Osibirock Explained

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

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.

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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 226.