Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit - LP - Knitting Factory disco and reggae sounds of

disco and reggae sounds of the day

was taken from the original master tapes and remains an evocative representation of the music that resulted from the late-night

and mixed at Daptone Records' internationally revered "House of Soul" Studios

10 years after it's initial release:

Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit - LP - Knitting Factory disco and reggae sounds of2014 vinyl LP pressing of the Afrobeat star's 1975 album. Nigerian police, seeking to put down this independent minded rascal, tried to plant a joint on Kuti during a gathering at his home. Wise to their plan, he quickly swallowed the joint, but the police then threw him in jail to produce the evidence from his feces. He escaped charges with some wily plotting, and then produced this song mocking the police for wasting resources on hassling him