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The Very Best of Osibisa | ||||
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Released | 2001 | |||
Length | 2:03:00 | |||
Label | Prestige | |||
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The Very Best of Osibisa is a 3-CD set unauthorised compilation bringing together three Osibisa's albums: Welcome Home, Ojah Awake and Africa We Go Go, released in 2001 by Prestige Records under catalog #205886-349. Do not confuse with other compilations released under the same name, such as "The Very Best of Osibisa" released in 2009 by Golden Stool label.
CD 1: 40:41
CD 2: 40:32
CD 3: 41:47
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