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Recorded on July 19, 1977, this double LP (reissued as a two-CD set) contained live versions of songs that appeared on several of their 1971-1977 albums, as well as one ("Living Loving Feeling") that only came out as a single. Osibisa, who anticipated many of the features of the worldbeat sound, cover a lot of ground on this lengthy set -- maybe too much for some tastes. Sometimes the material gets close to traditional African music in its rhythms and chanting; at others, it nearly treads on jazz fusion territory, though not in a bad way. And while Osibisa singer and multi-instrumentalist Teddy Osei says in the liner notes that the band wasn't influenced by Santana, the Afro-Latin rhythms and chant-style vocals in some of the songs certainly remind you of Santana, though again not in an objectionable fashion. There's also some Rahsaan Roland Kirk-style flute playing, and a rendition of their substantial 1976 British hit "Sunshine Day" that finds them at their most pop-friendly. While they might not have been the most innovative or original of these kind of groups, overall this is a lively document of an ensemble that fused African, soul-funk, and some Latin and jazz elements when that sort of mixture was far less accessible outside Africa than it would be in subsequent decades.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Francis Osei, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Remi Kabaka, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Francis Osei, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Sol Amarfio, Composer - Teddy Osei, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Roland Kirk, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
S. Amarfio, Writer - M. Tontoh, Writer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - F. Osei, Writer - J. Mandengue, Writer - K. Ayivor, Writer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Kofi Ayivor, Composer - R.Bailey, Writer - Francis Osei, Composer - Jean Madengue, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Sol Amarfio, Composer - Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Jean Mandengue, Composer - Michael Tontoh, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Kofi Ayivor, Composer - Fidelis Ayivor, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Francis Osei, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Mac Tontoh, Composer - Robert Bailey, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Francis Osei, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Sol Amarfio, Composer - Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Michael Tontoh, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Teddy Osei, Composer - Mac Tontoh, Composer - Solomon Amarfio, Composer - Osibisa, Performance, MainArtist - Francis Osei, Composer
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Albumbeschreibung
Recorded on July 19, 1977, this double LP (reissued as a two-CD set) contained live versions of songs that appeared on several of their 1971-1977 albums, as well as one ("Living Loving Feeling") that only came out as a single. Osibisa, who anticipated many of the features of the worldbeat sound, cover a lot of ground on this lengthy set -- maybe too much for some tastes. Sometimes the material gets close to traditional African music in its rhythms and chanting; at others, it nearly treads on jazz fusion territory, though not in a bad way. And while Osibisa singer and multi-instrumentalist Teddy Osei says in the liner notes that the band wasn't influenced by Santana, the Afro-Latin rhythms and chant-style vocals in some of the songs certainly remind you of Santana, though again not in an objectionable fashion. There's also some Rahsaan Roland Kirk-style flute playing, and a rendition of their substantial 1976 British hit "Sunshine Day" that finds them at their most pop-friendly. While they might not have been the most innovative or original of these kind of groups, overall this is a lively document of an ensemble that fused African, soul-funk, and some Latin and jazz elements when that sort of mixture was far less accessible outside Africa than it would be in subsequent decades.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:24:42
- Main artists: Osibisa
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Funk
© 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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