• Fela Kuti – Yellow Fever
    • Fela Kuti – Na Poi ‘75
    • 1. Yellow Fever
    • 2. Na Poi ‘75

    Yellow Fever’ was originally released in 1976, during Fela’s extraordinarily prolific 1975-77 purple period, when he released 24 albums in Nigeria alone. The title track is one of Fela’s defining masterpieces. Sung in Broken English, the language he adopted in order to make his words understood beyond Yoruba speakers, the lyrics rail against the fashion for skin-whitening creams.

    Other Releases by Fela Kuti

    Fela KutiHe Miss RoadStern's Africa
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      Fela KutiIkoyi BlindnessKnitting 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...
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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...
        • – 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...
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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...
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        • – Dog Eat Dog
          Fela KutiUnderground SystemKnitting Factory Records
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          • – Underground System
          • – Pansa Pansa
          Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
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          • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
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          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...
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          Fela KutiTeacher Don't Teach Me NonsenseKnitting Factory Records
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          • – 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.
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          • – Monday Morning In Lagos
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          Fela KutiAlagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey SufferKnitting Factory
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          • – Alagbon Close
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          • – Open & Close

          Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

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          • – Ikoyi Blindness
          • – Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
          Fela KutiOriginal SufferheadKnitting Factory Records
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          • – Original Sufferhead
          • – Power Show
          Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
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            Fela KutiExcuse OKnitting Factory Records
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            Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
            • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
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            Fela KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
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            Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
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            • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
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              Fela KutiUnderground SystemKnitting Factory Records
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              • – 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
              • LP + Download Code KFR2008-1£20.99
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              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
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              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
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              • – He Miss Road
              • – Monday Morning In Lagos
              • – It's No Possible
              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

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