Fela Kuti – Army Arrangement (LP Vinyl)
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Recorded in 1985, Army Arrangement arrived as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was navigating one of the most turbulent stretches of his life, just years after soldiers had ransacked his Kalakuta Republic commune and his mother, Funmilayo, was thrown from a window during a military raid. The album's unflinching critique of Nigeria's military-civilian power structure is Fela at his most politically precise, translating lived trauma into extended Afrobeat grooves that hit harder knowing the personal cost behind them.
Knitting Factory Records reissues Fela Kuti's Army Arrangement on vinyl LP, previously only available as part of the Box Set series. Army Arrangement is about Nigeria's attempt at 'democracy' in 1979 after more than a decade of military rule. The audio has been restored and remastered from Fela's original Nigerian recordings. The artwork has been meticulously recreated from original album artwork.
UPC: 720841205418
Label: Partisan Records
Release Date: 12.13.19
Format: LP Vinyl