{"product_id":"fela-kuti-roforofo-fight-1972-12-vinyl-lp","title":"Fela Kuti \"Roforofo Fight\" (1972) LP Colored Vinyl 50th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoforofo Fight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, originally released in 1972, makes brilliant use of Broken English: authentic and of the people and given a poetic mojo by \u003cspan\u003eFela\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan\u003eFela\u003c\/span\u003e's love of metaphor is evident, too, on \"Roforofo Fight.\" The lyric describes a fight that breaks out in a Lagos street, and \u003cspan\u003eFela\u003c\/span\u003e uses it to depict intolerant, violent human behavior in general. \"Go Slow\" uses the traffic jams clogging up Lagos's road system as a metaphor for political and social breakdown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 50th-anniversary reissue of Roforofo Fight is pressed on double orange \u0026amp; green vinyl. Side D features singles \"Shenshema\" and \"Ariya\" on vinyl for the first time. The two tracks were originally released as a 7\" single in 1972 and later featured in the CD reissue of Roforofo Fight \/ The Fela Singles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide A: Roforofo Fight \u003cbr\u003eSide B: Go Slow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of six of Fela's albums reissued by Knitting Factory Records in 2015.  Most of these will be the first time they are \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ereleased\u003c\/span\u003e as individual vinyl albums since their original vinyl \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003erelease\u003c\/span\u003e in Nigeria in the 70s and 80s - something which will not only delight audiophile \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFela\u003c\/span\u003e fans, but also the admirers of \u003cstrong\u003eLemi Ghariokwu\u003c\/strong\u003e's iconic artwork, now again at 12 x 12 inches as it was intended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parry shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54102013280589,"sku":"KFR2006-1","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/7058\/0045\/files\/FelaRoforofoFight50LP.jpg?v=1781337159","url":"https:\/\/parryfilm.shop\/products\/fela-kuti-roforofo-fight-1972-12-vinyl-lp","provider":"Gupta Shalini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}