Alagbon Close: Limited 'Jollof' Translucent Orange Vinyl LP Fela Kuti without ever falling into parodic

without ever falling into parodic territory

Devil (Decade In The Sun Version)

Record 2 - Side 2

We could listen to it forever

Matthias Jabs

Alagbon Close: Limited 'Jollof' Translucent Orange Vinyl LP Fela Kuti without ever falling into parodicAlagbon Close was the first of Felas albums to have a sleeve designed by Ghariokwu Lemi, whose artwork fast became an integral part of Fela's catalogue and Afrobeat's message. The disc was named after the headquarters of the Nigerian Criminal Investigation Department in Lagos. The title track concerns two police raids on Felas house, in April and May 1974. On the first occasion, they came looking for weed but could not find any. On the second, they