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    Fela Kuti Sorrow Tears & Blood (2014 Vinyl Reissue)

    Knitting Factory Records
    African
      • 1. Sorrow Tears And Blood
      • 2. Colonial Mentality

      Originally released in 1977, Fela and Afrika 70 rise to their peak with rowsing, radical stuff as espoused by 'Colonial Mentality'.

      Other Releases by Fela Kuti

      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...
        Compilations
        • – 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...
        Compilations
        • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
        • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
        • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
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        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...
        African
        • – 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...
        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 KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
        1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
        African
        • – 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!
        African
        • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
        • – Who're You?
        • – Buy Africa
        Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
        'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
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          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!   
          African
          • – 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!!!
          African
          • – 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...
          African
          • – 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...
          African
          • – na poi (part 1)
          • – na poi (part 2)
          • – you no go die...unless
          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...
          African
          • – Expensive Shit
          • – Water No Get Enemy
          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:...
          African
          • – 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...
          African
          • – 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!
          African
          • – Open & Close

          Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

          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
            The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s...
            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 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...
            African
            • – 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...
            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 KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
            1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
            African
            • – 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!
            African
            • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
            • – Who're You?
            • – Buy Africa
            Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
            'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
            African
              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...
              African
              • – 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...
              African
              • – na poi (part 1)
              • – na poi (part 2)
              • – you no go die...unless
              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...
              African
              • – Expensive Shit
              • – Water No Get Enemy
              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 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...
              African
              • – 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!
              African
              • – Open & Close

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