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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. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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 March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108060.

Osibisa. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108060.

"Osibisa." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108060

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