RIKKI ILILONGA & MUSI-O-TUNYA Dark Sunrise 3xLP Box/70's Zambia/Africa Psych/OOP

Sold Date: January 15, 2021
Start Date: January 3, 2021
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RIKKI ILILONGA & MUSI-O-TUNYA 'Dark Sunrise' Triple LP Box Set (US, Now-Again, Catalogue #NA 5067) Brand new/unplayed copy of long SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT limited year 2010 Triple LP Box Set anthology edition of three monster rare African Psych/Funk/Rock LPs from 1975 and 1975 ("Wings Of Africa," "Sunshine Love," and "Zambia") by Zambian artist Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya. Packaged in a heavy clamshell box and including a 12-page booklet with copious liner notes, photos and interview.

(NOTE: SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT/LIMITED 3XLP VINYL BOX SET EDITION!)

Dark Sunrise contains 25 tracks that can be distilled to simple descriptions driving music characterized by James Brown’s raw funk, combined with the fuzz guitar sounds of Jimi Hendrix and the polyrhythms native to this African nation. But this neglects to mention Musi-O-Tunya and Ililonga’s otherworldliness. Sure, the majority of their work is performed in English, but this is unique psychedelic rock/blues/rumba/folk/funk music, the likes of which has rarely been heard outside of Zambia’s borders. This gem is packaged as a 3xLP box set. Included is a stunning 16-page full color booklet with never-before-seen photos, ephemera, an introduction to the Zam-Rock scene and a candid interview between Egon and this little known yet genius African multi-instrumentalist himself.

Tracks on this Triple LP Box Set are as follows:

A1Musi-O-Tunya The Wings Of Africa A2Musi-O-Tunya Dark Sunrise A3Musi-O-Tunya The Sun B1Musi-O-Tunya Mpondolo B2Musi-O-Tunya Walk And Fight B3Musi-O-Tunya  One Reply C1Rikki Ililonga Take It Light C2Rikki Ililonga Ulemu C3Rikki Ililonga Angel Black C4Rikki Ililonga Munzi Wa Kangwana C5Rikki Ililonga Working On The Wrong Thing D1Rikki Ililonga Sunshine Love D2Rikki Ililonga Lovely Woman D3Rikki Ililonga Lock Mice'elf Away D4Rikki Ililonga Love Is The Only Way E1Rikki Ililonga The Hole E2Rikki Ililonga Shebeen Queen E3Rikki Ililonga Zambia E4Rikki Ililonga Hot Fingers E5Rikki Ililonga Musamuseka F1Rikki Ililonga The Nature Of Man F2Rikki Ililonga Sansa Kuwa F3Rikki Ililonga Stop Dreaming Mr D F4Rikki Ililonga The Queen Blues F5Rikki Ililonga Se Keel Me Kweek

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