{"product_id":"fela-kuti-expensive-shit-gold-nugget-50th-anniversary-vinyl","title":"Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (Gold Nugget 50th Anniversary Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0cpkCP29Dhg?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50th Anniversary Edition On Gold Nugget Vinyl With Trifold Jacket \u0026amp; Dossier Envelope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePartisan Records marks fifty years of \u003cem\u003eExpensive Shit\u003c\/em\u003e with this edition, pressed on gold nugget vinyl. The trifold jacket brings back elements of the original packaging alongside newly licensed photographs by Femi Bankole Osunla and John Collins. Inside is a dossier envelope holding a poster, a print and a newspaper clipping, and a metallic gold foil band wraps the whole package. Tarin Karimbux designed the edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track recounts an episode from 1974, when Nigeria was under military rule and police raids on Fela's Kalakuta compound were routine. In Partisan's account, an officer produced a joint during one raid and tried to plant it on Fela, who swallowed it. He was jailed while the police waited three days for a stool sample, and each night his cellmates swapped slop buckets so that the sample, when it was finally tested, came back clean. With no evidence, the police released him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album first came out in Nigeria in 1975 on Sounds Workshop, credited to Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70. Fela produced it at Arc Studio with engineer Demola Odebiyi. Each side holds one long piece: \"Expensive Shit\" runs a little over thirteen minutes, and \"Water No Get Enemy,\" built on a Yoruba proverb about the power of nature, fills the second side at eleven. The band on the record includes Tony Allen on drums, Franco Aboddy on bass, Oghene Kologbo on tenor guitar, and Tunde Williams taking the trumpet solos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePitchfork ranked \u003cem\u003eExpensive Shit\u003c\/em\u003e No. 78 on its 2004 list of the top 100 albums of the 1970s, and \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e placed it at No. 402 on its 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.\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\u003eExpensive Shit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater No Get Enemy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e (3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/fela-kuti-roforofo-fight-vinyl\"\u003eRoforofo Fight\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/fela-kuti-alagbon-close-black-vinyl\"\u003eAlagbon Close\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpensive Shit (this release)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720841207580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Partisan Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.20.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Partisan Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48310411395230,"sku":"EVP-CC1C0490-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/fela-expensive-shit-50th-01-packshot-front.jpg?v=1792128200","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/fela-kuti-expensive-shit-gold-nugget-50th-anniversary-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}