Osibirock
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Osibirock |
| type | Studio album |
| artist | Osibisa |
| cover | osibirockcover.jpg |
| released | 1974 |
| recorded | Summer 1974 |
| studio | Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire; Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park, London |
| length | 37:29 |
| label | Warner Bros. |
| producer | Peter Gallen |
| prev_title | Happy Children |
| prev_year | 1973 |
| next_title | Welcome Home |
| next_year | 1975 |
| :: |
| name = Osibirock | type = Studio album | artist = Osibisa | cover = osibirockcover.jpg | alt = | released = 1974 | recorded = Summer 1974 | venue = | studio = Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire; Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park, London | genre = | length = 37:29 | label = Warner Bros. | producer = Peter Gallen | prev_title = Happy Children | prev_year = 1973 | next_title = Welcome Home | next_year = 1975
Osibirock is the sixth studio album by British Afro rock 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. The cover depicted Henri Rousseau's "Negro Attacked By a Jaguar".
Track listing
All songs arranged, performed and composed by Osibisa.
| total_length = 37:29 | title1 = Who’s Got the Paper | length1 = 2:24 | title2 = Why | length2 = 5:37 | title3 = Osibirock | length3 = 2:58 | title4 = Kelele | length4 = 5:15 | title5 = Atinga Bells | length5 = 0:34 | title6 = African Jive | length6 = 3:59 | title7 = We Belong | length7 = 4:18 | title8 = Komfo (High Priest) | length8 = 4:42 | title9 = Kangaroo | length9 = 2:46 | title10 = Home Affairs | length10 = 4:56
Personnel
;Osibisa
- 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 Djan – keyboards, percussion
- Paul Golly – guitar
Production
- Producer – Peter Gallen
- Engineer – Ashley Howe
- Art direction – Ed Thrasher
- Cover co-ordinator – Gail Clark
- Cover concept – Peter Gallen
- Cover painting – “Negro Attacked by a Jaguar” by Henri Rousseau.
- Photography – Graham Hughes
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1974–1975) | Peak position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | |---|---|---| | 67 | | | ::
References
- All information gathered from liner notes of CD Osibirock (Copyright © 1974 Warner Bros. Records K 56048 and WEA International WE 835).
- Allmusic http://allmusic.com/album/osibirock-r108022
- Discogs http://www.discogs.com/Osibisa-Osibirock/release/747960
References
- Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
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