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Fela Kuti

Alagbon Close (50th Anniversary Edition)

limited "Jollof" translucent orange LP - £23.99 | Pre Order
'Alagbon Close' was the first of Fela’s albums to have a sleeve designed by Ghariokwu Lemi, whose artwork fast became an integral part of Fela'...
Fela Kuti

Excuse-O (2024 Reissue)

very limited orange lp - £19.99 | Buy
First reissued as part of 'Fela Kuti Box Set #5', curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021, here the album gets a break-out edition of its own.
Fela Kuti

Why Black Man Dey Suffer (2024 Reissue)

very limited translucent yellow lp - £21.99 | Buy
First reissued as part of 'Fela Kuti Box Set #5', curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021, here the album gets a break-out edition of its own.
Fela Kuti

Shakara (50th Anniversary Edition)

Limited Pink LP with gold obi strip + bonus yellow 7" - £26.99 | Buy
“Shakara” is the 6th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues.
Fela Kuti

Roforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)

Limited Edition Orange and Green 2LP - £25.99 | Buy
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 of the...
Original Suffer Head (2024 Reissue)
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Fela Kuti

Original Suffer Head (2024 Reissue)

Knitting Factory
  • limited "ewuro" (light green) lp

    Released: 23rd Feb 2024

    £21.99
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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 album is presented in its full-length, 25 minutes 24 seconds glory. While preparing the master disc for the box set, our engineer Jedi, Colin Young, discovered four minutes of “lost” material on the B-side of the original pressing, including a superb keyboard solo by Fela. This had been omitted from subsequent reissues. The restored version used here starts and finishes with Fela’s keyboard work, a typically venturesome blend of futurism and visceralism. Original Sufferhead was the first album Fela released under Egypt 80’s name (he had disbanded Afrika 70 in 1979).