Osibisa - Superfly TNT (1973 {1995 Red Steel Remaster}
Original sound recordings made by Buddah Records Inc. 1973
LP releases:
Buddah 231807
Buddah BDS 5136
Buddah BDLP 4020
This CD issued on Red Steel Music RMC CD 0196, in 1995
Tracks:
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1. Achimota (6:53)
2. Backayard (Superfly Man) (3:55)
3. Prophets (5:26)
4. The Vicarage (3.32)
5. Oy E Mama (3:28)
6. Brotherhood (4:12)
7. Come Closer (If You're A Man) (5:25)
8. Kelele (5:35)
9. La Ila La La (7:37)
Bonus Tracks:
10. Superfly Man (Single) (2:46)
11. Prophets (Single) (5:27)
All songs composed, arranged and performed by Osibisa.
TEDDY OSEI from Ghana; tenor sax, flute, African drums & vocals
SOL AMARFIO from Ghana; drums
MAC TONTOH from Ghana; trumpet, flugel horn, kabasa
JEAN MANDENGUE from French Camaroon; bass guitar, percussion, vocal
GORDON HUNTE from Guyana; lead guitar & vocals
ROBERT BAILEY from Trinidad; organ, piano, timbales
KOFI AYIVOR from Ghana; congas, African drums, percussion, vocals
On track 7: additional brass arrangements by Mike Gibb
Produced by Peter Gallen
Recorded at CBS Studios, London (April 1973)
All tracks have been recovered from the original quarter inch tapes, repired and digitally remastered to enhance the original recordings. The single (Superfly Man) and its corresponding B side (Prophets) have also been included as bonus tracks. Both are remastered versions of the original edited versions. The earliest generation we could find of the original master was transferred into the digital domain from a Studer A820 recorder. No additional equalisation, compression or noise reduction was employed. What you hear on this CD is as close to the original sound as we could get. The CD tape master was prepared using the SonicSystem digital pre-mastering software.
It must be hard to take Curtis Mayfield's place without feeling dwarfed by the man's musical legacy. However, like their predecesor, Osibisa managed to rescue an otherwise mediocre film from complete oblivion thanks to a splendid soundtrack. Where Mayfield explored all the dimensions of Soul music, Teddy Osei-led Osibisa punctuates the film sequences with its peculiar blend of "High-life" that craftily recycles all the rules of funk and afro-beat to produce disturbingly original music. Among the tracks featured here, "TNT", "Brotherhood" or the manic "La Ila I La La" stand out thanks to the tunes'original and yet familiar feel. A good LP if not an essential one. (Tigersushi)
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