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Act African Head Charge discography

Summary of releases:
  1. Album: African Head Charge - 'My Life In A Hole In The Ground'
  2. Album: African Head Charge - 'Environmental Studies'
  3. Album: African Head Charge - 'Drastic Season'
  4. Album: African Head Charge - 'Off The Beaten Track'
  5. Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Great Vintage Volume 1'
  6. Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Great Vintage Volume 2'
  7. Album: African Head Charge - 'Songs Of Praise'
  8. Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Pride And Joy: Live'
  9. Album: African Head Charge - 'In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land'
  10. 7" single: African Head Charge - 'Mama Shante Garden'


  11. Compilation: African Head Charge - 'All Mighty Dread'
  12. EP: African Head Charge - 'Touch I EP'
  13. Album: African Head Charge - 'Akwaaba'
  14. Promo 12": African Head Charge - 'Sankofa Dub'
  15. Album: African Head Charge presents Bonjo In Africa - 'Sankofa'
  16. Remix compilation: African Head Charge / Professor Stretch - 'Drums Of Defiance'
  17. Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Live Goodies'
  18. Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Shrunken Head'
  19. 7" single: Muta Baruka & African Head Charge - 'What Is The Plan?'
  20. Album: African Head Charge - 'Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa'


  21. 12" single: African Head Charge - 'Ready You Ready'
  22. Live EP: African Head Charge - 'In Charge: Live In Japan'
  23. Album: African Head Charge - 'Voodoo Of The Godsent'

See also Noah House Of Dread for further releases by Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'My Life In A Hole In The Ground'

On-U Sound Records / 1981 (LP)
On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 1998 (Master Recordings CD reiss.)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL)

LP: ON-U LP13 / CD: ON-U CD0013
DL: (-)
Back
  1.   Elastic Dance
  2.   Family Doctoring
  3.   Stebeni's Theme
  4.   The Race (Part 1)
  5.   Crocodile Shoes ||
  6.   Stone Charge
  7. * Far Away Chant
  8.   Primal One Drop
  9.   Hole In The Roof
* A stripped down version appeared in the David Lynch movie 'Wild At Heart'. See 'The Vaults' for more details.
Master Recordings CD reissue contains a CD-ROM track with On-U Sound discography and biographic information. Title inspired by the Brian Eno album 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' and his statement that he had "a vision of psychedelic Africa". The "hole in the ground" is a reference to Berry Street Studios.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Environmental Studies'

On-U Sound Records / September 1982 (UKLP)
On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 1998 (Master Recordings UKCD reiss.)
On-U Sound - Musidisc / 1998 (Master Recordings FrCD reiss.)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL)

UKLP: ON-U LP19 / UKCD: ON-U CD0019
FrCD: (?) / DL: (-)
Back
  1.   Crocodile Hand Luggage
  2.   Dinosaur's Lament
  3.   Beriberi
  4. * Snakeskin Tracksuit ||
  5.   High Protein Snack
  6.   In A Trap
  7. + Breeding Space
  8.   Primitive
  9.   Latin Temperament
* [Rhythm 141]
+ [Rhythm 209]
Initially to have been titled 'Mental Instrument'.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Drastic Season'

On-U Sound Records / October 1983 (UKLP)
On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 1998 (Master Recordings UKCD reiss.)
On-U Sound - Musidisc / 1998 (Master Recordings FrCD reiss.)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL)

UKLP: ON-U LP27 / UKCD: ON-U CD0027
FrCD: 122052 / DL: (-)
Back
  1.   Timbuktu Express
  2.   I Want Water
  3.   Bazaar
  4.   African Hedge Hog ||
  5.   Depth Charge
  6. * Fruit Market
  7.   Snake In The Hole
  8.   Many Generations
* [Rhythm 217]
Master Recordings CD reissue contains a CD-ROM track with On-U Sound discography and biographic information.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Off The Beaten Track'

On-U Sound Records / August 1986 (UKLP and UKCLP)
On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 1998 (Master Recordings UKCD1 reiss.)
On-U Sound - Anthology Recordings / October 2006 (Promo USCDR/DL1)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL2)
On-U Sound - Beat Records / April 2011 (JpTCD)
On-U Sound - Cargo Records / April 2011 (UKCD2)

