{"product_id":"fela-kuti-alagbon-close-black-vinyl","title":"Fela Kuti - Alagbon Close (Black Vinyl)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Vinyl LP with Digital Download Card\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the standard black vinyl edition of Alagbon Close from Knitting Factory Records, catalog number KFR2011-1, issued in the US in 2015. It is a single LP with one side-long piece on each side, and it comes with a card for a digital download of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was first issued in Nigeria in 1974 on the independent Jofabro label, credited to Fela Ransome-Kuti and Africa 70. Its title is an address: Alagbon Close in Lagos housed the headquarters of the Nigerian Criminal Investigation Department. According to Partisan Records, the title track deals with two police raids on Fela's house in April and May of 1974, after the second of which he was held at Alagbon Close for three days. The prisoners there called their shared cell the Kalakuta Republic, and once he was released, Fela gave his house the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was also the first Fela album with a sleeve designed by Ghariokwu Lemi, whose artwork the label credits as central to Afrobeat's message. The label's own notes describe the record as the first full flowering of Afrobeat, as music and as political philosophy, with the style's signature elements brought together on one record in a single balanced form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFela Kuti is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, which joins West African music with American funk and jazz. Through the 1970s his band was Africa '70, with Tony Allen as drummer and musical director. In 2026 he was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlagbon Close\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI No Get Eye For Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720841207115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Partisan Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.23.15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Knitting Factory Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67500940918942,"sku":"EVP-CD680B18-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/2996539.jpg?v=1791232706","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/fela-kuti-alagbon-close-black-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}