Osibisa
(MCA Records 1971 MDKS8001 Pink/Orange dogbone labels)
UK Pressing
Gatefold Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners, a little ringwear and sticker tear top right
Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Osibisa is an Afrobeat band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Their music is a fusion of African, Caribbean, jazz, funk, rock, Latin, and R&B. Osibisa were 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, and Noir, and were largely responsible for the establishment of world music as a marketable genre.
Osibisa is the self-titled debut album by British afro rock band Osibisa released in 1971 by MCA. Reissued in 2004 in a two-CD pack together with Woyaya by BGO Records.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Dawn” | Osei, Amarfio | 7:24 |
| 2. | “Music for Gong Gong” | Osei, Tontoh | 5:27 |
| 3. | “Ayiko Bia” | Osei | 7:52 |
| 4. | “Akwaaba” | Osei, Tontoh | 4:19 |
| 5. | “Oranges” | Osei | 4:43 |
| 6. | “Phallus C” | Bedeau | 7:15 |
| 7. | “Think About the People” | Osibisa | 4:36 |
| Total length: | 41:36 | ||
Personnel
- Teddy Osei – tenor saxophone, flute, African drums, percussion, vocals
- Sol Amarfio – drums, percussion, vocals
- Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, kabasa, percussion, vocals
- Spartacus R (Roy Bedeau) – bass guitar, assorted percussion
- Wendell Richardson – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Robert Bailey – organ, piano, timbales, percussion, vocals
- Loughty Lasisi Amao – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, congas, percussion
Production
- Producer – Tony Visconti
- Engineer – John Punter
- Assistant – Martin Rushent
- Recorded at Air Studios, London, England
- Cover illustration (and Osibisa logo) – Roger Dean
- Cover design – Roughedge
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