UKLP: ON-U LP40 / UKCLP: ON-U LP40C
UKCD1: ON-U CD0040 / Promo USCDR: (-)
DL1: (-) / DL2: (-)
JpTCD: BRC 290 / UKCD2: ON-U CD1018
Back
  1.   Off The Beaten Track
  2. # Some Bizarre
  3. = Belinda
  4. * Language And Mentality ||
  5.   Throw It Away
  6. + Conspiring
  7.   Release The Doctor
  8.   Down Under Again
  9.   Over The Sky
  10. @ Good Things
# [Rhythm 135]
= [Rhythm 102]
* Vocal samples from Albert Einstein
+ [Rhythm 103]
@ On JpTCD/UKCD2 only.
Master Recordings UKCD1 reissue contains a CD-ROM track with On-U Sound discography and biographic information. The promo USCDR was, ironically, issued to promote the album's availability as a download (DL1). The JpTCD was a "Trifecta" package of three back catalogue AHC albums limited to 2000 copies, also including LP50 and LP65.


Sleeve cover Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Great Vintage Volume 1'

On-U Sound Records / July 1989

CD: ON-U CD2
Back
  1. *  Elastic Dance
  2. *  Family Doctoring
  3. *  Stebeni's Theme
  4. *  The Race (Part 1)
  5. *  Primal One Drop
  6. *  Hole In The Roof
  7. %  Crocodile Hand Luggage
  8. %  Dinosaur's Lament
  9. %  Beriberi
  10. %~ Snakeskin Tracksuit
  11. %  High Protein Snack
  12. %! Breeding Space
  13. %  Primitive
* From LP13
% From LP19
~ [Rhythm 141]
! [Rhythm 209]


Sleeve cover Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Great Vintage Volume 2'

On-U Sound Records / September 1989

CD: ON-U CD3
Back
  1. *  Off The Beaten Track
  2. *# Some Bizarre
  3. *+ Belinda
  4. *  Language And Mentality
  5. *  Throw It Away
  6. *= Conspiring
  7. *  Release The Doctor
  8. *  Down Under Again
  9. %  Timbuktu Express
  10. %  I Want Water
  11. %  Bazaar
  12. %  African Hedge Hog
  13. %  Depth Charge
  14. %@ Fruit Market
  15. %  Snake In The Hole
* From LP40.
# [Rhythm 135]
+ [Rhythm 102]
= [Rhythm 103]
@ [Rhythm 217]
% From LP27.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Songs Of Praise'

On-U Sound Records / November 1990 (UKLP/UKCD1/UKCLP)
On-U Sound - Restless Records / 1994 (USCD)
On-U Sound - Beat Records / March 2005 (JpCD)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL)
On-U Sound - Cargo Records / November 2009 (UKCD2)
On-U Sound - Beat Records / April 2011 (JpTCD)

UKLP: ON-U LP50 / UKCLP: ON-U LP50C
UKCD1: ON-U CD12 / USCD: 772771-2
JpCD: BRC-119 / DL: (-)
UKCD2: ON-U CD9013 / JpTCD: BRC 290
Back
  1. * Free Chant (Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi)
  2. + Orderliness, Godliness, Discipline and Dignity
  3.   Hymn
  4. = Dervish Chant || (UKLP)
  5.   Hold Some More
  6.   Healing Father || (UKCLP)
  7. # Healing Ceremony
  8.   Cattle Herders Chant
  9. @ Ethiopian Praises
  10. @ My God
  11. @ Gospel Train
  12. @ Chant For The Spirits
  13. @ God Is Great
  14. @ Deer Spirit Song
  15. % Full Charge
  16. % Fullness
* [Rhythm 237]
+ [Rhythm 100]
= [Rhythm 85]
# Not issued on the DL edition.
@ CD/CLP/DL only tracks.
% JpCD only tracks. Originally released on DP31.
The JpTCD was a "Trifecta" package of three back catalogue AHC albums limited to 2000 copies, also including LP40 and LP65.


