Fela Kuti - Box Set #6: Curated by Idris Elba [7LP]

Knitting Factory Records

£113.40

Format: 7LP Box Set
Catalogue No.: KFR4008-1
Barcode: 0720841400813
Release Date: 01 Dec 2023
Genre: International

 Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records are proud to release the sixth instalment of the much-anticipated vinyl reissue box sets from the Fela Kuti catalogue.
 ‘Box Set #6’ was curated by actor, producer, DJ, rapper and singer, Idris Elba, aka DJ Big Driis.
 Features the albums ‘Open & Close’, ‘Music of Many Colors’, ‘Stalemate’, ‘I Go Shout Plenty!!!’, ‘Live In Amsterdam’ (double LP), and ‘Opposite People’.
 The artwork for each album has been meticulously recreated from the original vinyl pressings, alongside vintage vinyl label artwork.
 Box set 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.

Tracklisting
Open & Close
Open & Close
Swegbe & Pako
Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo

Music of Many Colors (feat. Roy Ayers)
2000 Blacks Got to be Free
Africa Centre of the World

Stalemate
Stalemate
Don't Worry About My Mouth O (African Message)

I Go Shout Plenty!!!
I Go Shout Plenty!!!
Why Black Men Dey Suffer?

Live In Amsterdam
M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 (Part 1)
M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 (Part 2)
Custom Check Point
You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit (Part 1)
You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit (Part 2)

Opposite People
O.P. (Opposite People)
Equalisation of Trouser and Pant