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Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP -
Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti. Vinyl Boxset - 7×LP
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR4006-1
- Release Date
- December 10, 2021
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Vinyl Boxset 7×LP
UnavailableRead More- 20-page full-colour booklet
- 16x24” Poster
- Limited to 4000 copies
Genres
- 7 Vinyl LPs (Why Black Man Dey Suffer, Noise for Vendor Mouth, Kalakuta Show, Excuse O, Ikoyi Blindness, Original Sufferhead, and Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)
- Artwork for each album has been meticulously recreated from the original vinyl pressings, alongside vintage vinyl label artwork.
- 20-page full-color booklet featuring: introductions by Chris Martin and Femi Kuti, seven in-depth commentaries on each album by veteran music journalist and Afrobeat historian, Chris May; song lyrics; never before published photos of Fela Kuti; and stills taken from the 1982 Fela documentary Music Is The Weapon.
- 16x24” Poster designed by Nigerian artist Lemi Ghariokwu, the creative force behind 29 of Fela‘s album covers.
Press Release
Knitting Factory Records is proud to release the next instalment of long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Box Set #5 was co-curated by Fela's son, world-renowned multi-instrumentalist and Afrobeat ambassador, Femi Kuti, and Chris Martin (Coldplay). This volume includes Why Black Man Dey Suffer, Noise for Vendor Mouth, Kalakuta Show, Excuse O, Ikoyi Blindness, Original Sufferhead, and Overtake Don Overtake Overtake.
Track List
Why Black Man Dey Suffer
Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality
Noise for Vendor Mouth
Mattress
Excuse-O
Mr Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss
Kalakuta Show
Don't Make Ganran Ganran (Te Je Je)
Ikoyi Blindness
Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me, Make I Get Money)
Original Sufferhead
Power Show
Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (Part I)
Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (Part II)
Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Roforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2006-8
- Release Date
- August 19, 2022
- LP (special)
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6 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Live! with Ginger Baker (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2003-3
- Release Date
- November 19, 2021
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- London Scene (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2004-3
- Release Date
- November 5, 2021
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Yellow Fever
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2024-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- LP
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Johnny Drop Dead (J.J.D.)
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2026-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- LP
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- V.I.P.
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2034-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- Vinyl
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Coffin for Head of State
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2036-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- LP
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Army Arrangement
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2041-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- LP
Knitting Factory Records
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2 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers
- ReleaseProduct
- Music of Many Colours
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR1143-1
- Release Date
- November 29, 2019
- LP
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3 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Box Set #4 Curated By Erykah Badu
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR4005-1
- Release Date
- December 15, 2017
- LP
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2 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Zombie
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2025-1
- Release Date
- October 14, 2016
- 12”
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3 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Gentleman
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2009-1
- Release Date
- October 14, 2016
- LP
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2 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- ITT
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2038-1
- Release Date
- October 14, 2016
- LP
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2 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Upside Down
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2023-1
- Release Date
- October 14, 2016
- LP
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2 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Everything Scatter
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2013-1
- Release Date
- October 16, 2015
- LP
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2 Clips- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Fear Not For Man
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2028-1
- Release Date
- October 16, 2015
- LP
Afrobeat / Afropop
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8 Tracks- Artist
- Ofege
- ReleaseProduct
- Higher Plane Breeze
- Label
- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT309D
- Release Date
- July 13, 2022
- Download
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8 Tracks- Artist
- Ofege
- ReleaseProduct
- Try and Love
- Label
- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT307D
- Release Date
- July 13, 2022
- Download
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10 Tracks- Artist
- Ofege
- ReleaseProduct
- How Do You Feel
- Label
- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT310D
- Release Date
- July 13, 2022
- LP
- Download
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10 Tracks- Artist
- Ofege
- ReleaseProduct
- The Last of the Origins
- Label
- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT308D
- Release Date
- July 13, 2022
- Download
-
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Box Set #5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR4006-1
- Release Date
- December 10, 2021
- Vinyl Boxset
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- London Scene (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2004-3
- Release Date
- November 5, 2021
- LP (special)
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6 Clips
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Live! with Ginger Baker (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2003-3
- Release Date
- November 19, 2021
- LP (special)
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12 Tracks- Artist
- Fimber Bravo
- ReleaseProduct
- Lunar Tredd
- Label
- Moshi Moshi Records
- Catalogue Number
- MOSHIDL109
- Release Date
- March 19, 2021
- LP (special)
- Download
Limited Editions
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43 Tracks- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- NORCO Original Soundtrack
- Label
- Sacred Bones Records
- Catalogue Number
- SBR310DIGITAL
- Release Date
- March 25, 2022
- LP (special)
- Download
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Pre-order
12 Clips- Artist
- Nite Fleit
- ReleaseProduct
- Nite Fleit / Day Fleit
- Label
- Steel City Dance Discs
- Catalogue Number
- SCDDLP001
- Release Date
- September 30, 2022
- LP (special)
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Pre-order
3 Clips- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Worldwide Connection Vol.1
- Label
- Non Stop Rhythm
- Catalogue Number
- RYDMCOMP1- SAMPLER
- Release Date
- September 2, 2022
- EP
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Pre-order
- Artist
- Sarathy Korwar
- ReleaseProduct
- KALAK
- Label
- The Leaf Label
- Catalogue Number
- BAY125
- Release Date
- November 11, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
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Pre-order
13 Clips- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- WH019
- Label
- Withhold
- Catalogue Number
- WH019
- Release Date
- October 7, 2022
- LP
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Pre-order
3 of 16 Tracks- Artist
- Suzi Analogue
- ReleaseProduct
- Infinite Zonez
- Label
- Disciples
- Catalogue Number
- DISC12DLX
- Release Date
- September 9, 2022
- LP (special)
- Download
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Pre-order
- Artist
- Pocket Pavilions
- ReleaseProduct
- Gondolas Traversing Lofty Peaks
- Label
- Castles in Space
- Catalogue Number
- CiS034
- Release Date
- August 26, 2022
- 10″