{"product_id":"720841207139","title":"Fela Ransome Kuti \u0026 Africa 70 ‎– Alagbon Close (1974) - New Vinyl Record 2017 Knitting Factory Records Limited Edition Reissue on Gold Vinyl with Download - Funk \/ Afrobeat","description":"\u003cp\u003eStreet Date: 8\/11\/17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlagbon Close, originally released on the independent Jofabro label in 1974, marks the first full flowering of Afrobeat, as a music and as a principled political philosophy. Instrumentally, the album brings together the several signature elements of Fela’s Afrobeat, which had not previously been moulded into such a unified, finely-balanced form on record. Lyrically, it is a full-on confrontation with an enforcing power of the Nigerian state: Alagbon Close in Lagos was the headquarters of the Nigerian Criminal Investigation Department. Many of the musical elements which make Alagbon Close so compelling can be heard on earlier recordings, but on this album, Fela pulled them all together to devastating effect, in the process creating the classic Afrobeat paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tracklist\" class=\"section tracklist\" data-toggle=\"tracklist\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"group\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_content\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"playlist\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicGroup\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"first tracklist_track track\" data-track-position=\"A\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_pos\"\u003eA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title \"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eAlagbon Close\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16:58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\" tracklist_track track\" data-track-position=\"B\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_pos\"\u003eB\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title \"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eI No Get Eye For Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12:35\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section credits toggle_section toggle_section_collapsed   toggle_section_remember\" data-toggle-section-id=\"credits\" id=\"credits\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"toggle_section_control float_fix\" data-for=\".credits\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_content toggle_section_content\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"list_no_style\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eArranged By, Composed By\u003c\/span\u003e – Fela Ransome Kuti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eBaritone Saxophone\u003c\/span\u003e – Lekan Anishaun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eBass Guitar\u003c\/span\u003e – Franco Aboddy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCongas [1st]\u003c\/span\u003e – Henry Kofi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCongas [2nd]\u003c\/span\u003e – Daniel Koranteg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCongas [3rd]\u003c\/span\u003e – Nicholas Addo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCover, Design [Front]\u003c\/span\u003e – S. E. Lemy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eDrums [Leader]\u003c\/span\u003e – Tony Alen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eGuitar [Tenor]\u003c\/span\u003e – Tutu Shoronmu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eMaracas\u003c\/span\u003e – Issac Olaleye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003ePercussion [Sticks]\u003c\/span\u003e – James Abayomi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003ePhotography By [Back]\u003c\/span\u003e – Peter Obe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eProducer\u003c\/span\u003e – Fela Ransome Kuti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eRhythm Guitar\u003c\/span\u003e – Shegun Edo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eTenor Saxophone\u003c\/span\u003e – Christopher Uwaifor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eTenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Electric Piano, Vocals\u003c\/span\u003e – Fela Ransome Kuti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eTrumpet [2nd]\u003c\/span\u003e – Ukem Stephen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eTrumpet, Soloist\u003c\/span\u003e – Tunde Williams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WEA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48011962260,"sku":"720841207139","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/silveradocustomhomesinc.com\/s\/files\/1\/1377\/6983\/products\/IMG_2417_f5cbe725-5599-4545-aff2-9ebe9d8513f4.JPG?v=1556067037","url":"https:\/\/www.silveradocustomhomesinc.com\/products\/720841207139","provider":"silveradocustomhomesinc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}