Sleeve cover Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Pride And Joy: Live'

On-U Sound Records / November 1991

LP: ON-U LP58 / CLP: ON-U LP58C
CD: ON-U CD14
Back
  1.  * Off The Beaten Track
  2.  + Conspiring (Dancing To My Own Drums)
  3.  = Churchical Chant
  4.  * Language And Mentality ||
  5.    Binghi Dance
  6.    Power Chant
  7.  # Hold Some More
  8.    Bits And Pieces
  9. %+ Conspiring (Part 1)
  10. %* Throw It Away
  11. %@ Don't Fear
* Original versions on LP40.
+ [Rhythm 103] Original version on LP40.
= [Rhythm 237] Version of 'Free Chant (Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi)' from LP50.
# Original version on LP50.
@ Contains elements of 'Hymn' from LP50.
% CD / CLP only tracks.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land'

On-U Sound Records / November 1993 (UK editions)
On-U Sound - Musidisc / 1993 (FrCD)
On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 199? (EuroCD reiss.)
On-U Sound - Restless Records / 1994 (USCD)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL)
On-U Sound - Beat Records / April 2011 (JpTCD)

UKLP: ON-U LP65 / UKCLP: ON-U LP65C
UKCD: ON-U CD25 / FrCD: 111952
EuroCD reiss.: ON-U 0065CD / Promo USCLP: (?)
USCD: 7 72763-2 / DL: (-)
JpTCD: BRC 290
Back
  1.  > Heading To Glory
  2.  % Pursuit
  3.    One Destination
  4.  + No, Don't Follow Fashion || (LP)
  5.    Animal Law
  6.  < Learning || (CLP)
  7.  = Fever Pitch
  8.    Somebody Touch I
  9. *  Mama Shante Garden
  10. *# On The Off Beat
  11. *= Fever Pitch (Raw Cut)
  12. *+ No, Don't Follow Fashion (Part 2)
  13. *  Kumasee
> [Rhythm 125]
% [Rhythm 104]
+ [Rhythm 101]
< [Rhythm 99]
# [Rhythm 170]
= [Rhythm 98]
* CD, CLP and DL only tracks.
The first 1000 copies of the LP came with a free 7" single - ON-U S11. The EuroCD reissue had a slightly modified sleeve design. The JpTCD was a "Trifecta" package of three back catalogue AHC albums limited to 2000 copies, also including LP40 and LP50.


Record label 7" single: African Head Charge - 'Mama Shante Garden'

On-U Sound Records / November 1993

ON-U S11
Back
  1. * Mama Shante Garden ||
  2. + Run Come See Me
* From LP65 (CD/CLP).
+ [Rhythm 85]
1000 copies only pressed. Given away free with copies of LP65


Sleeve cover Compilation: African Head Charge - 'All Mighty Dread'

Beat Records / June 1994

Promo CLP: BRC-2 / CD: BRC-2
Back
  1. *  Elastic Dance
  2. +  Run Come See Me
  3. =/ Free Chant
  4. #  Off The Beaten Track
  5. %~ Heading To Glory
  6. @  Gospel Train
  7. *  Far Away Chant
  8. @  Chant For The Spirits ||
  9. =  Hymn
  10. <  Snake In The Hole
  11. @  Deer Spirit Song
  12. %> No, Don't Follow Fashion
  13. ?! Breeding Space
  14. $  Power Chant
* From LP13.
+ [Rhythm 85] From S11.
= From LP50.
@ From LP50(CD).
# From LP40.
% From LP65.
< From LP27.
> [Rhythm 101]
? From LP19.
$ From LP58?
/ [Rhythm 237]
~ [Rhythm 125]
! [Rhythm 209]
Japan only release.


Sleeve cover EP: African Head Charge - 'Touch I EP'

On-U Sound Records / October 1994 (UK editions)
On-U Sound - Restless Records / 1994 (US editions)

UK12"EP: ON-U DP31 / UKCDEP: ON-U DP31 CD
Promo USCEP: 72780 / USCDEP: 7 72780-2
Back
  1. * Somebody Touch I (Remix)
  2.   Fullness ||
  3.   Full Charge
  4. % Hymn (Remix)
* Remixed from LP65.
% Remixed from LP50.
UK and US editions feature slightly different sleeve art.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Akwaaba'

