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■VINYL LP / 名盤再入荷■

フェラ・クティを聴くならまずコレ的名盤!アフロ・ビートの創始者フェラ・クティの最高傑作『EXPENSIVE SHIT』のヴァイナル復刻。地鳴りのような強烈なグルーヴはもちろん、フェラ・クティ楽曲のなかでも有数の美しいメロディ・ラインも特徴。

2014 vinyl LP pressing of the Afrobeat star's 1975 album. Nigerian police, seeking to put down this independent-minded rascal, tried to plant a joint on Kuti during a gathering at his home. Wise to their plan, he quickly swallowed the joint, but the police then threw him in jail to produce the evidence from his feces. He escaped charges with some wily plotting, and then produced this song mocking the police for wasting resources on hassling him instead of furthering justice in Nigeria. Opening brass rounds give way to interplay between Fela's narration about the episode and responses from his group of female singers.