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Fela Kuti Open & Close

Partisan Records

New LP (Coloured Vinyl)£26.00
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RSD 2021 DROP 1. Available online from 6pm Sat June 12

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Gatefold colour LP

The 50th anniversary edition of Fela Kuti's classic "Open & Close" features remastered audio on red and yellow butterfly effect vinyl and a return to the original gatefold jacket! Limited edition of 8000 for the world.

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Fela Kuti Live In Amsterdam Phillips

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Original LP£35.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian Vinyl
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Fela Kuti Original Sufferhead Knitting 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

1. – Original Sufferhead
2. – Power Show
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2039-3£20.99
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Fela Kuti O.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...

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LP KFR2044-3£20.99
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Fela Kuti Noise For Vendor Mouth Knitting Factory Records

The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s...

Compilations

– Noise For Vendor Mouth
– Mattress

1. – Noise For Vendor Mouth
2. – Mattress
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2019-3£20.99
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Fela Kuti Why Black Man They Suffer Knitting 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...

Compilations

– Why Black Man Dey Suffer
– Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality

1. – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
2. – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
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Fela Kuti Gentleman: 50th Anniversary Knitting 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...

African

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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2009-8£23.00
Limited smoke coloured vinyl edition
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Fela Kuti Roforofo 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...

African

– Roforofo Fight
– Go Slow

1. – Roforofo Fight
2. – Go Slow
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New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
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Fela Kuti Boxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti Knitting 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...

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7×LP Box set (2.2kg) KFR4006-1£90.00
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Fela Kuti Open & Close Knitting Factory Records

Reissue of Fela's highly sought-after 1971 album, 'Open & Close'! Super-funky Afrobeat featuring the incredible title track!

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– Open And Close
– Suegbe And Pako
– Gbagada Gbogodo

1. – Open And Close
2. – Suegbe And Pako
3. – Gbagada Gbogodo
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CD KFR-1006£7.99
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LP KFR2005-1£19.00
Gatefold sleeve
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Fela Kuti Army Arrangement Knitting 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...

African

– Army arrangement (vocal)

1. – Army arrangement (vocal)
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LP + Download Code KFR2041-1£20.99
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CD KFR-1025£7.99 £7.99
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Fela Kuti Coffin For Head Of State Knitting 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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– Coffin For Head Of State part 1

1. – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
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LP KFR2036-1£20.99
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Original LP£8.00
Vinyl condition: POORSleeve condition: POOROriginal Nigerian vinyl POOR CONDITION
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CD KFR-1021£7.99
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Fela Kuti No Agreement Knitting 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...

African

– No Agreement
– Dog Eat Dog

1. – No Agreement
2. – Dog Eat Dog
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LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
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Fela Kuti Underground System Knitting Factory Records

Reissue of one of Fela's later recordings, comprised of two extended tracks, the title cut and the classic, 'Pansa Pansa'.

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– Underground System
– Pansa Pansa

1. – Underground System
2. – Pansa Pansa
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LP + Download Code KFR2045-1£20.99
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CD KFR-1027£7.99 £8.99
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Fela Kuti Afrodisiac Knitting Factory Records

1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti

African

– Alu Jon Jonki Jon
– Eko Ile

1. – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
3. – Eko Ile
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LP KFR2008-1£20.99
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Fela Kuti Expensive Shit Knitting 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...

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– Expensive Shit
– Water No Get Enemy

1. – Expensive Shit
2. – Water No Get Enemy
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LP KFR2015-1£20.99
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Fela Kuti Alagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey Suffer Knitting 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:...

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– Alagbon Close

1. – Alagbon Close
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CD KFR-1008£7.99 £7.99
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Fela Kuti Open & Close / Afrodisiac Knitting Factory Records

Two classic Afro-beat albums on one bargain price CD! All Fela Kuti's albums are superb! Highly recommended!

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– Open & Close

1. – Open & Close
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CD KFR-1006£7.99
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Fela Kuti Original Suffer Head And I.T.T Knitting Factory Records

Yet more essential afrobeat from the African equivalent of James Brown! All his albums are great!

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– I T T

3. – I T T
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CD KFR-1023£7.99
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Fela Kuti Yellow Fever Knitting 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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– Yellow Fever
– Na Poi ‘75

1. – Yellow Fever
2. – Na Poi ‘75
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LP + Download Code KFR2024-1£16.99
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CD KFR-1013£7.99 £7.99
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Cymande Promised Heights Partisan Records

Promised Heights solidified Cymande’s place in music history, and contains some of their most-beloved and often-sampled tracks such as “Brothers On...

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– Pon de Dungle
– Equatorial Forest
– Brothers On The Slide
– Changes
– Breezeman
– Promised Heights
– Losin' Ground
– Leavert
– The Recluse
– Sheshamani

1. – Pon de Dungle
2. – Equatorial Forest
3. – Brothers On The Slide
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) PTKF3027-3£23.99
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Cymande Second Time Round Partisan Records

**INCLUDES THE KILLER FUNK OF ‘FUG’** In 1973, with the release of ‘Second Time Round’, Cymande solidified their place in music history. As children...

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– Anthracite
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– Genevieve
– Trevorgus
– To You
– For Baby Ooh
– Fug
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– Bird
– Them And Us

1. – Anthracite
2. – Willies Headache
3. – Genevieve
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) PTKF3026-3£23.00
Limited transparent, emerald green coloured vinyl edition
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Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant To Be Partisan Records

Ezra Collective’s new era, a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes, will be defined by the anticipated second album. 'Where I’m Meant...

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– Life Goes On (feat. Sampa The Great)
– Victory Dance
– No Confusion (feat. Kojey Radical)
– Welcome To My World
– Togetherness
– Ego Killah
– Smile
– Live Strong
– Siesta (feat. Emeli Sandé)
– Words by Steve
– Belonging
– Never The Same Again
– Words by TJ
– Love In Outer Space (feat. Nao)

1. – Life Goes On (feat. Sampa The Great)
2. – Victory Dance
3. – No Confusion (feat. Kojey Radical)
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2×LP PTKF3020-1£25.99
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CD PTKF3020-2£8.99
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Fela Kuti Roforofo 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...

African

– Roforofo Fight
– Go Slow

1. – Roforofo Fight
2. – Go Slow
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New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
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Idles Crawler Partisan Records

Idles release 'Crawler' which is "an album of reflection and healing amid a worldwide pandemic that stretched the planet’s collective mental and physical...

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2×LP PTKF3014-8£26.99
Limited half-speed mastered edition (45rpm) in gatefold sleeve.
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