Acid Jazz / 1995 (UK editions)
Acid Jazz - Shock / 1995 (AuCD)
Hollywood Records / 1996 (US editions)

UKCD: JAZID129CD / UKLP: JAZID129LP
AuCD: AJAUSTCD006 / USCD: 168008
USCLP: (?)
Back
  1.   Can't Waste Time
  2.   Yes I
  3.   Glory Dawn
  4.   To Fari Hail
  5.   More Peace (In The Area) ||
  6.   Power From Zion
  7.   World Peace
  8.   Cheer Up
  9.   Walking Thrill
  10. * All Of The Love
  11.   Irie Day
  12. * Live Good
  13. * Child's Play
* CD only tracks.
No direct contribution from On-U Sound or AMS.


Record label Promo 12" single: African Head Charge - 'Sankofa Dub'

Bonjo I Records / 1997

BONJO I 1T
Back
  1. Sankofa Dub ||
  2. Yenko
  3. Yenko Dub
No On-U Sound or AMS involvement with this promo only release. Pressed on lime green vinyl with all tracks being taken from the 'Sankofa' album.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge presents Bonjo In Africa - 'Sankofa'

Bonjo I Records / 1997

CD: BONJO 2
Back
  1.   Sankofa
  2.   Yenko
  3.   Lion On The Road
  4. * Wicked Kingdom
  5.   Race Is Not For The Swift
  6.   Enjoy Yourself
  7.   Hurry Up
  8.   They Look I
  9.   No Place Like Home
  10.   Rastaman
  11.   Ding Dinghi
  12.   Come
  13.   Didn't Happen
  14.   Pot To Cook
  15.   Party Time
  16.   Sankofa Dub
  17.   Lion On The Road
  18.   Yenko Dub
* [Rhythm 35] Re-work of Noah House Of Dread track on LP20.
No On-U Sound or AMS involvement with this release.


Sleeve cover Remix compilation: African Head Charge / Professor Stretch - 'Drums Of Defiance'

On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 1998 (DLP/CD)
On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL)

DLP: ONU0093LP / CD: ONU0093CD
DL: (-)
Back
  1. * Brother Of Reality
  2. + You Learn ||
  3. # The Fullness
  4.   Drums Of Defiance ||
  5. % Hot Pursuit
  6. < Pacesetter ||
  7. ~ Run Come Chant
  8. " Blessed Be
* [Rhythm 98]
+ [Rhythm 99]
# [Rhythm 100]
% [Rhythm 104]
< [Rhythm 101]
~ [Rhythm 85]
" [Rhythm 102]


Sleeve cover Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Live Goodies'

Bonjo Records / 2001

CD: BONJO 5
Back
  1. ~+  Throw It Away
  2. ~+# Some Bizarre
  3. ~+  Language And Mentality (Part 1)
  4.  +  Language And Mentality (Part 2)
  5.  =  The Race (Part 1)
  6. !=  The Race (Part 2)
  7. ~*  Dancing With My Drums
  8.  +  Off The Beaten Track
  9.  %  Free Chant, Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi
  10. !   Power Chant
~ Engineered by AMS.
! Live mix by AMS.
+ Live versions of LP40 tracks.
# [Rhythm 135]
= Live versions of LP13 tracks.
* [Rhythm 103]
% [Rhythm 237] Live version of LP50 track.
These are different live recordings to those on the 'Pride And Joy' album LP58 and were made during concerts in 1988, 1990 and 1991.


Sleeve cover Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Shrunken Head'

On-U Sound - EFA Medien / June 2003

DLP: ON-U CD1007 / CD: ON-U CD1007
Back
  1. *? Pursuit
  2. +$ You Learn
  3. =! Run Come See
  4. *" Heading To Glory
  5. *^ No, Don't Follow Fashion
  6. =  Who Are You?
  7. #  Language And Mentality
  8. @  Far Away Chant
  9. %  Dinosaur's Lament
  10. <~ Dervish Chant
  11. #  Throw It Away
  12. <  Cattle Herders Chant
  13. #/ Belinda
  14. @  Stebeni's Theme
  15. >  Bazaar
  16. >  I Want Water
  17. ** Free Chant
 * From LP65.
 + Remixed from LP93.
 = From CD9014.
 # From LP40.
 @ From LP13.
 % From LP19.
 > From LP27.
 < From LP50.
 ? [Rhythm 104]
 $ [Rhythm 99]
 ! [Rhythm 190]
 ~ [Rhythm 85]
 " [Rhythm 125]
 ^ [Rhythm 101]
 / [Rhythm 102]
** [Rhythm 237] From LP50.


