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]
| Year | Title | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Fela Fela Fela | Fela Ransome-Kuti And His Africa '70; made by EMI Nigeria Ltd | His Master's Voice |
| 1971 | Fela's London Scene | "FEHIN FEHINChop Teeth-Chop Teeth" / "Egbe Mi O (Carry Me) / "Who're You" / "Buy Africa" / "Fight To Finish" | Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1971 | Why Black Man Dey Suffer | b/w "Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality" | Wrasse/MCA Universal/Knitting Factory Records |
| 1971 | Live! | 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 |
| 1972 | Stratavarious | with Ginger Baker; Fela and various band members are on the tracks "Ariwo" / "Iiwa (It's Our Own)" / "Something Nice" / "Ju Ju" only | Polydor Records |
| 1972 | Na Poi (Part 1&2) | b/w "You No Go Die...Unless"; paired with Yellow Fever on the 1997 CD release | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal] |
| 1972 | Open & Close | b/w "Swegbe And Pako" / "Gbagada Gbagada" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1972 | Shakara | "Lady" / "Shakara (Oloje)" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1972 | Roforofo Fight: Music of Fela | "Roforofo Fight" / "Go Slow" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1972 | Question Jam Answer: Music of Fela Vol. 2 | "Question Jam Answer" / "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wahe Am" / "Shenshema" / "Ariya" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universa] |
| 1973 | Afrodisiac | "Alu Jon Jonki" / "Jeun Ko Ku (Chop & Quench)" / "Eko ille" / "Je'Nmi Temi (Don't Gag Me)" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1973 | Gentleman | "Gentleman" / "FEFE NAA EFE" / "IGBE" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1974 | Alagbon Close | b/w "I No Get Eye For Back" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1975 | Noise for Vendor Mouth | b/w "Mattress" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1975 | Confusion | Confusion Part 1&2 | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1975 | "Everything Scatter" | b/w "Who No Know Go Know" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1975 | He Miss Road | b/w "Monday Morning in Lagos" / "It's No Possible" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1975 | Expensive Shit | b/w "Water No Get Enemy" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | Unnecessary Begging | b/w "No Buredi (No Bread)" | EMI Nigeria/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | Kalakuta Show | b/w "Don't Make Garan Garan"; paired with Ikoyi Blindness on the 2001 CD | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | Upside Down | b/w "Go Slow" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | Ikoyi Blindness | b/w "Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)"; paired with Kalakuta Show on the 2001 CD | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | Before I Jump Like Monkey Give Me Banana | b/w "Sense Wiseness" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | Excuse O | b/w "Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1976 | 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 |
| 1976 | Yellow 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 |
| 1977 | Opposite People | b/w "Equalisation of Trouser And Pant" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1977 | Fear Not For Man | b/w "Palm Wine Sound [Instrumental]" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1977 | Stalemate | b/w "Don't Worry About My Mouth O (African Message)" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1977 | Observation No Crime | also included on the Wrasse/MCA Universal CD issue of Zombie as Observation Is No Crime | EMI Nigeria |
| 1977 | J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) Live!! at Kalakuta Republic | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal | |
| 1977 | I 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" | |
| 1977 | No Agreement | b/w "Dog Eat Dog [Instrumental]" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1977 | Sorrow Tears and Blood | b/w "Colonial Mentality" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1978 | Shuffering and Shmiling | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal | |
| 1979 | Unknown Soldier (Part 1 & 2) | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal | |
| 1979 | V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power) Part 1&2 – Live in Berlin | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal | |
| 1980 | Coffin for Head of State | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal | |
| 1980 | I.T.T. (International Thief Thief) Part 1&2 | paired with Original Suffer-Head on the 1997 CD | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1980 | Music of Many Colours | with Roy Ayers; "2000 Blacks Got To Be Free" b/w "Africa Centre of the World" | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1980 | Authority Stealing (Parts 1&2) | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal | |
| 1981 | Black President | "Sorrow, Tears And Blood" / "Colonial Mentality" / "I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)" | Arista Records |
| 1981 | Original Suffer-Head | b/w "Power Show"; paired with "I.T.T." on the 1997 CD | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1983 | Perambulator | b/w "Frustration"; recorded 1977 | Lagos International |
| 1983 | Lady | b/w "Lady part 2"; recorded 1977 under the title "Frustration of My Lady" | EMI |
| 1983 | Live 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 |
| 1983 | Fela Anikulapo=Kuti & the Africa 70 | Double LP: "Alu Jon Jonki Jon" / "Chop and Quench" / "Eko Ile" / "Je'Nwi Temi (Don't Gag Me)" / "Let's Start" / "Black Man's Cry" / "Ye Ye De Smell" / "(Egbe mi O) Carry Me I Want to Die"; recorded 1971/72 | EDP Records/EMI |
| 1985 | Army Arrangement | the 2001 MCA Universal CD adds "Government Chicken Boy" previously unreleased original version | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1985 | Army 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 |
| 1986 | Teacher 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 |
| 1986 | I Go Shout Plenty | b/w "Why Black Man Dey Suffer"; A-side recorded 1977 | Decca Afrodisia Records |
| 1989 | Beasts of No Nation | b/w "Just like That"; b/w "O.D.O.O." on the 2001 CD release | Barclay Records/Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 1989 | O.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 |
| 1992 | U.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 |
| 1996 | Buy America | Movie Play Gold | |
| 1998 | Perambulator | "Original Sufferhead" Japanese CD, also includes "Frustration" (instrumental) and "Power Show" | Victor |
| 1999 | The 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) |
| 2001 | Koola Lobitos 64–68 | six previously unreleased tracks that also includes The '69 Los Angeles Sessions | Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 2004 | The Underground Spiritual Game | Quannum Projects | |
| 2007 | Anthology 1 | 2-CD and 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 |
| 2008 | Lagos Baby 1963–1969 | 39 track, 2-CD set covering Fela's "Jazz & Highlife" recordings from 1963–1965 and his "Soul & Afrobeat" recordings from 1966–1969 | Vampisoul |
| 2009 | Anthology 2 | 2-CD and DVD set of Africa 70 recordings from 1975–1980; the DVD includes the 1978 concert film Fela Live in Berlin | Wrasse/MCA Universal |
| 2012 | Live in Detroit, 1986 | Knitting Factory Records, Strut Records |
References
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