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Fela – Box Set 5

$143.00
Label: Knitting Factory Records – KFR4006-1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Box Set, Compilation
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Afrobeat

Tracklist

Why Black Man Dey Suffer
Side A Why Black Man Dey Suffer
Side B Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality
Noise for Vendor Mouth
Side A Noise for Vendor Mouth
Side B Mattress
Excuse O
Side A Excuse-O
Side B Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss
Kalakuta Show
Side A Kalakuta Show
Side B Don't Make Ganran Ganran (Te Je Je)
Ikoyi Blindness
Side A Ikoyi Blindness
Side B Gab No Leti No N'Dolowo (Slap Me, Make I Get Money)
Original Suffer Head
Side A Original Suffer Head
Side B Power Show
Overtake Don Overtake Overtake
Side A Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (Part I)
Side B Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (Part II)

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed By  GZ Media

Credits

  • Engineer  Colin Young (5)

Notes

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. The artwork for each album has been meticulously recreated from the original vinyl pressings, alongside vintage vinyl label artwork.
Audio was extensively restored and remastered by SeeWhyAudio, London.

On "Kalakuta Show": Side A is titled "Kalakuta Show" on the back cover, and "Kalakuta" on center label; Side B is titled "Don't Make Ganran Ganran" on the back cover, and "Te Je Je" on center label.

Original Suffer Head includes the extended 25-minute version of the title track, unavailable since the original Nigerian vinyl release.

Made in Czech Republic.