tracks

Osibisa
The Dawn
Music For Gong-Gong
Ayiko Bia
Akwaaba
Oranges
Phallus C
Think About The People
Woyaya
Beautiful Seven
Y Sharp
Spirits Up Above
Survival
Move On
Rabiatu
Woyaya

Written-By – Sol Amarfio

Written-By – Sol Amarfio

4:28

notes

? 1971 MCA Records, Inc. / © 2004 BGO Records
Original sound recording made by MCA Records, Inc.
Universal Music are the exclusive licensees for the UK

Made in Great Britain

Tracks 1-01 to 1-07: Osibisa recorded at Advision Studios, London.
Tracks 2-01 to 2-07: W?yaya recorded at Air Studios, London.
Compilation remastered at Sound Performance Ltd.

The title of Osibisa's second album should actually be spelled as "W?yaya", and is a word from the Ga language of the Ga-Dangme people of Ghana. W?yaya translates as "We are going". (This applies to the title of track 2-07 as well).
The "?" in W?yaya is part of the African reference alphabet and is pronounced as an "open o" in English as in "thought".

credits

Bass Guitar, Percussion [Assorted] – - Spartacus R
Choir [Friends And Lovers] – - Osibisa Choir (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07)Design, Illustration – - Roger Dean (4)
Drums – - Sol Amarfio
Engineer – - John Punter (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07), - Martin Rushent (tracks: 1-01 to 1-07)Horn [Cowhorn] – - Mac Tontoh (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07)Lead Guitar – - Wendell Richardson
Liner Notes – - Alan Robinson (3) , - Richard Williams (5) (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07)Organ, Piano, Timbales – - Robert Bailey
Percussion [Fontonfrom], Bongos, Cowbell – - Sol Amarfio (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07)Percussion [Fontonfrom], Flute – - Loughty Lasisi Amao * (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07)Photography By – - Robert Ellis (4) (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07), - Shep Sherbell *
Prempensua [Prenprensua] – - Spartacus R (tracks: 2-01 to 2-07)Producer – - Tony Visconti
Remastered By – - Andrew Thompson
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Congas – - Loughty Lasisi Amao *
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Percussion [African Drums] – - Teddy Osei
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cabasa [Kabasa] – - Mac Tontoh
Vocals – - Teddy Osei , - Wendell Richardson (tracks: 1-07)

companies

Phonographic Copyright MCA Records
Copyright BGO Records
Licensed Through Universal Music UK Ltd
Distributed By Universal Music Operations Ltd
Recorded At Advision Studios
Recorded At Air Studios
Remastered At Sound Performance
Pressed By Lynic
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