Monsore
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Monsore |
| type | Studio album |
| artist | Osibisa |
| cover | File:Osibisa_Monsore2.jpg |
| released | Dec 1997 |
| recorded | 1995 |
| length | 57:00 |
| label | Red Steel Music |
| producer | Teddy Osei |
| prev_title | The Very Best of Osibisa |
| prev_year | 1994 |
| next_title | Hot Flashback Volume 1 |
| next_year | 1997 |
| :: |
| name = Monsore | type = Studio album | artist = Osibisa | cover = File:Osibisa_Monsore2.jpg | alt = | released = Dec 1997 | recorded = 1995 | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 57:00 | label = Red Steel Music | producer = Teddy Osei | prev_title = The Very Best of Osibisa | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Hot Flashback Volume 1 | next_year = 1997
*** Monsore*** is an album by British Afro rock band Osibisa released in 1997 by Red Steel Music/Flying Elephant. A version was licensed to AIM for the Australian market. Their particular sound incorporated new world-fusion elements on this studio recording. The album was recorded in London in 1995 thru 1996.
Track listing
| total_length = 57:00 | title1 = Monsore | writer1 = Inkansah, Osei | length1 = 4:41 | title2 = Djankoso | writer2 = Osei | length2 = 4:31 | title3 = Hold On | writer3 = Brown, Osei, Tontoh | length3 = 4:05 | title4 = Kofi Kofi | writer4 = Osei | length4 = 4:05 | title5 = Jambo Africa | writer5 = Osei | length5 = 4:42 | title6 = Morning Sun | writer6 = Brown, Osei, Owusu | length6 = 6:05 | title7 = Jungle Call | writer7 = Osei, Tontoh | length7 = 4:23 | title8 = Wo Anko Bia | writer8 = Osei | length8 = 5:29 | title9 = Feel Good | writer9 = Kofi, Osei | length9 = 5:17 | title10 = Monsore (flute version) | writer10 = Osei | length10 = 3:01 | title11 = Hold On (original mix) | writer11 = Brown, Osei, Tontoh | length11 = 4:18 | title12 = Feel Good (re-mix) | writer12 = Kofi, Osei | length12 = 4:04 | title13 = Aflao | writer13 = Osei | length13 = 2:13
Personnel
- Teddy Osei: saxophone, vocals, flute, drums, lead and backing vocals
- Kari Bannerman, Roger Bebou, Winston Delandro, Smart Inkansah: guitars
- Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue, Herman Asafo-Adyei, Michael Bailey: bass guitars
- Kofi Ayivor, Gaspar Lawal, Joe Osei, Dinesh Pandit, Daku Potato, Amadu Saho: drums
- Raimi Rasheed: trombone
- Kenny Wellington, Claude Deppa: trumpets
- Errol Reid, Bessa Simon: keyboards
- Bosie: African xylophone
- Greg Brown: vocals
- T-Bone, Kathy, Pam, Sherry: backing vocals
Credits
- Recorded at Monroe Studios, London, England in 1995
- Producer, arranger, mixing: Teddy Osei and Robert M Corich
- Engineer, remixing: Roger Benou
- Executive producer: Robert M. Corich
- Art direction: Frank McPartland
References
- Track listing and writing information from Osibisa's official website http://www.osibisa.co.uk
- Published by Osibisounds Ltd, under license by Red Steel Music Ltd. and ℗ 1997 AIM Records & Tapes Pty Ltd., Byron Bay, Australia
- Red Steel catalog #RMC-CD 9203
- AIM catalog #1065-CD
- Progarchives - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11378
- Artist Direct http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,323808,00.html
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