• Fela Kuti – Shakara (Oloje)
    • 1. Lady
    • 2. Shakara (Oloje)

    1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    

    Other Releases by Fela Kuti

    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£23.99
      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
      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£23.99
          Limited smoke coloured vinyl edition
          In stockAdd to Bag
        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
          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 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 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£23.99
            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 KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
          1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
          • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
          • – Eko Ile
          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
            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 KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
            'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
            • – Expensive Shit
            • – Water No Get Enemy
            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 KutiHe Miss RoadKnitting 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 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 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 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£23.99
                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
                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£23.99
                    Limited smoke coloured vinyl edition
                    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 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 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£23.99
                      In stockAdd to Bag
                    Fela Kuti & Roy AyersMusic Of Many ColoursKnitting Factory Records
                    Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
                    • – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
                    • – Africa-Center Of The World
                    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 KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                    1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                    • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                    • – Eko Ile
                    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 KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
                      'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
                      • – Expensive Shit
                      • – Water No Get Enemy
                      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 KutiHe Miss RoadKnitting 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 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 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

                        People also bought

                        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...
                        • – Zombie
                        • – Mr. Follow Follow (Mister Follow Follow)
                        Fela KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
                        'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
                        • – Expensive Shit
                        • – Water No Get Enemy
                        Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                        1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                        • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                        • – Eko Ile
                        KaleidoscopeSoul Jazz Records
                        ‘Kaleidoscope – New Spirits Known and Unknown’ brings together many of the ground-breaking artists involved in the new jazz scene that has developed...
                        • Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra – When The World Was One
                        • Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees
                        • Hector Plimmer – Communication Control
                        • Ill Considered – Long Way Home (Live At The Crypt)
                        • The Expansions – Mosaic
                        • Chip Wickham – Red Planet
                        • Levitation Orchestra – Odyssey
                        • Emma-Jean Thackray – Walrus
                        • Tenderlonious and The 22archestra – The Shakedown
                        • Pokus – Pokus One
                        • Theon Cross – Candace Of Meroe
                        • Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin – Tanner's Tango
                        • Collocutor – Gozo
                        • Makaya McCraven – Untitled
                        • Nat Birchall – Ancient World
                        • Ruby Rushton – Moonlight Woman
                        • Ebi Soda – Dimmsdale
                        • The Cromagnon Band – Thunder Perfect
                        • SEED Ensemble – Mirrors
                        • Ishmael Ensemble – Kito's Theme
                        • Vels Trio – Yellow Ochre (Part 1)
                        • 1. Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra – When The World Was One
                        • 2. Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees
                        • 3. Hector Plimmer – Communication Control
                        • View full info and tracklisting
                        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
                        Soul Jazz Club Flyer #5100% Dynamite (at Blue Angel)Soul Jazz Records
                        Postcard-sized flyer from surely the best club in the world ever! Queues round the block to get in every night for about 15 years! Dynamite created its...
                          • Club Flyer ADD ON (freepost)£1.00
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          • Club Flyer (postage applied)£1.00
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          Fela KutiConfusionKnitting Factory Records
                          Originally recorded in 1974, "Confusion" is a 26-minute, one-track album that is entirely instrumental on the first side. Lyrically, the song is a polemical...
                            Tony AllenThe SourceBlue Note
                            **Back in stock! Vinyl copies and CD too!! This essential album from the legendary drummer via Blue Note!** Long time Fela Kuti drummer the late Tony...
                            • – Moody Boy
                            • – Bad Roads
                            • – Cruising
                            • – On Fire
                            • – Woro Dance
                            • – Tony's Blues
                            Fela Kuti & Roy AyersMusic Of Many ColoursKnitting Factory Records
                            Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
                            • – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
                            • – Africa-Center Of The World
