FELA KUTI – Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba (with 24-page booklet & Poster) – 7LP – Vinyl Box Set

7LP – Limited Edition Vinyl Boxset #6 curated by Idris Elba. Only 5,000 worldwide.

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

Box Set #6: Curated by Idris Elba will be out on 1st December 2023 via Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records.

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 Felas album covers.

Previous box set curators include Chris Martin, Erykah Badu, Ginger Baker, Brian Eno, and Questlove.

Tracklist:

Open & Close
A1) Open & Close
B1) Swegbe & Pako
B2) Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo

Music of Many Colors (Feat. Roy Ayers)
A1) 2000 Blacks Got to be Free
B1) Africa Centre of the World

Stalemate
A1) Stalemate
B1) Don’t Worry About My Mouth O (African Message)

I Go Shout Plenty!!!
A1) I Go Shout Plenty!!!
B1) Why Black Men Dey Suffer?

Live In Amsterdam (2LP)
A1) M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 (Part 1)
B1) M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 (Part 2)
C1) Custom Check Point
C2) You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit (Part 1)
D1) You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit (Part 2)

Opposite People
A1) O.P. (Opposite People)
B1) Equalisation of Trouser and Pant