Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival Hall is a live double
album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa recorded at the Royal
Black Magic Night: Live at
Festival Hall on 19 July 1977 with live versions of songs from their the Royal Festival Hall
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).

Contents
Track listing
Personnel
Production
References Live album by Osibisa
Released 1977
Track listing Recorded 19 July 1977, Royal
Festival Hall, London
CD 1
No. Title Writer(s) Length Genre Afro-pop, Funk, Rock
1. "The Dawn" Osei, Amarfio 8:19 Length 1:24:43
2. "Welcome Home" Osei, Tontoh, 4:30
Label Bronze Records
Amarfio
3. "Ayiko Bia" Osei 7:33 Producer Gerry Bron
4. "Living Loving Feeling" Osei, Tontoh, 5:58 Osibisa chronology
Amarfio
Ojah Black Mystic
5. "Woyaya" Amarfio 6:46
Awake Magic Energy
6. "Spirits Up Above" Roland Kirk 7:50
(1976) Night: (1980)
Total length: 40:56
Live at the
CD 2
Royal
No. Title Writer(s) Length
Festival
1. "Kelele" Osei, Tontoh, 7:49
Hall
Amarfio, Ayivor,
Mandengue (1977)
2. "Fire" Osei, Tontoh, 7:01
Amarfio, Ayivor,
Mandengue
3. "Music for Gong Gong" Osei, Tontoh 8:01
4. "Beautiful Seven – Y Osei, Tontoh, 8:32
Sharp" Amarfio,
Richardson,
Bedeau, Bailey,
Amao
5. "Sunshine Day" Osei, Tontoh, 7:16
Amarfio
 6. "Encore – Survival" Osei, Tontoh 5:08
Total length: 43:47

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) Adams – congas, percussion
Sonia Lekhela – backing vocals
Ntobi Mdudu – backing vocals
Tiny Conco – backing vocals
Linda Conco – backing vocals

Production
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 19 July 1977 with the Rolling Stones Mobile
Studio
Mixed at the Roundhouse Recording Studio, London
Produced by Gerry Bron
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

References
All information gathered from back cover album Black Magic Night: Live at the Royal Festival
Hall (Copyright © 1977 Bronze Records (BRON 506).
Allmusic [1] (http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-magic-night-live-at-the-royal-festival-hall-r10
8025)
Discogs [2] (http://www.discogs.com/Osibisa-Black-Magic-Night/release/1544761)

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