Everything (10314 items)
    MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
    MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
    Alfa MistRouletteSekito
    Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
    Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
    Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
    Jackie MittooReggae MagicSoul Jazz Records
    The Sabres Of ParadiseSabresonic (Remastered)Warp Records
    Constantine WeirContradictionItez
    SAULT10Forever Living Originals
    Lady Blackbird vs Crooked ManCrooked Spirituals (SOTU UPFRONT EXCLUSIVE)Foundation
    Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
    Captain SkyMoonchildPast Due Records
    Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
    HAWKSMOORAn Aesthetic - Experiments In TapeLunar Module
    Valentina Magaletti & YPYKansai BruisesAD93
    The Circling SunOrbitsSoundway
    Barry Issac1000lbs Calli HerbsReggae On Top
    Leroi ConroyA Tiger's TaleColemine Records
    The Dudley Moore TrioAmalgam / ChimesTrunk
    Barry IssacGhetto LifeReggae On Top
    The WeekndHurry Up Tomorrow (Original Motion Picture Score)Island
    Anthony HobsonMillenniumMusic De Wolfe
    Nubiyan TwistNT SoundsystemStrut
    Ken Boothe & Jah WobbleOld Fashioned WaysCleopatra
    Vernon Maytone & Kinky Lab All StarsRough Time / Pick & ChooseRudimentario
    MillsartSpace Outside SpaceAxis
    G Version IIISummer Night Blues E.P.Riddim Chango
    Barry IssacToo Much WarReggae On Top
    Mark RonsonUptown SpecialSony
    Mark RonsonVersionSony
    LasaiGuide Over UsBunna Music
    Lee PerryPresents Confusion: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971Doctor Bird
    El IndioSweet Reggae Roots Music / Sweet Dub MusicNew Exodus
    Quench AidWish I Had A MomSuper Blast
    39277

    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 KutiLive In AmsterdamPhillips
      African
        • Original LP£35.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian Vinyl
          In stockAdd to Bag
        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...
        African
        • – Up Side Down
        • – Go Slow
        • Original LP£80.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK/Nigerian Vinyl, sleeve wear, creasing, spine wear, small tears at opening, vinyl good
          Sold out Notify me when in stock
        • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
          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 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 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...
          African
            • 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
            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...
            African
            • – Roforofo Fight
            • – Go Slow
            • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
              Limited yellow & green 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...
            African
              • 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!
              African
              • – 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...
              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 KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
              1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
              African
              • – Shakara (Oloje)
              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
                In stockAdd to Bag
              • LP KFR2011-1£15.99
                In stockAdd to Bag
              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 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 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
              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!
              African
              • – 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...
              African
              • – Yellow Fever
              • – Na Poi ‘75

              Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

              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...
              African
              • – Up Side Down
              • – Go Slow
              • Original LP£80.00
                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK/Nigerian Vinyl, sleeve wear, creasing, spine wear, small tears at opening, vinyl good
                Sold out Notify me when in stock
              • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
                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 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 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...
                African
                  • 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...
                  African
                    • 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!
                    African
                    • – 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...
                    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 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...
                    African
                    • – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
                    • – Africa-Center Of The World
                    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 KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                    1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                    African
                    • – Shakara (Oloje)
                    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 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
                    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!
                    African
                    • – 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...
                    African
                    • – Yellow Fever
                    • – Na Poi ‘75

