Fela Kuti: Original Sufferhead (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP Fela Kuti

“Original Sufferhead was the first album Fela Kuti released under Egypt 80’s name (he had disbanded Afrika 70 in 1979). This edition of Original Sufferhead is a major event. With the release of box set #5, and now on this reissue, the title track of this magnificent album is presented in its full-length, 25 minutes 24 seconds glory. While preparing the master disc for the box set, our engineer Jedi, Colin Young, discovered four minutes of ‘lost’ material on the B-side of the original pressing, including a superb keyboard solo by Fela. This had been omitted from subsequent reissues. The restored version used here starts and finishes with Fela’s keyboard work, a typically venturesome blend of futurism and visceralism. On the title track, arguing from the personal to the political, Fela describes the inhuman treatment and poor living conditions experienced by working class Nigerians, the people he called sufferheads. In ‘Power Show,’ Fela sings about the two-tier system dividing Nigerian society, in which the rich get treated one way and the poor another.” – Knitting Factory Records

• Fela Kuti’s 1st full-length recording w/ the newly formed Egypt 80 band
• includes the full 25+ minute title track on vinyl for the 1st time in 40+ years, w/ original B-side ‘Power Show’
• light green ‘ewuro’ colored vinyl
• includes printed liner note insert
• limited edition
• original release year: 1981
• music label: Knitting Factory Records 2024

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