Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos Watermelon ORIGINAL 7" NIGERIA LISTEN
  £   179
  $   237

 


£ 179 Sold For
Sep 23, 2015 Sold Date
Sep 18, 2015 Start Date
£   48 Start price
5   Number Of Bids
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Artist: Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos
Title: Watermelon Man / She Don't Know What Love Is
Country: Nigeria
Label: Parlophone
Year: 1968
Format: 7"

 

Visual Vinyl Grading: Fair
Plays with loud crackles but does NOT skip or jump
Record grading is based on visually looking at the record and listening to parts of one or two tracks

 

Comments:

HOLY GRAIL...

What we have here is the highly sort after Ultra super mega dupa rare early jazzy afro funk afrobeat gem by Fela. Watermelon man is fela's version of Herbie Hancock's jazz classic. This is the first time I have seen this rare gem anywhere for sale.

 

NOT TO BE MISSED RARE GEM

 

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