                    People also bought

                    Lloyd ParksTime A Go DreadPressure Sounds
                    Twenty two tracks on this set of Lloyd Parks finest work. Including a couple of productions featuring Dillinger and singer Wally Bucker. An absolute must...
                    Reggae Roots Reggae Funk and Soul
                      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.
                      African
                      • – He Miss Road
                      • – Monday Morning In Lagos
                      • – It's No Possible
                      Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
                      'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
                      African
                        Yabby You & The ProphetsChant Down Babylon Kingdom (Dub Plate Mix)Pressure Sounds
                        Heavyweight roots classic from the late 70s with this unreleased dub plate mix and a killer drum heavy dub on the flip. 
                        Roots Reggae
                        • – Chant Down Babylon (Dub Plate Mix)
                        • – Version
                        Augustus PabloIsrael In HarmonyOnlyroots
                        Two heavyweight roots cuts from Augustus Pablo & Hugh Mundell both with extended dubs. Comes in excellent repro card "Rockers" sleeve.
                        Roots Reggae
                        • Augustus Pablo – Israel In Harmony
                        • – Israel Dub
                        • Hugh Mundell – Feeling Alright
                        • – Alright Dub
                        T.P Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou – Rep Pop Du BeninUnite AfricaineAcid Jazz
                        Two monumental full-side tracks from a pair of late 70s Orchestre Poly-Rythmo albums! Originally released in 1977, the title track is an infectious Afro-Latin...
                        African
                        • – Unite Africaine
                        • – Mede Ma Gnin Messe
                        T.P. Orchestre Poly-RythmoAfro​-​FunkAcid Jazz
                        Formed in 1968 by leader Clément Mélomé, T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo became the leading group in Benin and the cornerstone of the Albarika Store label...
                        African
                          FunkadelicOne Nation Under A Groove (1978)Warner Bros
                          AWESOME, classic p-funk from George Clinton and Co! Essential album!
                          Funk/Soul
                          • – One Nation Under One Groove
                          Ali Farka TouréThe SourceWorld Circuit
                          African
                            The GatherersWordsUpsetter
                            Very rare alternative vocal cut, tuff deep roots classic recorded at Black Ark by Lee Perry, check version side on Limited repress...
                            Roots Reggae
                            • – Words
                            • – Version
                            Devon RussellDarker Than Blue (A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield)Soulgramma
                            Limited vinyl reissue with original cover art work plus two extra tracks! The record was originally published in 1993, but the first session dates back...
                            Reggae Roots Reggae Funk and Soul
                            • – Love To The People
                            • – Wild And Free
                            • – Darker Than Blue
                            • – Move On Up
                            • – Keep On Moving
                            • – Falling In Love With You **
                            • – Never Too Much Love
                            • – Songs On Sirene
                            • – Makings Of You
                            • – I'm Still Waiting
                            • – Give Me Your Love
                            • – Choice Of Colours **
                            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 KutiOpen & Close (50th Anniversary)Knitting Factory Records
                            Limited edition reissue on Red & Yellow Butterfly coloured vinyl
                            African
                              Kenny Dope Classic Breakbeats - Limited Edition 45 Box Set Kenny Dope
                              As the name suggests "Classic Breakbeats"!!! Some unreleased Kenny Dope material, and Masters At Work too!
                              Hip-Hop
                              • – Pick It Up
                              • – Get Up
                              • – Supa (KD’s B-Boy Edit
                              • – Blood Vibes
                              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
                              Rastafari (2024 Edition)The Dreads Enter BabylonSoul Jazz Records
                              Classic release ‘Rastafari – The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83’ in a new one-off pressing limited edition blue coloured double vinyl edition. The...
                              Reggae Roots
                              • Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Africa We Want Fe Go
                              • Johnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The Judgement
                              • Laurel Aitken – Haile Selassie
                              • Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Tales of Mozambique
                              • Mutabaruka – Say
                              • Bongo Herman & Jah Lloyd – African Drums
                              • Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Sam's Intro
                              • Bongo Herman, Les and Bunny – Salaam
                              • Winston and Ansell – Zion I
                              • Techniques All Stars – Zion I Version
                              • Lord Lebby & The Jamaican Calypsonians – Ethiopia
                              • Hugh Mundell – One Jah, One Aim, One Destiny
                              • The Heaven Singers – Rasta Dreadlocks
                              • Count Ossie & Leslie Butler – Soul Drums
                              • Cornel Campbell – Conscious Rastaman
                              • QQ – Betta Must Come
                              • Roy Shirley – Israelites Leave Babylon
                              • Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Narration
                              • Ronald Downer & Count Ossie – A Ju Ju Wa
                              • 1. Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Africa We Want Fe Go
                              • 2. Johnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The Judgement
                              • 3. Laurel Aitken – Haile Selassie
                              • View full info and tracklisting
                              • 2xLP (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP544C£30.00
                                In stockAdd to Bag
                              • MP3 Release SJRD544£8.99
                                In stockAdd to Bag
                              Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                              1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                              African
                              • – Shakara (Oloje)
                              Studio One Disco Mix
                              Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together ­ Roots, Lovers, Disco...
                              Reggae Studio One
                              • Lloyd & Devon – Push Push
                              • Judah Eskender Tafari – Rastafari Tell You
                              • Doreen Schaefer – Ain't Gonna Change My Mind
                              • Dub Specialist – Kampala
                              • George Allen – Be Wise Brethren
                              • Jackie Mittoo – Night In Ethiopia
                              • George Dudley – Gates Of Zion
                              • The Silvertones – Come Forward
                              • The Ethiopian – Muddy Water
                              • Willie Williams & Brentford Disco Set – Armagideon Time
                              • Willie Williams & Brentford Disco Set – Armagideon Time (version)
                              • Norma White & Brentford Disco Set – I Want Your Love
                              • Norma White & Brentford Disco Set – I Want Your Love (version)
                              • Alton Ellis – You Make Me Happy
                              • Suagr Minott – Love And Understanding
                              • Winston Francis, Jackie Mittoo & Brentford Rockers – Going To Zion
                              Carlton Livingston100 Lbs Of Collie WeedJah Life Com
                              Killer roots tune from 1983 on the "hot milk" rhythm stripped to the bones of drums and bass, now back in stock..nice pressing.
                              Reggae Roots
                              • – 100 Lbs Of Collie Weed
                              Black UhuruSun Is ShiningTaxi
                               Black Uhuru's killer version of the Bob Marley classic with dub & Joy White's cover of Dennis Brown's "Tribulation" on the flip. Comes with...
                              Reggae Roots