Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
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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 19th 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).
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Afro-pop band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
Osibisa
Osibisa
Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.-History:...
recorded at the Royal Festival Hall on 19th July 1977 with live versions of songs from their previous albums. Released in 1977 by Bronze Records
Bronze Records
Bronze Records is an independent English record label set up in 1971 by record producer Gerry Bron, and based in Chalk Farm, London.Bron had been producing Uriah Heep for Vertigo Records, and he set up this new label for future Uriah Heep releases, along with Juicy Lucy, Richard Barnes and Colosseum...
(BRON 506) and reissued as 2-CD set in 1993 on CD format by Castle Communications
Castle Communications
Castle Communications was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Terry Shand, Cliff Dane and Jon Beecher. The company was acquired by the American music distributor Alliance Entertainment in 1994 and in 2000 it was absorbed into Sanctuary Records Group...
(CBC 8046).
Track listing
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) – congas, percussion
- Sonia Lekhela – backing vocals
- Ntobi Mdudu – backing vocals
- Tiny Conco – backing vocals
- Linda Conco – backing vocals
Credits
- Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall on 19th July 1977 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
- Mixed at the Roundhouse Recording Studio, London
- Produced by Gerry BronGerry BronGerald L. Bron is an English record producer and band manager. In his early days, he managed the Bonzo Dog Band.Bron is the brother of actress Eleanor Bron. His family is Jewish. He is also of Eastern European origin...
- 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