{"product_id":"720841205630","title":"Fela Kuti And Egypt '80 ‎– Beasts Of No Nation (1989) - New Vinyl 2017 Knitting Factory Records Limited Edition Reissue on White Vinyl with Download - Funk \/ Afrobeat","description":"\u003cp\u003eStreet Date: 8\/11\/17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeasts Of No Nation, originally released in 1989, was an indictment of the corruption and repression in post-colonial Africa. The album, whose single track took up both sides of the vinyl LP, addressed a variety of targets, each of them, said Fela, guilty of enslaving Africans: the Nigerian regime, the South African apartheid regime of P.W. Botha, Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, America’s Ronald Reagan, and the ineffectual United Nations. In addition to being vilified in the lyrics, Botha, Thatcher and Reagan are among the political leaders portrayed as beasts and devils on the front sleeve\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tracklist\" class=\"section tracklist\" data-toggle=\"tracklist\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"group\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_content\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"playlist\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicGroup\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"first tracklist_track track\" data-track-position=\"A\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_pos\"\u003eA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title \"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eBeasts of No Nation (Vocal)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\" tracklist_track track\" data-track-position=\"B\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_pos\"\u003eB\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title \"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eBeasts Of No Nation {Instrumental)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section credits toggle_section toggle_section_collapsed   toggle_section_remember\" data-toggle-section-id=\"credits\" id=\"credits\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"toggle_section_control float_fix\" data-for=\".credits\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_content toggle_section_content\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"list_no_style\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eAlto Saxophone\u003c\/span\u003e – Kola Ono\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eArranged By, Composed By, Producer\u003c\/span\u003e – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eBaritone Saxophone\u003c\/span\u003e – Lekan Animashaun, Rilwan Fagbemi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eBass Guitar\u003c\/span\u003e – Femi Oladegunwa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eBass Guitar [2nd]\u003c\/span\u003e – Jonas Anyakor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eChorus\u003c\/span\u003e – Akos Asiedu, Chioma Elosiuba, Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti, Folake Anikulapo Kuti, Mary Umude, Ngozi Nwafor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eClaves\u003c\/span\u003e – Mosa Okome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCongas [2nd Rhythm Conga]\u003c\/span\u003e – Kwame Bako\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCongas [Rhythm]\u003c\/span\u003e – Nwale Omabuwa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eCoordinator, Public Relations\u003c\/span\u003e – Uwa Erhabor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eDrums\u003c\/span\u003e – Benjamin Ijagun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eElectric Piano [Rhythm]\u003c\/span\u003e – Keji Hamilton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eEngineer\u003c\/span\u003e – Ignatius Ibebuike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eFlugelhorn\u003c\/span\u003e – Akomeah Dodoo, Oye Moses, Ukem Stephen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eGuitar [Tenor]\u003c\/span\u003e – Festus Okotie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003ePainting\u003c\/span\u003e – Ghariokwu Lemi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eRhythm Guitar\u003c\/span\u003e – Soji Odukogbe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eShekere\u003c\/span\u003e – Dele Olayinka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"role\"\u003eSoprano Saxophone\u003c\/span\u003e – Olarewaju A. 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