Ojah Awake

Ojah Awake
Studio album by Osibisa
Released 1976
Recorded 1976
Genre Afro-pop, Funk, Rock
Length 40:47
Label Bronze Records (UK)
Island Records (U.S.)
Producer Gerry Bron
Osibisa chronology
Welcome Home
(1975)Welcome Home1975
Ojah Awake
(1976)
Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
(1977)Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall1977

Ojah Awake is an album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa released in 1976 by Island Records ILPS 9411. Issued in 1995 CD format by AIM Records (AIM 1056 CD).


Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Coffee Song"Bob Hilliard, Richard Miles3:16
2."The Warrior"Bertha Egnos, Gail Lakier3:45
3."Flying Bird (Anoma)"Sol Amarfio, Kiki Gyan, Teddy Osei, Wendell Richardson, Mac Tontoh4:50
4."Cherryfield"Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh4:29
5."Dance the Body Music"Amarfio, Gyan, Osei, Tontoh3:56
6."Ojah Awake"Amarfio, Gyan, Osei, Tontoh4:56
7."Keep on Trying"Amarfio, Kofi Ayivor, Gyan, Osei, Tontoh5:28
8."Hamattan"Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh6:06
9."Sakabo"Amarfio, Ayivor, Gyan, Mike Odumosu, Osei, Tontoh4:01
Total length:40:47

Personnel

  • Teddy Osei – tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, African drums, vocals
  • Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, cabasa, bells, rattle, timbales
  • Sol Amarfio – drums, percussion, cowbells, bongos
  • Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
  • Kiki Gyan – organ, piano, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, vocals
  • Mike Odumusu – bass guitar, vocals
  • Wendell Richardson – guitar, vocals
  • Jake Solo – guitar on The Coffee Song and The Warrior, violin on Cherryfield
  • Graham Smith – violin on Cherryfield, backing vocals

Credits

  • Producer – Gerry Bron
  • Assistant – Teddy Osei
  • Engineer – Ashley Howe
  • Assistants – John Gallen, Mark Deamley, Peter Gallen, Trevor Hallesy
  • Recorded at the Roundhouse Recording Studios London, 1976
  • Photography and artwork concept – Graham Hughes

References

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