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    Fela Kuti The Best Of The Black President

    Knitting Factory Records
    • 4×LP Box Set KFR1001-8£79.99
      *Ludo Board included!
      *Pressed on opaque 'Red, Green, Blue & Yellow' coloured vinyl.
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      • 1. Lady
      • 2. Shakara (Oloje)
      • 3. Gentleman
      • 4. Water No Get Enemy
      • 5. Zombie
      • 6. Sorrow Tears and Blood
      • 7. No Agreement
      • 8. Roforofo Fight
      • 9. Shuffering And Shmiling
      • 10. Coffin For Head Of State
      • 11. ITT
      • 12. Army Arrangement
      • 13. O.D.O.O.

      The Best of the Black President is the 13 track guide to Fela Kuti’s massive and manifold creative career. Fela was a musician, arranger, producer, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. This is the first time the complete compilation is available on vinyl.

      Limited edition of 3000 for the world.

      4LP vinyl boxset - pressed on opaque red, green, blue and yellow vinyl housed in printed inner sleeves with disco holes within a hardbound book jacket. The back cover is a Ludo board and the package contains Ludo game pieces, dice and instructions on how to play.!

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