Singer: King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
Title: Aura
Label: Island Records ‎– 822.516.1
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: France
Date of released: 1984
Category: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Afrobeat, African
Size MP3 zip: 1681 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1878 mb
Rating: 3.7✭
Format: MP3 RA MP2 DXD ASF DMF AHX MP4 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Ase Guitar [Tenor] – Santa MamolaHarmonica – Stevie WonderWritten-By – King Sunny Adé*	9:12
A2	Gboromiro Written-By – King Sunny Adé*	7:29
A3	Ogunja Drums – Akanbi MosesWritten-By – King Sunny Adé*	2:30
B1	Oremi Clavinet – Phil Ramocon*Drums – Tony AllenWritten-By – King Sunny Adé*, Tony Allen	6:59
B2	Ire (Remix) Written-By – King Sunny Adé*	5:00
B3	Iro Written-By – King Sunny Adé*	6:32

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Ltd.
• Made By – PolyGram
• Pressed By – PRS, Louviers
• Printed By – Montreuil Offset
• Published By – Phonogram
• Recorded At – Fallout Shelter
• Recorded At – Recordisc
• Recorded At – Phonodisk Studio
• Recorded At – Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles
• Lacquer Cut At – PRS, Louviers

Credits

• Art Direction – Bruno Tilley
• Bass Guitar – Jerry Ihejejo*
• Congas, Backing Vocals – Shino Abiodun*
• Engineer – Gary Olazabal
• Engineer [Assistant] – Abdloulaye Sumare
• Guitar [Solo] – Segun Ilori
• Guitar [Tenor] – Bob Ohiri
• Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Bongos, Congas – King Sunny Adé*
• Maracas – Michael Babalola
• Photography By – Brian Griffin
• Producer – King Sunny Adé*, Martin Meissonnier
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Godwin Logie
• Recorded By, Mixed By [Assistant] – Mathew Osiyawu, Stephen Street
• Rhythm Guitar – John Akpan
• Shekere – Ganiyu Alashe
• Steel Guitar – Demola Adepoju
• Talking Drum – Alhaji Timmy Olaitan, Rasaki Aladokun
• Vocals – Femi Owomoyela, Jacob Ajakaiye*, Kayode Dosumu, Niyi Falaye, Tunde Temiola

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 042282251619
• Matrix / Runout (Side One): 012 822516 1 // 1 380 POLYGRAM
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two): 012 822516 1 // 1 380 POLYGRAM
• Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL
• Other (Distribution Code): PG224

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
206 418-320	King Sunny Ade & His African Beats	Aura ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records	206 418-320	Europe	1984
90177-1, 7 90177-1	King Sunny Ade And His African Beats*	Aura ‎(LP, Album, All)	Island Records, Island Records	90177-1, 7 90177-1	US	1984
25SI-241	King Sunny Adé And His African Beats*	Aura ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Polystar	25SI-241	Japan	1984
ILPS 9746, ILPS-9746	King Sunny Ade And His African Beats*	Aura ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	ILPS 9746, ILPS-9746	Scandinavia	1984
LSI 11076, ILPS 9746	King Sunny Ade & His African Beats	Aura ‎(LP, Album)	Jugoton, Island Records	LSI 11076, ILPS 9746	Yugoslavia	1984

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