New/Sealed
2LP
WORLD BEAT COLLECTIONS
KNITTING FACTORY/ADA 0001131
UPC: 720841113133
Release Date: 10/27/2023
 
Fela Kuti lives on! This is the 10th Anniversary reissue of the classic tribute album pressed on opaque banana yellow and opaque red vinyl benefiting the Red Hot organization. The album includes classic Fela anthems like “Lady” recorded by tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, and Akua Naru. “Who No Know Go No” by Childish Gambino and Just A Band; “Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am” recorded by My Morning Jacket, Merrill Garbus (from tUnE-yArDs), and Brittany Howard (from Alabama Shakes); “Zombie” recorded by Spoek Mathambo, Cerebral Cortex, and Frown; and “Sorrow, Tears & Blood” reworked by the Kronos Quartet along with TV On The Radio’s Kyp Malone and Tunde Adembimpe. Since his death in 1997 from complications related to AIDS, Fela has grown from a West African household name and musician’s musician in Europe and the Americas, to a worldwide musical icon. Red Hot is a not-for-profit dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.
 
Disc 1
Track
Title
1
Buy Africa
2
Lady
3
Yellow Fever
4
No Buredi (No Bread)
5
Who No Know Go Know
6
Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am
Disc 2
Track
Title
1
Sorrow Tears + Blood
2
ITT (International Thief Thief)
3
Afrodisco Beat 2013
4
Gentleman
5
Highlife Time
6
Zombie
7
Go Slow