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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
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- 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)
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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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- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Yellow Fever
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2024-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- LP
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- KFR2026-1
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- December 13, 2019
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- Catalogue Number
- KFR2034-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
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- Coffin for Head of State
- Label
- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2036-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
- LP
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- Partisan Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2041-1
- Release Date
- December 13, 2019
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- Catalogue Number
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- Box Set #4 Curated By Erykah Badu
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- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR4005-1
- Release Date
- December 15, 2017
- LP
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- Gary Lucas
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- Catalogue Number
- KFR1146-0
- Release Date
- January 29, 2021
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- Catalogue Number
- KFR5021-0
- Release Date
- January 14, 2021
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- ReleaseProduct
- Music of Many Colours
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- Catalogue Number
- KFR1143-1
- Release Date
- November 29, 2019
- LP
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- Release Date
- March 3, 2017
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- Release Date
- October 14, 2016
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- October 14, 2016
- LP
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2025-1
- Release Date
- October 14, 2016
- 12”
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- DECISIONS
- Catalogue Number
- DECISIONS26S2
- Release Date
- March 20, 2024
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- ReleaseProduct
- Variations
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- M-Plant
- Catalogue Number
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- Release Date
- December 8, 2023
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- Catalogue Number
- 1803484
- Release Date
- November 29, 2023
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- Label
- Rhythm In The City
- Catalogue Number
- RITC001
- Release Date
- November 3, 2023
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Catalogue Number
- 1715704
- Release Date
- September 15, 2023
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- Label
- Brownswood Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- BWOOD310
- Release Date
- September 8, 2023
- LP (special)
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- Catalogue Number
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- Release Date
- September 1, 2023
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- Catalogue Number
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- Release Date
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- Catalogue Number
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- LP (special)