                            Fela KutiFela With Ginger Baker Live!Knitting Factory Records
                            It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and...
                            • – Let's Start
                            • – Black Man's Cry
                            • – Ye Ye De Smell
                            • – Egbe Mi O
                            Middle Name Dance BandMiddle Name Dance Tracks Vol. 2Middle Name Records
                            Middle Name Dance Band are back and they're channelling some proper spiritual jazz/fusion vibes with their 'Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol. 2' - ace!
                            • – Love Bite
                            • – Weekend Love Chant
                            • – Deeper Than Love
                            • – Lovers Carnival
                            Phyllis HymanDeliver The Love / No One Can Love (1977)Buddah Records
                            WICKEDDDDDD TUNE!!!! This tune is wicked! Chuggin soulful disco monster. We love this!
                            • – Deliver The Love
                            • Original 7" BDA 577£10.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed original USA 45
                            Greg FoatSymphonie PacifiqueStrut
                            Foat has become a versatile mainstay in UK jazz through an acclaimed series of albums on Jazzman and Athens Of The North, moving from soul-jazz workouts...
                            • – Prelude
                            • – Symphonie Pacifique
                            • – Undulation
                            • – Anticipation
                            • – Mu
                            • – Yonaguni
                            • – Island Life
                            • – Nikinakinu
                            • – Man Vs. Machine
                            • – Before The Storm
                            • – After The Storm
                            • – Meditation On A Pedal Steel
                            • – Lament For Lamont
                            • – Pointe-Vénus
                            • – Mother’s Love
                            • – Epilogue: Three Tenors
                            Ray BarrettoFuerza Gigante (1981)Fania
                            None on discogs
                            • Ray Barretto – Fuerza Gigante
                            • Original 7"£15.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Unplayed Latin 45 (maybe minor background from age etc)
                              100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!
                            Black RiotEarly Jungle, Rave and HardcoreSoul Jazz Records
                            VINYL FACTORY COMPILATION OF THE YEAR 2020!!! See chart here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soul...
                            • Rhythm For Reasons – The Smokers Rhythm
                            • Babylon Timewarp – Durban Poison
                            • The Terrorist – RK1
                            • DJ Dubplate – Tings A Go On
                            • Leviticus – Burial (Lovers Rock Mix)
                            • The Freaky – Time and Age
                            • Trip One – Snowball Remix
                            • DJ Krome & Mr. Time – Ganja Man
                            • New Vision – Way Of Life
                            • DJ Dubplate – Original Rubadubstyle
                            • Hi Fi Power – Chill Out (Raggafunks U)
                            • Nu Jacks featuring Ivory Ranks – House Sensation
                            Yazmin LaceyMorning MattersOwn Your Own Records
                            New material from key, UK soul music voice, Yazmin Lacey. 'Morning Matters' features appearances from Femi Koleoso and Ife Ogunjobi of Ezra Collective,...
                            • – Own Your Own
                            • – Morning Matters
                            • – Lately
                            • – Morning Sunrise
                            • – Not Today Mate
                            Soul Jazz Club Flyer #4Nu Yorica! at Notting Hill Arts ClubSoul Jazz Records
                            Very groovy club night that we like a lot! Monday nights at the Notting Hill Arts Club ran for a few years circa 2000. A very mad but successful mix of...
                              New Tangents In Kampala, London and Nairobi, Vol. 1 (feat. K15, Lynda Dawn & Joe Armon-Jones)Extra Soul Perception
                              Having spent time recording in Nairobi, these eight artists from the UK, Kenya and Uganda have explored 'new tangents' in soul music. Electronic and organic,...
                              • Lex Amor, Hibotep & Faizal Mostrixx – Ancestry
                              • Maxwell Owin & Xenia Manasseh – Probably Never (feat. Joe Armon-Jones)
                              • Lynda Dawn & BesKept – Roses
                              • Faizal Mostrixx & Karun – In My Soul
                              • K15 & Labdi – Utokapo
                              • 1. Lex Amor, Hibotep & Faizal Mostrixx – Ancestry
                              • 2. Maxwell Owin & Xenia Manasseh – Probably Never (feat. Joe Armon-Jones)
                              • 3. Lynda Dawn & BesKept – Roses
                              • View full info and tracklisting
                              Jungle BrownFull CircleMr Bongo
                              The second full-length LP from Jungle Brown, ‘Full Circle’, drops via Mr Bongo and features collaborations with Sampa The Great, Fliptrix (High Focus)...
                              • – Keep It Movin'
                              • – Wicked feat. Fliptrix
                              • – Ikoja feat. Elde
                              • – Huami feat. Terri Walker
                              • – Sometimes feat. Ruby
                              • – Wayside
                              • – Time Ticks
                              • – U&I
                              • – We On feat. Sampa The Great
                              • – Custom Made feat. Ayo The Yung Afrika Pyoneer
                              Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou Volume 3 - The Skeletal Essences Of Afro Funk 1969-1980Analog Africa
                              The bones of afro-funk laid bare on this outrageously funked raw collection from the mind-bending legendary Benin band on Analog Africa!  Not...
                              • – Ne Rien Voir, Dire, Entendre
                              • – Houzou Houzou Wa
                              • – N'Goua
                              • – Honton Kan Do Go Me
                              Isaac HayesThe Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)Stax
                              Classic mellow soul epics! Features the brilliant "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself".
                              • – I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
                              • Original LP£7.00
                                Vinyl condition: VG-Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, VG- ONLY CHEAP
                              Fela KutiOpen & Close (50th Anniversary)Knitting Factory Records
                              Limited edition reissue on Red & Yellow Butterfly coloured vinyl