Name: Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Brand: Fela Kuti

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

KFR2030-1

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2014-08-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5051083081764

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Fela Kuti

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Knitting Factory

180 Gram Vinyl. 'Sorrow Tears and Blood', the first recording released after the kalakuta's capture, is fiercer; the band's sound almost seeming to drip blood. slower and more persistent, the ominous grooves here no longer bother with metaphor, crying out bluntly, "some people lost some bread, someone just died...them leave sorrow, tears, and blood." Alongside Woody Guthrie's struggle, this is as stirring as musical social protest gets. 'Sorrow Tears and Blood' boils over with Fela's singing and the frantic call-response of horns and chorus; the scattering sounds of people fleeing a police-and-army attack. And 'Colonial Mentality' calls for a united Africa to stand up against its widespread leftovers of imperialism. The entire collection is chock-full of Kuti's distinctive polyrhythmic orchestra-funk in top form.

Sorrow, Tears and Blood

Music GB