The Ultimate Collection (Osibisa album)

The Ultimate Collection

Compilation album by Osibisa

Released

1997

Recorded

1997

Genre

Afro-pop, Funk, Rock

Length

2:12:53

Label

Snapper Music

Osibisa chronology

Sunshine Day: The Very Best of Osibisa
(1997)

The Ultimate Collection
(1997)

Live At Cropredy
(1998)

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

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Warrior"	Bertha Egnos, Gail Valery Lekier	3:44
2.	"Sunshine Day"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	4:59
3.	"Kolomashie"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	4:33
4.	"Welcome Home (Studio version)"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	4:17
5.	"Chooboi (Heave Ho!)"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	5:08
6.	"Uhuru"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio, Ayivor, Mandengue, Gyan	3:26
7.	"Densu"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	5:23
8.	"Dance the Body Music"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio, Gyan	3:47
9.	"Keep On Trying"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio, Gyan, Ayivor	5:25
10.	"Ojah Awake"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio, Gyan	4:55
11.	"Cherryfield"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	4:27
12.	"Hamatten"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	6:07
Total length:			56:11

All tracks Original Bronze Recordings licensed from Castle Copyrights Ltd.
Tracks 1-3 and 5-6 © 1975, 8-12 © 1976 and 4 © 1977

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dawn (Live)"	Osei, Amarfio	6:36
2.	"Ayiko Bia (Live)"	Remi Kabaka, Osei	7:44
3.	"Woy Aya (Live)"	Osei, Amarfio	6:42
4.	"Fire (Live)"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio, Ayivor, Mandengue	7:59
5.	"Music for Gong Gong (Live)"	Osei, Tontoh	7:51
6.	"Beautiful Seven - Y Sharp (Live)"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio - Amao, Bailey, Amarfio, Bedeau, Osei, Richardson, Tontoh	8:30
7.	"Spirits Up Above (Live)"	Roland Kirk	7:52
8.	"Living, Loving Feeling (Live)"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	5:44
9.	"(I Feel) Pata Pata (LP version)"	Miriam Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy	4:47
10.	"Jumbo"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	3:13
11.	"Celebration"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	4:45
12.	"Africa We Go Go"	Osei, Tontoh, Amarfio	4:59
Total length:			76:42

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.

References

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