The legacy of legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti continues to thrive in 2011 with a vinyl box set due out February 1st. The set includes six Fela albums selected by the Roots drummer and producer Questlove, with original album artwork and vinyl label design. The rare original releases are hard to find and expensive, so unless you are a serious collector, this is your only vinyl option.

The box includes the albums:

Everything Scatter (1975)

Expensive Shit (1975)

Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense (1986)

Beasts Of No Nation (1989)

Fear Not For Man (1977)

Sorrow Tears And Blood (1977)

In other Fela news, Knitting Factory Records is set to release the final installment of its Fela CD reissues on January 18th. Power Show will include 10 albums on seven CDs with songs from 1979 to 1992.

Albums in the Power Show set include:

Coffin For Head Of State (1979) / Unknown Soldier (1980)

Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense (1986)

Original Suffer Head (1981) / I.T.T. (1980)

Live In Amsterdam (1984)

Army Arrangement (1984)

Beasts Of No Nation (1989) / O.D.O.O. (1990)

Underground System (1992)

In 2010, Knitting Factory Records reissued 34 Fela albums dating back to 1969.

• Tag: Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, Vinyl