Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

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Released 1977 Black Magic Night Live at the Royal Festival Hall(1976) Mystic Energy(1980) Release date 1977 Label Sanctuary Records		Length 1:24:43 Artist Osibisa Producer Gerry Bron

Recorded 19 July 1977, Royal Festival Hall, London Genres Rock music, Funk, African popular music, Afro pop music Similar Ojah Awake, Woyaya, Welcome Home, The Very Best of Osibisa, Osibirock

Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall is a live double album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa recorded at the Royal Festival Hall on 19 July 1977 with live versions of songs from their previous albums. Released in 1977 by Bronze Records (BRON 506) and reissued as 2-CD set in 1993 on CD format by Castle Communications (CBC 8046).

Personnel

Teddy Osei – tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, African drums, lead vocals

Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, kabassa, bells, rattles, African xylophone, vocals

Sol (Rhythm Man) Amarfio – drums, cowbells, congas, vocals

Wendell Richardson – guitars, Dondo drum, lead vocals

Mike Odumosu – bass guitar, bells, vocals

Robert Bailey – keyboards

Daku (Potato) Adams – congas, percussion

Sonia Lekhela – backing vocals

Ntobi Mdudu – backing vocals

Tiny Conco – backing vocals

Linda Conco – backing vocals

Production

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 19 July 1977 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio

Mixed at the Roundhouse Recording Studio, London

Produced by Gerry Bron

Engineered by Ashley Howe

P.A. Mix by Tony Meape

Photography by Steve Lewis

Art Direction by Paul Bevoir

Cover by David Shortt

Artwork by Leaderline Artists

Compilation Remastering by Robert M. Corich and John Dawson Reed

Songs

1Introduction1:37
2The Dawn6:40
3Welcome Home4:31

References

Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall Wikipedia

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