Record label 7" single: Muta Baruka & African Head Charge - 'What Is The Plan?'

Sound Boy - EFA Medien / August 2003

SB006
Back
  1. * What Is The Plan? ||
  2. * Version
* [Rhythm 172]
Produced by AMS.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa'

On-U Sound - Beat Records / February 2005 (JpCD)
On-U Sound Records / March 2009 (DL)
On-U Sound - Cargo Records / December 2009 (UKCD)

JpCD: BRC-112 / DL: (-)
UKCD: ON-U CD9014
Back
  1.   The Big Country
  2.   Surfari
  3.   Positive Thoughts & Mind
  4. * Unplanned
  5.   Treatment For A Septic Horn
  6.   Drumming Is A Language
  7.   Mr. Whippy Does Djibouti
  8. + Run Come See
  9. + Ran Came Saw
  10. = Blessed Works
  11. = Work Blessed
  12.   More Fluid
  13.   Who Are You?
  14.   Ready You Ready
  15. # Ready You Ready Part 2
* [Rhythm 172]
+ [Rhythm 190]
= [Rhythm 191]
# Labelled as a 'bonus track for Japan' (JpCD) but also available on the DL edition.
The album's name was inspired by a quote from Brian Eno. Japanese promo copies pressed onto a plain white CDR also exist and came with the same sleeve note insert (in English and Japanese) as found in the fully released edition.


Record label 12" single: African Head Charge - 'Ready You Ready'

On-U Sound - Beat Records / August 2005

BRDP001
Back
  1. * Ready You Ready
  2. * Ready You Ready Part 2 ||
  3. + Wicked Kingdom (Live)
  4. = The Race (Live)
* From CD9014.
+ [Rhythm 35] From the 'In Charge' live EP. Originally from LP20 by Noah House Of Dread.
= From the 'In Charge' live EP. Originally from LP13.
Japan only release limited to 888 copies that came in a plain white die cut cover with plastic inner bag and plastic outer sleeve.


Sleeve cover Live EP: African Head Charge - 'In Charge: Live In Japan'

On-U Sound - Beat Records / September 2005

CDEP: BRE-20
Back
  1. * Wicked Kingdom
  2. + The Race
  3. = Touch I
  4. # Ready You Ready
  5. @ Run Come See
  6. % Rasta Don't Fear
* [Rhythm 35] Originally from LP20 by Noah House Of Dread.
+ Originally from LP13.
= Originally from LP65 and DP31 as 'Somebody Touch I'.
# Originally from CD9014.
@ [Rhythm 190] Originally from CD9014.
% Originally from the 'Heart 2' album by Noah House Of Dread.
Japanese live compilation recorded on tour in early 2005 in Tokyo. Does not directly feature AMS.


Sleeve cover Album: African Head Charge - 'Voodoo Of The Godsent'

On-U Sound - Beat Records / March 2011 (JpCD)
On-U Sound - Cargo Records / March 2011 (UK editions)

JpCD: BRC-287 / Promo UKCD: ON-U CD1015PROMO
UKCD: ON-U CD1015 / DL: (-)
Back
  1.    In "I" Head
  2.    The Best Way
  3.    Take Heed... And Smoke Up Your Collyweed
  4.    Stoned Aged Man
  5. *  African Bredda
  6.    Mysterious Happenings
  7.    This And That And The Other
  8.    Undulating
  9.    Timpanya
  10.    Badman Plan
  11.    Dobbyn Joins The Head Charge
  12.    God Willing
  13.  + Fear Of A Man God
  14. *= Bredda's Love
* [Rhythm 242]
+ JpCD only bonus track.
= Only available on the DL 'Bonus Track Version' of the album available from iTunes.
Album sampler tracks 1, 3 and 9 were first made available online in February 2011. Signed copies were initially available for sale through On-U Sound's website.


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