Name: Kalakuta Show by Fela Kuti
Brand: Fela Kuti
SKU: 5051083068734
Price: 1.98 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (14 reviews)

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Kalakuta Show View on Youtube

14:31

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Popularity 7/10

14:31

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Don't Make Garan Garan View on Youtube

16:04

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By the time of 1976's Kalakuta Show, Fela Kuti's releases seemed not so much like records as ongoing installments in one long jam, documenting the state of mind of Nigeria's leading contemporary musician and ideological/political dissenter. Thus, any one album works better on its own than it does when it has to bear comparison with the rest of his mountainous output. The track "Kalakuta Show" was unexceptional by his own standards, though it was a respectable lock-groove song that followed the usual graph of Kuti's song progressions. The lyrics, at any rate, go far outside the usual funk/pop spectrum, detailing his harassment at the hands of the Nigerian police. "Don't Make Garan Garan" was musically more effective, particularly in its use of the artist's characteristically eerie, out-of-sync-sounding electric keyboards.
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1. Kalakuta Show

by Fela Kuti

Primary Artist: Fela Kuti; Main Performer
Composer: Fela Kuti; Composer
Lyricist: Fela Kuti; Composer
Artist: Fela Kuti; Production
Producer: Fela Kuti; Production
Music Publisher: 1999 Fak Ltd.
Emi Music Publishing / Fko Music; Other

2. Don't Make Garan Garan

by Fela Kuti

Primary Artist: Fela Kuti; Main Performer
Composer: Fela Kuti; Composer
Lyricist: Fela Kuti; Composer
Artist: Fela Kuti; Production
Producer: Fela Kuti; Production
Music Publisher: 1999 Fak Ltd.
Emi Music Publishing / Fko Music; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

2 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

30 minutes and 35 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1400x1400 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

Only 1/2 tracks has lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

World, Afro-Beat, African, Afro-Pop, Worldwide, Afrobeat

Label

Knitting Factory Records

Music Distribution Service

Vital PIAS SPRL

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1975

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

5051083068734

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Kalakuta Show

1. Kalakuta Show

2. Don't Make Garan Garan

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Kalakuta Show

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1. Kalakuta Show

2. Don't Make Garan Garan

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