Happy Children

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Happy Children
Happycover.jpg
Studio album by
Osibisa
Released1973
RecordedSeptember 1973
GenreAfro-pop
Length37:22
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerPeter Gallen
Osibisa chronology
Superfly T.N.T. Soundtrack
(1973) 		Happy Children
(1973) 		Osibirock
(1974)

Happy Children is the fifth studio album by Ghanaian Afro-pop band Osibisa released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records WB 2732. Released on CD format 2000 by One Way Records 35164 and COE Records COE 111.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Happy Children"Osibisa6:32
2."We Want to Know (Mo)"Osibisa5:59
3."Kotoku"Osibisa2:39
4."Take Your Trouble... Go"Osibisa4:04
5."Adwoa"Osibisa4:16
6."Bassa-Bassa"Osibisa4:57
7."Somaja"Osibisa3:35
8."Fire"Jimi Hendrix/Osibisa5:20
Total length:37:22

Track listing CD COE Records[]

  1. "Happy Children"
  2. "Fire"
  3. "Adwoa"
  4. "Take Your Trouble... Go"
  5. "Bassa-Bassa"
  6. "Somaja"
  7. "Kotoku"
  8. "We Want to Know"

Charts[]

Chart (1973/74) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 202
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 46

Personnel[]

  • Teddy Osei – tenor saxophone, flute, percussion, vocals
  • Sol Amarfio – bongos, drums
  • Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
  • Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue - bass
  • Jean-Alain Roussel - keyboards

Production[]

  • Producer – Peter Gallen
  • Engineer – Ashley Howe
  • Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England, September 1973
  • Cover illustration - Jeff Schrier
  • Art direction - Ed Thrasher
  • Photography – Fin Costello

References[]

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 226. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  • All information gathered from liner notes of CD Happy Children (Copyright © 1973 Warner Bros. Records WB 2732).
  • Allmusic [1]
  • Discogs [2]
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