Osibirock
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Osibirock is the fifth studio album by British
Afro-pop band
Osibisa
released in 1974 by Warner Bros. Records
K56048 and WEA International WE 835. Issued in 2000 CD format by One Way Records 35165.
United Kingdom
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Afro-pop band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
Osibisa
Osibisa
Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.-History:...
released in 1974 by Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
K56048 and WEA International WE 835. Issued in 2000 CD format by One Way Records 35165.
Track listing
All songs arranged, performed and composed by Osibisa.Personnel
- Teddy Osei – tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, percussion, vocals
- Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
- Sol Amarfio – drums, percussion
- Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
- Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue – bass guitar, percussion
- Kiki Gyan – keyboards, percussion
- Paul Golly – guitar
Credits
- Producer – Peter Gallen
- Engineer – Ashley Howe
- Recorded and mixed at Chipping Norton Studios and Lansdowne Studios, London, Summer 1974
- Art direction - Ed Thrasher
- Cover co-ordinator – Gail Clark
- Cover concept – Peter Gallen
- Cover painting – “Negro Attacked by a Jaguar” by Henri RousseauHenri RousseauHenri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier , a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector...
- Photography – Graham Hughes
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... |
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