Osibisa

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Osibisa

Osibisa are a Ghanaian-British Afro-rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London based Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were the most successful and longest lived of the African-heritage bands in London, alongside such contemporaries as Assagai, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Demon Fuzz, Black Velvet and Noir, and were largely responsible for the establishment of world music and Afro-Rock as a marketable genre. The original band which featured on the first three studio albums were universally known as the Beautiful Seven.

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1969

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1970 - 1972

Roles Represented in DAHR: performer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	L 15893	11/29/1971	Beautiful 7	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15894	11/29/1971	Y sharp	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15895	11/29/1971	Spirits up above	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15896	11/29/1971	Survival	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15897	11/29/1971	Move on	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15898	11/29/1971	Rabiato	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15899	11/29/1971	W'yaya	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15924	3/31/1971	Music for gong gong	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15925	1/6/1972	Woyaya	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 15926	11/29/1971	Woyaya	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 16011	1972	Move on	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 16012	1972	Survival	Osibisa	performer
Decca	L 16061		Survival	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1463	3/31/1971	The dawn	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1464	3/31/1971	Music for gong gong	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1465	3/31/1971	Ayiko bia	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1466	3/31/1971	Akwaaba	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1467	3/31/1971	Oranges	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1468	3/31/1971	Phallus C	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1469	3/31/1971	Think about the people	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1667	06/00/1972	Wango wango	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1668	06/00/1972	Agord	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1669	June 1970	[Unknown title(s)]	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1670	June 1972	Wango wango	Osibisa	performer
Decca	LN 1671	June 1972	Ana-bo	Osibisa	performer

(Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Osibisa," accessed November 10, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108060.

Osibisa. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108060.

"Osibisa." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 November 2024.