• 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 KutiLive In AmsterdamPhillips
      • Original LP£35.00
        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian Vinyl
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      Fela KutiZombieNew Africa Classics
        • Original LP PH 2001-1£25.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian Vinyl, bit of wear at opening
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        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...
        • – 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
        • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
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        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 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
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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
              Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
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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
              • – 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
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              • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
              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 KutiZombieKnitting Factory Records
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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!   
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              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2011-8£22.99
                50th anniversary special - Jollof orange vinyl
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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!!!
              • – Roforofo Fight
              • – Go Slow
              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...
              • – 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:...
              • – Alagbon Close
              Fela KutiExpensive Shit / He Miss RoadKnitting Factory Records
              'Expensive Shit', from 1975, is one of Fela's most notorious albums. The title track recounts being framed by the police and his comical escape from certain...
              • – Expensive Shit
              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
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              • – I T T

              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...
              • – 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
              • LP KFR2023-1£22.99
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              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...
                • – 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
                  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 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
                      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 KutiUnderground SystemKnitting Factory Records
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                    • – Underground System
                    • – Pansa Pansa
                    Fela KutiZombieKnitting Factory Records
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                    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...
                    • – Expensive Shit
                    • – Water No Get Enemy
                    Fela KutiExpensive Shit / He Miss RoadKnitting Factory Records
                    'Expensive Shit', from 1975, is one of Fela's most notorious albums. The title track recounts being framed by the police and his comical escape from certain...
                    • – Expensive Shit
                    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

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