{"product_id":"fela-kuti-sorrow-tears-blood","title":"Fela Kuti: Sorrow Tears \u0026 Blood - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSorrow Tears \u0026amp; Blood\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eFela Kuti\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePartisan Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e720841204312\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eInternational\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2014-08-19\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eDIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Fela wrote the title track of this album in response to the 1976 Soweto Uprising in which thousands of South African students protested the forced teaching of Afrikaans, the colonial language of Apartheid. During the uprising and the ensuing riots, hundreds of students were killed. The song calls out killings that have gone on in the name of authority and totalitarian rule as well as the instruments of repression of colonial Africa - the police and the army. The music parallels the somber tone of the lyrics; focused and direct, and avoids the usual bombastic funk of Fela compositions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Sorrow Tears and Blood \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Colonial Mentality\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fela Kuti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32077563101255,"sku":"26706559","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/2606911.jpg?v=1747390155","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/fela-kuti-sorrow-tears-blood","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}