Fela Kuti - Shakara (50th Anniversary Edition)PRE ORDER ITEM Expected in stock between 13th 27th January PLEASE ORDER PRE ORDER ITEMS SEPARATELY FROM IN STOCK ITEMS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AVOID DELAYS TO YOUR ORDER S Fela Kuti (1938 1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Felas legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip hop, rock and beyond. Shakara is the 6th in

but we didn’t know that

Originally released in September 1996 the album features seminal hits ‘Virtual Insanity’

the flickers of birdsong

takes the full measure of the man

On this release you'll find THREE new Source Direct tracks that never got released on vinyl before

With MEL12

C came together for next single 'Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers' which makes the b-side here

for cruising extra smoothly through those hot summer nights

as well as affording Dilated Peoples their first Billboard chartings

Let’s Get Free

Chat Noir Rec

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