Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70: Expensive Sh*t (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP - Turntable Lab Exclusive

Vendor: Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 Type: _music-FUNK Price: 21.95

Pre-Order Notes + Order Instructions This item is scheduled to ship Late July 2019 (subject to change) If you want to order additional items with a pre-order item, please make separate orders (1 order with pre-order item, 1 order with everything else) If there is a delay, we will contact you directly all pre-orders come with Turntable Lab stickers + notepad Lab exclusivo! Expensive Shit is one of Fela Kuti's most notorious pieces, and for good reason. The title track chronicles an attempt to charge Fela for possessing weed with some funny details. The afrobeat pioneer was known for his bravery in confrontations with politicians and senior police or army officers. He was busted in 1974 when police raiding his home saw him swallow a joint. A succession of officers and goons tried to get him to fess up to no avail. Eventually he ended up in front of the head of Nigerian Interpol, who told him "I'm going to talk to you in my office...." "You get office?" Kuti asked sarcastically. "You foolish stupid bastard! You low-down sonofabitch, you dog, you goat, you....." Fela would spend the next threes days in jail while the authorities waited for him to produce an incriminating sample. He and his cellmates would swap waste buckets and the police were forced to let him go without any evidence. The track itself is a tough piece of afrobeat that features extended solo from trumpeter Tunde Williams. On the flip is a cut that is worthy of a 12" on it's own. "Water No Get Enemy" is slower in pace but no less powerful. Fela is front and center with his trademark tenor sax and the rhythm section is tight as ever. Absolutely essential for funk freaks, anyone remotely interested in afrobeat or any heads in between. Lab exclusive 'water blue' variant; highly recommended. Turntable Lab exclusive limit (2) per customer 'water blue' colored vinyl edition of 500 release date: 07/31/19 tracklist: 1. Geyser 2. Why Didn't You Stop Me? 3. Old Friend 4. A Pearl 5. Lonesome Love 6. Remember My Name 7. Me and My Husband 8. Come into the Water 9. Nobody 10. Pink in the Night 11. A Horse Named Cold Air 12. Washing Machine Heart 13. Blue Light 14. Two Slow Dancers music label: Knitting Factory 2019 reviewed by Señor Sueño Latino 08/2014

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