• Original LP£80.00
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    • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
    • Fela Kuti – Up Side Down
    • Fela Kuti – Go Slow
    • 1. Up Side Down
    • 2. Go Slow

    Upside Down’ and ‘Zombie’, both released in 1976, were made at the midpoint of an extraordinary three-year purple period during which Fela recorded 24 albums of new material. ‘Upside Down’ was written by Fela to portray a worldly travelled African who searches the dictionary and finds the definition of upside down - a perfect description of the African situation. ‘Upside Down’ is unusual in that it includes a second lead vocalist, Fela’s American friend Sandra Izsadore. Izsadore was a black rights activist and introduced him to the writings of revolutionary thinkers such as Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Huey Newton and more who inspired Fela’s philosophy of Blackism.

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    Fela KutiLive In AmsterdamPhillips
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      Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
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        Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
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        • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
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        • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
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        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
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        • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
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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
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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...
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          Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
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          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...
          • – No Agreement
          • – Dog Eat Dog
          • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
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          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 / 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 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 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!
          • – I T T
          Fela KutiYellow FeverKnitting Factory Records
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          Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

          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
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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 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
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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...
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              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 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
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              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...
              • – No Agreement
              • – Dog Eat Dog
              • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
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              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 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 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!
              • – 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...
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