Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit

Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70's 1975 release
Expensive Shit
A Re-issue from Knitting Factory Records

Nigerian police, seeking to put down this independent-minded rascal, tried to plant a joint on Kuti during agathering at his home. Wise to there plan, he quickly swallowed the joint, but the police then threw him in jail to produce the evidence from his faeces. He escaped charges with some wily plotting, and thenproduced 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.

Side one is Expensive Shit
Side Two is Water No Get Enemy  - By Dele Sosimi Sam Duckworth, The Goldsmith Vocal Ensemble & ESKA

Brand New SEALED LP from Knitting Factory Records courtesy of Kalakuta Sunrise