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    Fela Kuti The Best Of Black President 2 (Deluxe Edition)

    Knitting Factory Records
    • Fela Kuti – Black Man’s Cry
    • Fela Kuti – Mr. Follow Follow
    • 1. Everything Scatter Expensive Shit
    • 2. Underground System (Part 2)
    • 3. Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am
    • 4. Monkey Banana
    • 5. Sorrow Tears And Blood (Original Extended Version)
    • 6. Black Man’s Cry
    • 7. Mr. Follow Follow
    • 8. He Miss Road
    • 9. Yellow Fever
    • 10. Na Poi
    • 11. Colonial Mentality

    This double CD album is presented in a deluxe 6 panel digipack, with booklet including foreword by AKON, Fela’s biography, and a track-by-track commentary from Afrobeat historian Chris May. PLUS a DVD of Fela Kuti live at Glastonbury 1984, plus interviews with Fela.

    To celebrate Fela’s 75th birthday, and the release of ‘The Best Of The Black President 2’, Knitting Factory Records will be releasing specially repackaged versions of Fela Kuti’s entire back catalogue throughout 2013.

     

    NB: DVD includes Confusion Break Bone and Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense

     


     

    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£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
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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 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 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£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 KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
          1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
          • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
          • – Eko Ile
          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 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 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 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 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£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 KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                  1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                  • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                  • – Eko Ile
                  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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