Osibisa – Heads

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Label:	MCA Records – MDKS 8007, MCA Records – MAPS 6259
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:	UK
Released:	1972
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Jazz-Funk, Afrobeat, Funk, Disco

Tracklist

A1	Kokorokoo Written-By – M. Tontoh, T. Osei	4:35
A2	Wango Wango Written-By – W. Richardson*	4:31
A3	So So Mi La So Written-By – Osibisa	3:13
A4	Sweet America Written-By – L. Amao*	4:21
A5	Ye Tie Wo Written-By – R. Bedeau*	4:17
B1	Che Che Kule Written-By – S. Amarfio*	6:28
B2	Mentumi Written-By – S. Amarfio, T. Osei, W. Richardson*	3:47
B3	Sweet Sounds Bass – Robert Bailey Written-By – W. Richardson*	5:12
B4	Do You Know Bass – Robert Bailey Written-By – R. Bailey*	4:49

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.
Published By – Osibisa Music
Recorded At – Air Studios
Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Manufactured By – The Decca Record Company Limited
Made By – The Decca Record Company Limited
Mastered At – Decca Studios

Credits

Bass Guitar, Kalimba [Prenprensua], Percussion [Assorted] – Spartacus R
Congas, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Vocals – Loughty Lasisi Amao*
Cornet, Trumpet, Flugelhorn [Flugel], Horn [Cowhorn], Cabasa [Kabasa] – Mac Tontoh
Design [Cover Design] – Carol Smither, David Howells
Drums, Talking Drum [Fontonfrom], Drums [African], Bongos, Cowbell [Cowbells], Claves, Vocals – Sol Amarfio
Engineer – John Punter
Lacquer Cut By – L (16)
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Wendell Richardson
Organ, Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Moog], Acoustic Guitar, Timbales, Vocals – Robert Bailey
Painting [Cover Painting] – Abdul Mati Klarwein*
Photography By – Edmond Shae, John Goldblatt, Julian Ruthven, Shep Sherbell*, Stuart Richmond
Producer – John Punter, Osibisa
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Drums [African], Vocals – Teddy Osei

Notes

Gatefold sleeve. Early pressings came with a brown cardboard stiffner in the front pocket.

Recorded at Air Studios, London July/August, 1972

© 1972, MCA Records, Inc.

Manufactured in Great Britain by The Decca Record Company Limited.
Licensed by MCA Records, Inc., Universal City, California, U.S.A.

Osibisa Music
Made in England by The Decca Records Co. Ltd.
℗ 1972

Catalog numbers:
MDKS 8007 - spine, gatefold, labels
MAPS 6259 (US catalog number) - gatefold, labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 7-LNMG 263
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 7-LNMG 264
Matrix / Runout (Stamped side A): 7-LNMG-263-2L C JT 1
Matrix / Runout (Stamped side B): 7-LNMG-264-1L B JT 1
Matrix / Runout (UK tax code, stamped): JT

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Heads (LP, Album)	MCA Records	MAPS 6259	US	1972
New Submission	Heads (LP, Album)	Decca, Decca	DL 75368, DL 7-5368	US	1972
Recently Edited	Heads = Cabezas (LP, Album, Gatefold)	MCA Records	S-26.158	Spain	1972
New Submission	Heads (LP, Album)	MCA Records	MAPS 6259	New Zealand	1972
	Heads (LP, Album, Gatefold)	MCA Records	MAPS 6283	Germany	1972

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Reviews

mixmonster Jan 27, 2024
I have a US copy from 1973 that is not here, yet. how can I add it?
RevealingScience May 5, 2022
Edited one year ago
Is this still the mix like on the first two albums?
Or are the progressive and rock elements now missing?
Complete Afro-Funk-Disco?

What about an influence of folky, more lyrical moments?