The Road To Ruin: Vinyl LP Fela Kuti and ‘24 Hour Party People’

and ‘24 Hour Party People’ (1987)

It was their last album to be released before they split up in 1987 (and reunited in 1998)

the movie features Daniel Day-Lewis in what the hollywood reporter has described as 'a powerhouse performance

Both were smitten by the phrase’s filmic qualities

The Road To Ruin: Vinyl LP Fela Kuti and ‘24 Hour Party People’A complex and sometimes belligerent character in real life, on record, John Martyn was the epitome of the folk dreamer, embodying the spirit of the bourgeoning London acoustic scene of the late 60s. Well known and respected for his 70s albums Solid Air and One World, this is where it began. The second and fnal John and Beverley album, The Road To Ruin came out in late 1970; it is a mature, fully realised work, and a glimpse of what would have happened