Fela Kuti discography

This is a discography for Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.[1]

YearTitleLabel
1963/69Lagos Baby 1963–1969 (39 track 2-CD set covering Fela's "Jazz & Highlife" recordings from 1963/65 and his "Soul & Afrobeat" recordings from 1966/69)Vampisoul
1964/68Koola Lobitos 64–68 (six previously unreleased tracks on a 2001 CD that also includes The '69 Los Angeles Sessions)Wrasse/MCA Universal
1969The '69 Los Angeles Sessions (the 2001 CD also contains Koola Lobitos 64–68)Wrasse Records / MCA Universal
1971Fela's London Scene ("FEHIN FEHINChop Teeth-Chop Teeth" / "Egbe Mi O (Carry Me) / "Who're You" / "Buy Africa" / "Fight To Finish")Wrasse/MCA Universal
1971Why Black Man Dey Suffer (b/w Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality)Wrasse/MCA Universal/Knitting Factory Records
1971Live! (with Ginger Baker) "Let's Start" / "Black Man's Cry" / "Ye Ye De Smell" / "Egde Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die)" The 2001 CD release adds Ginger Baker & Tony Allen Drum Solo (Live at the 1978 Berlin Jazz Festival as a bonus track.Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1972Stratavarious Ginger Baker (Fela and various band members are on the tracks "Ariwo" / "Iiwa (It's Our Own)" / "Something Nice" / "Ju Ju" only)Polydor Records
1972Na Poi (Part 1&2) (b/w You No Go Die...Unless) paired with Yellow Fever on the 1997 CD releaseBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal]
1972Open & Close (b/w Swegbe And Pako / Gbagada Gbagada)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1972Shakara "Lady" / "Shakara (Oloje)"Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1972Roforofo Fight: Music of Fela ("Roforofo Fight" / "Go Slow")Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1972Question Jam Answer: Music of Fela Vol. 2 ("Question Jam Answer" / "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wahe Am" / "Shenshema" / "Ariya")Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universa]
1973Afrodisiac "Alu Jon Jonki" / "Jeun Ko Ku (Chop & Quench)" / "Eko ille" / "Je'Nmi Temi (Don't Gag Me)"Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1973Gentleman ("Gentleman" / "FEFE NAA EFE" / "IGBE")Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1974Alagbon Close (b/w I No Get Eye For Back)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1975Noise for Vendor MouthBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1975Confusion (Confusion Part 1&2)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1975Everything Scatter / Who No Know Go KnowBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1975He Miss Road (b/w Monday Morning in Lagos / It's No Possible)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1975Expensive Shit (b/w Water No Get Enemy)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Unnecessary Begging (b/w No Buredi (No Bread))EMI Nigeria/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Kalakuta Show (b/w Don't Make Garan Garan) paired with Ikoyi Blindness on the 2001 CDBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Upside Down (b/w Go Slow)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Ikoyi Blindness b/w Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money) paired with Kalakuta Show on the 2001 CDBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Before I Jump Like Monkey Give Me Banana (Monkey Banana b/w Sense Wiseness) Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Excuse O (b/w Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Zombie (Zombie b/w Mister Follow Follow) The 2001 MCA Universal CD release adds two previously unreleased cuts, Observation Is No Crime & Mistake (Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival-1978)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1976Yellow Fever/Na Poi (1997 CD includes: "Yellow Fever" / "Na Poi (1975 version)" / "Na Poi (Parts 1&2)" / "You No Go Die...Unless)"Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1977Opposite People (b/w Equalisation of Trouser And Pant)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1977Fear Not For Man (b/w Palm Wine Sound [Instrumental])Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1977Stalemate b/w Don't Worry About My Mouth O (African Message)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1977Observation No Crime (also included on the Wrasse/MCA Universal CD issue of Zombie as Observation Is No Crime)EMI Nigeria
1977J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) Live!! at Kalakuta RepublicBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1977I Go Shout Plenty (b/w Frustration of My Lady) I Go Shout Plenty unreleased until 1986, Frustration of My Lady unreleased until 1983 under the shortened title Lady
1977No Agreement (b/w Dog Eat Dog [Instrumental])Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1977Sorrow Tears and Blood (b/w Colonial Mentality)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1978Shuffering and ShmilingBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1979Unknown Soldier (Part 1 & 2)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1979V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power) Part 1&2 – Live in BerlinBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1980Coffin for Head of StateBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1980I.T.T. (International Thief Thief) Part 1&2 paired with Original Sufferhead on the 1997 CDBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1980Music of Many Colours (with Roy Ayers) ("2000 Blacks Got To Be Free" b/w "Africa Centre of the World")Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1980Authority Stealing (Parts 1&2)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1981Black President ("Sorrow, Tears And Blood", "Colonial Mentality", "I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)")Arista Records
1981Original Suffer-Head (b/w Power Show) paired with I.T.T. on the 1997 CDBarclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1983Perambulator (b/w Frustration) recorded 1977Lagos International
1983Lady (b/w Lady part 2) recorded 1977 under the title Frustration of My LadyEMI
1983Live in Amsterdam ("M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1" / "You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit" / "Custom Check Point")Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1985Army Arrangement the 2001 MCA Universal CD adds Government Chicken Boy (previously unreleased original version)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1985Army Arrangement (Cross Examination / Government Chicken Boy / Army Arrangement) (Fela later disowned this version Produced by Bill Laswell who added session musicians to the original tracks)YABA / Celluloid Records
1986Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (b/w Look And Laugh) the 2001 MCA Universal CD adds: Just Like That, a track that was left off of Beast of No Nation's CD release due to time constraints.Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1986I Go Shout Plenty (b/w Why Black Man Dey Suffer) A-side recorded 1977Decca Afrodisia Records
1989Beasts of No Nation (b/w Just like That) (b/w O.D.O.O. on the 2001 CD release)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1989O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) (b/w Confusion Break Bones (C.B.B.)) (O.D.O.O. was included on the 2001 Beasts of No Nation CD release)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1992U.S. (Underground System) (b/w Pansa Pansa) (the 2001 CD release adds Confusion Break Bones (C.B.B.), which was previously the B-Side of the O.D.O.O. album)Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal
1996Buy AmericaMovie Play Gold
1998Perambulator / Original Sufferhead Japanese CD, also includes Frustration (instrumental) and Power ShowVictor
1999The Best Best of Fela Kuti (re-issued in 2009 as The Best of the Black President)Barclay/Wrasse/MCA Universal/Wrasse Records (2002)/Knitting Factory Records (2009)
2004The Underground Spiritual GameQuannum Projects
2007Anthology 1 (2-CD+DVD set covering his Early Years and pre-1975 Africa 70 recordings. The DVD includes the 1984 documentary Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense)Wrasse/MCA Universal
2009Anthology 2 (2-CD+DVD set of Africa 70 recordings from 1975 to 1980. The DVD includes the 1978 concert film Fela Live in Berlin)Wrasse/MCA Universal
2012Live in Detroit, 1986Knitting Factory Records, Strut Records

References

  1. ↑ "Barack Obama and the Original First Black President". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
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