- ReleaseProduct
- Gentleman - 50th Anniversary
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2009-8
- Release Date
- June 23, 2023
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Vinyl 1×LP, Limited Coloured
$30.00LP pressed on Igbo Smoke (clear w/ black wisp) vinyl in a single pocket wide-spine jacket, wrapped with a gold foil OBI strip
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Fela Kuti (1938-1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Fela’s legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip-hop, rock and beyond.
1973’s Gentleman is the 7th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues. Like its predecessors in the series, this version will be available on exclusive colored vinyl (Igbo Smoke) and the LP will be wrapped in a gold foil obi strip with a brief essay on the album and Fela's global impact on music. Like Fela's other early 70's releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism.
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 a wider issue. Fela deftly addresses the colonialism-induced, inferiority complex which led many in Africa's new governing elites to reject African style, concepts of beauty, and modes of behavior in favor of European imports. Gentleman's other tracks, ""Fefe Naa Efe"" and ""Igbe,” have more direct, less metaphorical lyrics. On ""Fefe Naa Efe,” an Ashanti motto from Ghana, Fela tells a woman dumped by her boyfriend that she must get over the heartache and move on. On ""Igbe”, Fela declares that anyone who betrays a friend is shit, and that anybody who lacks self-respect is shit - something you want to expel from your body as soon as possible. He sings the word ""shit"" in several Nigerian languages, so there is no misunderstanding.
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Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Alagbon Close (50th Anniversary)
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2011-8
- Release Date
- October 11, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Original Sufferhead
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2039-3
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2044-3
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Ikoyi Blindness
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2017-3
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Why Black Man They Suffer
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2012-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Excuse-O
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2014-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Noise For Vendor Mouth
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2019-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Kalakuta Show
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2020-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Brain Dead T-shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Shakara Long Sleeve Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- January 2, 2023
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Roforofo Fight T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- August 19, 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela 4/20 Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- May 20, 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela 4/20 Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- May 20, 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Puff Puff Pass Short-Sleeve T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- November 17, 2020
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela x Online Ceramics Tote Bag
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- November 17, 2020
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela x Online Ceramics Hat
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- November 17, 2020