Fela Kuti Vinyl Reissues

The band s sound almost seeming to drip blood.

Fela kuti vinyl reissues.

Sorrow tears and blood bookended the nigerian army s deadly raid of the kalakuta republic fela kuti s self appointed state domicile and kuti s hostile feelings toward upper class nigeria are prominent on both sessions. What a spectacular set. The vinyl is gorgeous on these. Dramatizing the scenario that ensues before a fight particularly in a muddy place.

Afrobeat psychedelic fela ransome kuti and the africa 70 with ginger baker live. Classic vinyl reissues limited collectors editions and unreleased recordings from fela kuti prince and david bowie join rare pressings by the prodigy and the notorious big this saturday browsers. The set came with a booklet with little essays on each album and it also came with a poster from a show in brussels. The inimitable erykah badu personally selected the seven albums featured in this fourth box set which have been remastered from their original vinyl pressings.

Previously only available as part of the box set series the reissue features original album artwork designed by lemi ghariokwu who created the cover art for around half of fela s albums. Knitting factory records partisan records is proud to release the next installment of the long awaited vinyl reissues from the fela kuti catalog now available individually on black vinyl. Slower and more persistent. Shakara is one of a clutch of early 1970s albums also among them this box s fela s london scene and afrodisiac on which fela s afrobeat transitioned from foetal stage to something approaching full grown form.

Shakara 1971 includes three of mature afrobeat s signature ingredients. Knitting factory records kfr2003 1 odeon records 4 kfr2003 1 format. Knitting factory records is proud to reissue fela kuti s yellow fever on vinyl. The resulting recording was fela ransome kuti and the africa 70 with ginger baker live four tracks made in a couple of hours let s start black man s cry ye ye de smell and egbe mi o starring ginger and tony allen duelling on percussion fela in fine fettle and the rest of africa 70 playing a winner.

Fela kuti shakara lp. Knitting factory records is proud to release the next installment of the long awaited vinyl reissues from the fela kuti catalog. Jazz funk soul style. Each recording is excellent and it s a perfect introduction to fela kuti even if it is the third boxed set in a series that is not chronological.

The inimitable erykah badu personally selected the seven albums featured in the fourth box set.