• New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2019-3£20.99
      In stockAdd to Bag
    • Fela Kuti – Noise For Vendor Mouth
    • Fela Kuti – Mattress
    • 1. Noise For Vendor Mouth
    • 2. Mattress

    The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s indifference to that name-calling, because, for him, people in Kalakuta are really a bunch of hard-working citizens, trying to survive in a society riddled with corruption and mismanagement. He adds that the real hooligans are those in authority who resort to political gangsterism, and sometimes military coups, in order to resolve constitutional issues. He considers their criticisms as nothing but the noise made by street vendors to sell their wares.

    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
      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 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 KutiOpen & ClosePartisan Records
        RSD 2021 DROP 1. Available online from 6pm Sat June 12£28.99Gatefold colour LPThe 50th anniversary edition of Fela Kuti's classic "Open & Close" features...
          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 KutiFela's London SceneKnitting Factory Records
            Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1971. Essential Fela Kuti, featuring Tony Allen on drums!
            • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
            • – Who're You?
            • – Buy Africa
            Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
            'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
              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
              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2011-8£22.99
                50th anniversary special - Jollof orange vinyl
                In stockAdd to Bag
              • LP KFR2011-1£17.99
                In stockAdd to Bag
              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 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 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 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 KutiFela's London SceneKnitting Factory Records
                      Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1971. Essential Fela Kuti, featuring Tony Allen on drums!
                      • – J'Ehin J'Ehin
                      • – Who're You?
                      • – Buy Africa
                      Fela KutiI.T.T.Knitting Factory Records
                      'International Thief Thief' classic Fela from 1979
                        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

                          People also bought

                          David Lee Jr.EvolutionSoul Jazz Records
                          Drummer and Composer David Lee Jr.’s stunning and rare album Evolution (1974) blends the deep experimentalism of John Coltrane and Sun Ra with the pulsating...
                          • – Revelation
                          • – Spirit Voice
                          • – Cosmic Vision
                          • – Wymbo-Ngoma
                          • – Regeneration
                          • – Freedom Bells
                          • – Acknowledgement
                          • – Love Parable
                          • – Nola Reflex
                          • – Evolution
                          • – Cosmopolitan
                          • – Second Line March
                          • – Constant Search
                          • – I Want Our Love To Always Last
                          • – Mystic Sound
                          • LP (Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP551C£26.00
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          • CD USCD37£12.00
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          • MP3 Release SJRD551£9.99
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          RahaanVersionsHot Biscuit Recordings
                          Wicked percussion-heavy disco edits/dubs from the Chicago legend, Rahaan! Absolutely essential!
                          • – Big Bisou
                          • – Mamoe Lowe
                          • – Preto Velho
                          • – 77
                          • – Secondo (Versione)
                          Emahoy Tsege Mariam GebruSouvenirsMississippi
                          The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made...
                          • – Clouds Moving on the Sky
                          • – Ready to Leave
                          • – Is It Sunny Or Cloudy In The Land You Live?
                          • – Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?
                          • – Ethiopia My Motherland
                          • – Where Is the Highway of Thought?
                          • – Don’t Forget Your Country
                          • – Like the Sun Shines on Meadows
                          Patrick CowleyPrimitive World (feat. Hifi Sean remixes)Classics By Kookoo
                          Hi-NRG synth pioneer Patrick Cowley moved away from his usual robotic steeliness on 1982’s “Primitive World,” drawing instead on the groove rock...
                          • – Hifi Sean Mix
                          • – Hifi Sean Dub
                          • – Original
                          • – Hifi Sean Bonus Beat
                          • – Acapella
                          Wamono Disco: Nippon Columbia Disco & Boogie Hits 1978-1982180g
                          In the mid-70s, clubs were booming in Tokyo and all over Japan. When the Fatback Band topped the 1975 US charts with their infectious "Do The Bus Stop"...
                          • – Godiego - The Birth Of The Odyssey - Monkey Magic
                          • – Ikue Sakakibara - This is Hot
                          • – Soul Media - I Will Give You Samba
                          • – Hatsumi Shibata - Purple Shadow
                          • – Yumi Murata - Krishna
                          • – Yoshito Machida・Godiego - Ame Wa Knife No Yo Sa
                          • – Pink Parachute - Disco Great Tokyo
                          • – Hatsumi Shibata - Hazumi De Daite (A Woman In A Man's World)
                          • 1. – Godiego - The Birth Of The Odyssey - Monkey Magic
                          • 2. – Ikue Sakakibara - This is Hot
                          • 3. – Soul Media - I Will Give You Samba
                          • View full info and tracklisting
                          Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring LabelNumero
                          Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal - and his appropriately named Shoestring...
                          • – The James Family - We’ve Got It Made
                          • – Jimmie Green - Dance
                          • – Howard Neal and Friends - You’re All The Woman I Need
                          • 1. – The James Family - We’ve Got It Made
                          • 6. – Jimmie Green - Dance
                          • 10. – Howard Neal and Friends - You’re All The Woman I Need
                          • View full info and tracklisting
                          Eccentric Soul: The Forte LabelNumero
                          From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement bee-hivery from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings,...
                          • – Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
                          • – Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
                          • – Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
                          • – Louis Chachere - The Hen Pt 1
                          • – The Fantasticks - Cry Night And Day
                          • – Marva W. Taylor - I’ve Lived The Life
                          • – The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Mini, Mini Afro Twist
                          • – Tony Ashley And The Delicates - I’ll Never Be Satisfied
                          • – The Rayons - You Confuse Me Baby
                          • – The Four Darlings - Baby Your Love Is Amazing
                          • – Lee Harris - Lookin’ Good
                          • – Marva Whitney - Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
                          • – Everyday People - Is It Really That Bad
                          • – The Rayons - Baby Be Good
                          • – Lee Harris - I’ve Got To Have Somebody’s Love
                          • – James Whitney - With Fun In My Life
                          • – Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star
                          • – Marva W. Taylor - Nothing I’d Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
                          • – The Four Darlings - Give Me Love
                          • – Unknown Artist - Dearest Lover
                          • – The Fantasticks - Live And Let Live
                          • – The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Ya Gotta Be Doing It
                          • – Lee Harris - Skate Boogaloo And Karate Too
                          • – Tear Drops - Don’t Fade Away
                          • 1. – Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
                          • 2. – Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
                          • 3. – Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
                          • View full info and tracklisting
                          • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM047LPC1£33.99
                            In stockAdd to Bag
                          Eccentric Soul: The Saadia LabelNumero
                          After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got...
                          • – Pearl Dowell - It’s All Over
                          • – Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Everybody Has Some Dues To Pay
                          • – Robert Moore - Just Can’t Help Myself
                          • – Brother Williams - Right On Brother
                          • – Pearl Dowell - Good Things
                          • – Joey Gilmore - Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone
                          • – Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Blind Man
                          • – Joey Gilmore - Girl Your Best Friend Done Took Your Place
                          • – Robert Moore - Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
                          • – Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Do It To Me One More Time
                          • – Thunder Lightning And Rain - Super Funky
                          • – Joey Gilmore - Blind Man
                          • – Sam Baker - Do Right Man
                          • 1. – Pearl Dowell - It’s All Over
                          • 2. – Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Everybody Has Some Dues To Pay
                          • 3. – Robert Moore - Just Can’t Help Myself
                          • View full info and tracklisting