Dia G 28.03.10 (5) - Osibisa - Black Magic Night. Live At The Royal Festival Hall (1977 UK)

OSIBISA
"BLACK MAGIC NIGHT"
Live At The Royal Festival Hall
BRONZE RECORDS - 1977

Teddy Ossei : Sax, Flute & Lead Vocals 
Mac Tontoh : Trumpet 
Sol Amarfio : Drums 
Wendell Richardson : Guitar, Vocals
MIke Odumosu : Bass Guitar
Robert Bailey : Keyboards
Daku : Congas, Percussion

Ya no era la formación original de la banda, formada inicialmente en 1969 y que editó su primer y homónimo disco en 1971, sin embargo esta grabación en directo nutrida fundamentalmente con temas de sus dos primeros LP's (Osibisa y Woyaya) nos muestra al  grupo pletórico y quizás esta grabación remeda en parte el lento declive de Osibisa tras su segundo disco a partir del cual fueron desviando su sonido hacia influencias "Funk" que se alejaban y mucho de su inicial orientación "africana".

Una buena oportunidad de saborear los "viejos temas"

Enjoy

mp3 (320 Kbps)

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Dia G 19.10.08 (3) - Osibisa - Welcome Home (1976 UK)

By Miguel Angel

Osibisa - Welcome Home

From progarchives.com

Studio Album, released in 1976

Track Listings

1. Sunshine Day (5:00)
2. Welcome Home (4:22)
3. Densu (5:23)
4. Chooboi (Heave Ho!) (5:10)
5. Do It (Like It Is) (4:24)
6. Right Now (3:11)
7. Seaside - Meditation (5:18)
8. Uhuru (3:27)
9. Kolomashie (4:35)

Total Time : 40:45
Line-up/Musicians

- Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue / Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Mike Odumusu / Bass, Guitar (Bass), Vocals
- Teddy Osei / Flute, Percussion, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), African - Drums, Vocals
- Wendel Richardson / Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar
- Mac Tontoh / Percussion, Flugelhorn, Prensa, Didjeridu, Trumpet
- Ray Allen / Vibraphone
- Sol Amarfio / Percussion, Drums, Bells, Conga, Bongos
- Kofi Ayivor / Percussion, Conga
- Robert Bailey / Vibraphone
- Paul Golly / Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Kiki Gyan / Organ, Clavinet, Keyboards, Clarinet, Piano
- Barbara Thompson / Vibraphone
Releases information

1977 LP Antilles 7051
1975 Antilles 9355
1990 LP Mango 7051
2003 CD Aim 1055
1995 CD Aim 1055

Tom Ozric review
Recently I've been re-visiting my Osibisa LP's (which I've owned for almost 10 years) and I am pretty pleased with the results - of their first 6 releases I didn't really go for 'W)Yaya' - nice Roger Dean artwork but there's something about the music I didn't 'click' with. I got rid of it. On the other hand, 'Welcome Home' presented a somewhat commercial direction from the band, but I enjoy quite a few tracks....

'Sunshine Day' was apparently a hit single, and they have used a snippet of the song, plugging a local television station over here in Australia. The song itself is rather good, with an excellent electric-piano solo from keyboarder Kiki Gyan, memorable riff and a cool 70's vibe. The title track heads toward a ballad style, but is still an engaging and well arranged track. 'Densu' is a little bit straight-forward, with a 'groovy' vibe present. 'Chooboi (Heave-Ho)' is basically an instrumental melody with some chanting at various points and shows-off the brass instruments - a fairly enjoyable piece of music, even if a little basic.

