ.J.D (Johnny Just Drop!!) Live!! At Kalakuta RepublikKnitting Factory Records
                          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...
                            • LP + Download Code KFR2026-1£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'.
                            • – 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!
                            • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
                            • – Who're You?
                            • – Buy Africa
                            Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
                            'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
                              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...
                              • – Everything Scatter
                              • – Who No Know Go How
                              Fela KutiNa PoiKnitting Factory Records
                              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...
                              • – na poi (part 1)
                              • – na poi (part 2)
                              • – you no go die...unless
                              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'.
                                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...
                                • – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
                                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.
                                • – He Miss Road
                                • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                                • – It's No Possible
                                Fela KutiFela With Ginger Baker Live!Knitting Factory Records
                                'Let's Start' - Seriously killer tune! and loads more. It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat...
                                • – Let's Start
                                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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