Fela Kuti – Box Set #6: Curated By Idris Elba

Release date: 01/12/2023

£116.99

Fela Kuti

Box Set #6: Curated By Idris Elba

Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records are proud to release the sixth installment of the much anticipated vinyl reissue box sets from the Fela Kuti catalog.

FORMATS

6LP Box Set

GENRE

World Music
Release date: 01/12/2023
SKU: KFR4008-1 Category: Tag:

Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records are proud to release the sixth installment of the much anticipated vinyl reissue box sets from the Fela Kuti catalog.

Vinyl box #6 was curated by actor, producer, DJ, rapper and singer, Idris Elba, aka DJ Big Driis. This edition, out on December 1, features Open & Close, Music of Many Colors, Stalemate, I Go Shout Plenty!!!, Live In Amsterdam, and Opposite People. The artwork for each album has been meticulously recreated from the original vinyl pressings, alongside vintage vinyl label artwork. The box set is a limited edition of 5,000 worldwide. It includes a 24 page booklet featuring lyrics, commentaries by Afrobeat historian Chris May, and never before seen photos; as well as a 16” x 24” poster designed by Lemi Ghariokwu, the creative force behind many of Fela’s album covers. Previous box set curators include Chris Martin, Erykah Badu, Ginger Baker, Brian Eno, and Questlove.

Format – 6LP Box Set

2 for £25

TRACKLISTING (IF AVAILABLE)

OPEN & CLOSE
SIDE A
1. Open & Close
SIDE B
1. Swegbe & Pako
2. Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo

MUSIC OF MANY COLORS (FEAT. ROY AYERS)
SIDE A
1. 2000 Blacks Got to be Free
SIDE B
1. Africa Centre of the World

STALEMATE
SIDE A
1. Stalemate
SIDE B
1. Don’t Worry About My Mouth O (African Message)

I GO SHOUT PLENTY!!!
SIDE A
1. I Go Shout Plenty!!!
SIDE B
1. Why Black Men Dey Suffer?

LIVE IN AMSTERDAM
SIDE A
1. M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 (Part 1)
SIDE B
1. M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 (Part 2)
SIDE C
1. Custom Check Point
2. You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit (Part 1)
SIDE D
1. You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit (Part 2)

OPPOSITE PEOPLE
SIDE A
1. O.P. (Opposite People)
SIDE B
1. Equalisation of Trouser and Pant

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