Fela Kuti – No Agreement (LP Vinyl)
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Lester Bowie's guest appearance on "Dog Eat Dog" was no accident. By 1977, Fela's compound in Lagos had become a hub where musicians, activists, and free thinkers passed through, and the collision of Bowie's free jazz sensibility with Afrika 70's locked Afrobeat groove produced something that neither could have made alone. That cross-continental conversation sits at the heart of what made Fela's work resonate so far beyond Nigeria.
Knitting Factory Records reissues Fela Kuti's No Agreement on vinyl LP, previously only available as part of the Box Set series. No Agreement is sometimes overlooked among Fela's 1977 releases, eclipsed by albums such as J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) and Sorrow Tears and Blood, yet it is among his best records of the period. It features an outstanding Afrika 70 instrumental, "Dog Eat Dog" with a solo by the American trumpeter, Lester Bowie, of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, who was then staying with Fela in Lagos. The audio has been restored and remastered from Fela's original Nigerian recordings. The artwork has been meticulously recreated from original album artwork.
UPC: 720841204015
Label: Partisan Records
Release Date: 12.13.19
Format: LP Vinyl