Osibisa – Black Magic Night
(Bronze Records 1977 BRSP3)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2/A2/B2 – UK Pressing
G&L Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Original Bronze Inner Sleeves in Nr MINT condition
Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Osibisa is a British-Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London based Caribbean musicians.
Osibisa was the most successful and longest lived of the African-heritage bands in London, alongside such contemporaries as Assagai, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, Demon Fuzz, Black Velvet, and Noir, and was largely responsible for the establishment of world music and Afro rock as a marketable genre.
The original band that featured on the first three studio albums was universally known as the “Beautiful Seven”, also a song on their album Woyaya.
Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall is a live double album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa recorded at the Royal Festival Hall on 19 July 1977 with live versions of songs from their previous albums. Released in 1977 by Bronze Records (BRON 506) and reissued as 2-CD set in 1993 on CD format by Castle Communications (CBC 8046).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Dawn” | Osei/Amarfio | 8:19 | |||||||
| 2. | “Welcome Home” | Osei/Tontoh/Amarfio | 4:30 | |||||||
| 3. | “Ayiko Bia” | Osei | 7:33 | |||||||
| 4. | “Living Loving Feeling” | Osei/Tontoh/Amarfio | 5:58 | |||||||
| 5. | “Woyaya” | Amarfio | 6:46 | |||||||
| 6. | “Spirits Up Above” | Roland Kirk | 7:50 | |||||||
|
Total length:
|
40:56 | |||||||||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Kelele” | Osei/Tontoh/Amarfio/Ayivor/Mandengue | 7:49 | |||||||
| 2. | “Fire” | Osei/Tontoh/Amarfio/Ayivor/Mandengue | 7:01 | |||||||
| 3. | “Music for Gong Gong” | Osei/Tontoh | 8:01 | |||||||
| 4. | “Beautiful Seven – Y Sharp” | Osei/Tontoh/Amarfio/Richardson/Bedeau/Bailey/Amao | 8:32 | |||||||
| 5. | “Sunshine Day” | Osei/Tontoh/Amarfio | 7:16 | |||||||
| 6. | “Encore – Survival” | Osei/Tontoh | 5:08 | |||||||
|
Total length:
|
43:47 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Teddy Osei – tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, African drums, lead vocals
- Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, kabassa, bells, rattles, African xylophone, vocals
- Sol (Rhythm Man) Amarfio – drums, cowbells, congas, vocals
- Wendell Richardson – guitars, Dondo drum, lead vocals
- Mike Odumosu – bass guitar, bells, vocals
- Robert Bailey – keyboards
- Daku (Potato) Adams – congas, percussion
- Sonia Lekhela – backing vocals
- Ntobi Mdudu – backing vocals
- Tiny Conco – backing vocals
- Linda Conco – backing vocals
Production
- Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 19 July 1977 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
- Mixed at the Roundhouse Recording Studio, London
- Produced by Gerry Bron
- Engineered by Ashley Howe
- P.A. Mix by Tony Meape
- Photography by Steve Lewis
- Art Direction by Paul Bevoir
- Cover by David Shortt
- Artwork by Leaderline Artists
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.