'Do It (Like it Is)' is more commercial, but without any 'frills', thus rendering it quite an ordinary track. 'Right Now' is very close to the mundane as the previous song was. What comes up next is a great instrumental composition entitled 'Seaside - Meditation', with a great e-piano progression (poly-rhythmic, I think), well organised percussion, great guitar soloing from Dell Richardson, and could be considered as the high-light of this album - shame it wasn't longer. 'Uhuru' strikes me as a rather standard track, and album closer, 'Kolomashie', is another traditional vocal/percussive arrangement, but not as exciting as previous creations. Overall, 'Welcome Home' teeters between the 'Collectors/ Fans only' and the 'Good but inessential' rating. 2.5.

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Osibisa - The Dawn In London. Paris Theatre, London. 1972-BBC (1972 UK)

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THIS ONE, AS NEARLY ALL MY OTHER POSTS, WAS TAKEN FROM INTERNET, AND I DON'T REMEMBER FROM WHERE OR WHEN ... THE OTHER GREAT HAPPY CHILDREN (1973) ALBUM, HERE ALSO IN THIS BLOG

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THIS IS THE UPLOADER'S TEXT :

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I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BBC LIVE RECORDING HAS EVER BEEN IN CIRCULATION. WHEN IT WAS BROADCAST THE OTHER DAY, NO EXACT DATE FOR THE SHOW WAS GIVEN BY THE DJ. I'VE CHECKED A LOT OF WEBSITES AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL RELEASE, SO ENJOY THIS HISTORIC RECORDING AND SHARE IT FREELY!

.SOURCE SWISS RADIO DRS3 BROADCAST, AUGUST 2, 2007.LINEAGE CABLE RADIO > WAV > FLAC > MP3.QUALITY EXCELLENT (RADIO JINGLES SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED).EDITING I CUT OUT RADIO JINGLES BETWEEN TRACKS 2/3, 4/5 AND 6/7 AND SMOOTHED THE TRANSITIONS.

SETLIST:

BEAUTIFUL SEVEN
SPIRITS UP ABOVE
Y SHARP
THE DAWN
WOYAYA
SURVIVAL
KOKOROKOO

.RECORDED, EDITED AND SEEDED AT DIMEADOZEN.ORG BY ZINGAPOOR, AUGUST 4, 2007.

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Osibisa - Happy Children (1973 UK)

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ALLMUSIC

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The brainchild of Teddy Osei, a Ghanaian sax player, composer, and drummer who came to London to study music, Osibisa was one of the first African bands to win worldwide popularity. Their mix of African (especially highlife) and Caribbean forms made them a sensation in the mid 70s and their popularity continues today, even though recording dates have fallen off.

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.Review
by Pemberton Roach (Allmusic)
.In the wake of the massive early-'70s success of Santana, a flurry of groups that combined rock with traditional percussion were signed to major labels. Osibisa, though a completely different animal than Carlos Santana and crew, were one of these groups. On Happy Children, the band's fourth album and one of their best, Osibisa emerge as a true world fusion group, merging a myriad of styles to an extent unmatched by almost any other unit of the period. The band usually shies away from anything like traditional pop structures, favoring long jams played on top of a repetitive bass vamp in the tradition of live Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis's Bitches Brew period. Unlike these two artists, however, Osibisa usually emphasizes group dynamic shifts and Blood Sweat and Tears/Tower of Power-style written-out horn lines over individual solos. As they were an African group recording in London, the band's basic rhythms also differ significantly from those of its contemporaries. They play a style of music that has its roots in authentic tribal drumming and chants. Consequently, there are similarities to New Orleans second line, Southern and West Coast/Sly Stone funk, Jamaican reggae, and Afro-cuban jazz, but in a raw, driving manner that seems to pre-date all of these styles. At the same time, on several tunes, Osibisa brings a Duke Ellington-like harmonic sense that belies the members' musical sophistication. Though they don't generally approach anything resembling a pop tune here (which might make the album a hard listen for the casual funk fan), Happy Children is a fascinating glimpse at a band successfully fusing a celebratory, pre-rock energy with ancient rhythms and modern jazz harmony.

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LOOK FOR: CHICOS y CHICOSV1-6