Welcome Home (Osibisa album)

Welcome Home
Welcome Home
Studio album by Osibisa
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Afro-pop, funk, rock
Length	40:50
Label	Bronze Records (UK); Island Records (U.S.)
Producer	Gerry Bron Remastered by Robert M Corich and Mike Brown
Osibisa chronology
Full front cover
	Original vinyl full cover

Welcome Home is the seventh studio album by British Afro-pop band Osibisa released in 1975 by Island Records ILPS 9355. Remastered and issued in 1997 on CD format with bonus tracks by Red Steel Music. Catalogue number RMCCD0208.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunshine Day"	Sol Amarfio, Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh	4:59
2.	"Welcome Home"	Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh	4:19
3.	"Densu"	Traditional	5:23
4.	"Choboi (Heave Ho!)"	Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh	5:08
5.	"Do It (Like It Is)"	Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh	4:24
6.	"Right Now"	Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh	3:11
7.	"Seaside - Meditation"	Amarfio, Kiki Gyan, Osei, Tontoh	5:16
8.	"Uhuru"	Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh	3:28
9.	"Kolomashie"	Traditional	4:39
Total length:			40:50

Bonus tracks on 1997 Red Steel Music Ltd. CD release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Bum to Bum"	Amarfio, Kofi Ayivor, Gyan, Osei, Tontoh	5:42
11.	"Agoro"		4:01
12.	"Sunshine Day (single edit)"	Amarfio, Osei, Tontoh	3:13

Charts[]

Chart (1975/76)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	200
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	75

Personnel[]

Teddy Osei – African drums, flute, percussion, tenor and soprano saxophones, vocals
Mac Tontoh – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, didjeridu, prensa
Sol Amarfio – drums, percussion, bells, bongos, congas
Kofi Ayivor - congas, percussion
Kiki Gyan – clavinet, keyboards, organ, piano, vocals
Mike Odumusu – bass guitar, vocals
Wendell Richardson – guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Ray Allen – vibraphone
Robert Bailey – vibraphone
Barbara Thompson – vibraphone
Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue – bass guitar on "Uhuru"
Paul Golly – rhythm guitars on "Uhuru"
Producer – Gerry Bron
Engineer – Ashley Howe
Remaster - Robert M Corich
Recorded at the Roundhouse Recording Studios, London
Cover painting – Ian Emes

References[]

^ 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.

Allmusic [1]
Discogs [2]

[aus-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.

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