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fela kuti - vinyl box set 4 compiled by erykah badu - knitting factory records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African - Nigeria

1. Yellow Fever
2. Na Poi '75
3. No Agreement
4. Dog Eat Dog (instrumental)
5. Johnny Just Drop (part 1)
6. Johnny Just Drop (part 2)
7. VIP (part 1)
8. VIP (part 2)
9. Coffin For Head Of State (part 1)
10. Coffin For Head Of State (part 2)
11. Army Arrangement (part 1)
12. Army Arrangement (part 2)
13. Underground System
14. Pansa Pansa

Knitting Factory Records releases the next installment of the long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Erykah Badu personally selected the seven albums featured in this fourth box set.

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Her selection includes her “favorite Fela Piece of all times,” 1980’s Coffin For Head of State, alongside Yellow Fever (1976), No Agreement (1977), J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) (1977), V.I.P. (1979), Army Arrangement (1984), and Underground System (1992).

Box set comes with a 16”x24” poster designed by Nigerian artist Lemi Ghariokwu, the creative force behind 26 of Fela Kuti‘s album covers, and a 20-page full-color booklet. The booklet features seven personal essays written by Erykah Badu, seven in-depth commentaries by veteran music journalist and Afrobeat historian, Chris May; song lyrics; and never before published photos of Fela Kuti. The audio has been restored and remastered from Fela’s original Nigerian recordings. The artwork for each album has been meticulously recreated from original album artwork, alongside vintage vinyl label artwork.