The Ultimate Collection (Osibisa album)

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Released 1997 Length 2:12:53 Release date 1997		Recorded 1997 Artist Osibisa Label Snapper Music

The Ultimate Collection (1997) Live At Cropredy (1998) Genres Rock music, Funk, African popular music, Afro pop music Similar Africa We Go Go, Uhuru, The Warrior, Ayiko Bia, African Flight

The Ultimate Collection is a 2-CD compilation by British Afro-pop band Osibisa with studio and live versions of songs from their previous albums. Issued 1997 by Snapper Music under license from Castle Copyrights Ltd.

Track listing

All tracks Original Bronze Recordings licensed from Castle Copyrights Ltd.

Tracks 1-8 Original Bronze Recordings and tracks 9-12 Original Pye Recordings licensed from Castle Copyrights Ltd.

Personnel

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

Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, kabassa, bells, vocals

Sol Amarfio – drums, bongos, cowbells, congas, vocals

Spartacus R – bass guitar

Dell Richardson – lead guitar, vocals

Robert Bailey – keyboards, timbales

Kofi Ayivor – congas, percussion

Jean Mandengue – bass guitar, percussion

Kiki Gyan – keyboards, percussion, vocals

Remi Kabaka – drums

Loughty Lasisi Amao – tenor and baritone saxophones, congas, percussion

Credits

Cover & Logo by Roger Dean

Curiosities

Innersleeve liner notes bring interesting information: the credits of tracks Hamatten, Dawn and Woy Aya differ from previous spellings Hamattan, The Dawn and Woyaya.

The writing credits range from Y Sharp show the full names of musicians Loughty Lasisi Amao, Robert McDonald Bailey, Solomon Amarfio (Sol), Roy O'Rielly Glasgow Bedeau (Spartacus R) and Whendell Korthrigh Richardson (Dell).

Musician Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue has his name spelled Madengue in the innesleeve.

Songs

1The Warrior3:46
2Sunshine Day5:00
3Kolomashie4:34

References

The Ultimate Collection (Osibisa album) Wikipedia

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