Fela Kuti - Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba

Limited edition six title/7LP box set!

Knitting Factory Records is proud to release the sixth installment of the much-anticipated vinyl reissue box sets from the Fela Kuti catalog. Vinyl Box Set 6 was co-curated by actor, producer, DJ, rapper and singer, Idris Elba, a.k.a. DJ Big Driis.

Contains the albums Open & Close, Music of Many Colors, Stalemate, I Go Shout Plenty!!!, Live In Amsterdam (2xLP), 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.

 

Open & Close

Swegbe and Pako

Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo

2000 Blacks Got to be Free

Africa Centre of the World

Stalemate

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

I Go Shout Plenty

Why Black Men Dey Suffer?

M.O.P (Movement of The People)

Custom Check Point

You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit

O.P. (Opposite People)

Equalisation of Trouser and Pant

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