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Shakara: 50th Anniversary Edition Limited Pink Vinyl LP + Bonus Yellow Vinyl 7" [50 Copies Available Only]
Fela Kuti
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US$35.99
- Release Date 13 January 2023
- In Stock
- Only 26 left
- Product code
- KFR2027-8
- Format
- Vinyl LP + 7"
- Label
- Partisan Records
Fela Kuti (1938-1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Fela’s legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip-hop, rock and beyond.
Shakara is the 6th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues. Like its predecessors in the series, this version will be on colour vinyl and the LP will be wrapped in a gold foil obi strip with a brief essay on the album and Fela's global impact on music. Like Fela's other early 70's releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism.
The album is the sound of Afrobeat's maturation as a global music. Fela's Pidgin English lyrics extend his music's audience beyond Yoruba speakers and make his words understandable across the Anglophone world. In "Lady," Fela highlights the adoption of European social habits to the detriment of African culture. Shakara is a mainly instrumental track, with a brief lyric, sung in Yoruba, warning against boasters and braggarts. The song pacing is festive and typically up tempo, with boisterous horn arrangements, with strong solos from Fela on keyboards and the fearsome Igo Chico on tenor saxophone.
This 50th anniversary edition is pressed on limited edition pink vinyl, with a gold foil obi strip, and is packaged with a bonus yellow 7" featuring covers of 'Lady' and 'Shakara' by London band Ezra Collective. Out on Partisan Records on January 13th 2023.
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7" | ||
| 1 | Lady (Ezra Collective Remix) | |
| 2 | Shakara (Ezra Collective Remix) | |
| Tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| LP | ||
| 1 | Lady | |
| 2 | Shakara | |
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