African Head Charge discography

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.

	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: (-)
Elastic Dance   Family Doctoring   Stebeni's Theme   The Race (Part 1)   Crocodile Shoes ||   Stone Charge * Far Away Chant   Primal One Drop   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. ^ To Top

	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: (-)
Crocodile Hand Luggage   Dinosaur's Lament   Beriberi * Snakeskin Tracksuit ||   High Protein Snack   In A Trap + Breeding Space   Primitive   Latin Temperament * [Rhythm 141] + [Rhythm 209]
Initially to have been titled 'Mental Instrument'. ^ To Top

	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: (-)
Timbuktu Express   I Want Water   Bazaar   African Hedge Hog ||   Depth Charge * Fruit Market   Snake In The Hole   Many Generations * [Rhythm 217]
Master Recordings CD reissue contains a CD-ROM track with On-U Sound discography and biographic information. ^ To Top

	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
Off The Beaten Track # Some Bizarre = Belinda * Language And Mentality ||   Throw It Away + Conspiring   Release The Doctor   Down Under Again   Over The Sky @ 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. ^ To Top

	Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Great Vintage Volume 1' On-U Sound Records / July 1989 CD: ON-U CD2
*  Elastic Dance *  Family Doctoring *  Stebeni's Theme *  The Race (Part 1) *  Primal One Drop *  Hole In The Roof %  Crocodile Hand Luggage %  Dinosaur's Lament %  Beriberi %~ Snakeskin Tracksuit %  High Protein Snack %! Breeding Space %  Primitive * From LP13 % From LP19 ~ [Rhythm 141] ! [Rhythm 209]
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	Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Great Vintage Volume 2' On-U Sound Records / September 1989 CD: ON-U CD3
*  Off The Beaten Track *# Some Bizarre *+ Belinda *  Language And Mentality *  Throw It Away *= Conspiring *  Release The Doctor *  Down Under Again %  Timbuktu Express %  I Want Water %  Bazaar %  African Hedge Hog %  Depth Charge %@ Fruit Market %  Snake In The Hole * From LP40. # [Rhythm 135] + [Rhythm 102] = [Rhythm 103] @ [Rhythm 217] % From LP27.
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	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
* Free Chant (Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi) + Orderliness, Godliness, Discipline and Dignity   Hymn = Dervish Chant || (UKLP)   Hold Some More   Healing Father || (UKCLP) # Healing Ceremony   Cattle Herders Chant @ Ethiopian Praises @ My God @ Gospel Train @ Chant For The Spirits @ God Is Great @ Deer Spirit Song % Full Charge % 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. ^ To Top

	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
* Off The Beaten Track  + Conspiring (Dancing To My Own Drums)  = Churchical Chant  * Language And Mentality ||    Binghi Dance    Power Chant  # Hold Some More    Bits And Pieces %+ Conspiring (Part 1) %* Throw It Away %@ 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.
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	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
> Heading To Glory  % Pursuit    One Destination  + No, Don't Follow Fashion || (LP)    Animal Law  < Learning || (CLP)  = Fever Pitch    Somebody Touch I *  Mama Shante Garden *# On The Off Beat *= Fever Pitch (Raw Cut) *+ No, Don't Follow Fashion (Part 2) *  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. ^ To Top

	7" single: African Head Charge - 'Mama Shante Garden' On-U Sound Records / November 1993 ON-U S11
* Mama Shante Garden || + Run Come See Me * From LP65 (CD/CLP). + [Rhythm 85]
1000 copies only pressed. Given away free with copies of LP65 ^ To Top

	Compilation: African Head Charge - 'All Mighty Dread' Beat Records / June 1994 Promo CLP: BRC-2 / CD: BRC-2
*  Elastic Dance +  Run Come See Me =/ Free Chant #  Off The Beaten Track %~ Heading To Glory @  Gospel Train *  Far Away Chant @  Chant For The Spirits || =  Hymn <  Snake In The Hole @  Deer Spirit Song %> No, Don't Follow Fashion ?! Breeding Space $  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. ^ To Top

	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
* Somebody Touch I (Remix)   Fullness ||   Full Charge % Hymn (Remix) * Remixed from LP65. % Remixed from LP50.
UK and US editions feature slightly different sleeve art. ^ To Top

	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: (?)
Can't Waste Time   Yes I   Glory Dawn   To Fari Hail   More Peace (In The Area) ||   Power From Zion   World Peace   Cheer Up   Walking Thrill * All Of The Love   Irie Day * Live Good * Child's Play * CD only tracks.
No direct contribution from On-U Sound or AMS. ^ To Top

	Promo 12" single: African Head Charge - 'Sankofa Dub' Bonjo I Records / 1997 BONJO I 1T
Sankofa Dub || Yenko 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. ^ To Top

	Album: African Head Charge presents Bonjo In Africa - 'Sankofa' Bonjo I Records / 1997 CD: BONJO 2
Sankofa   Yenko   Lion On The Road * Wicked Kingdom   Race Is Not For The Swift   Enjoy Yourself   Hurry Up   They Look I   No Place Like Home   Rastaman   Ding Dinghi   Come   Didn't Happen   Pot To Cook   Party Time   Sankofa Dub   Lion On The Road   Yenko Dub * [Rhythm 35] Re-work of Noah House Of Dread track on LP20.
No On-U Sound or AMS involvement with this release. ^ To Top

	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: (-)
* Brother Of Reality + You Learn || # The Fullness   Drums Of Defiance || % Hot Pursuit < Pacesetter || ~ Run Come Chant " Blessed Be * [Rhythm 98] + [Rhythm 99] # [Rhythm 100] % [Rhythm 104] < [Rhythm 101] ~ [Rhythm 85] " [Rhythm 102]
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	Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Live Goodies' Bonjo Records / 2001 CD: BONJO 5
~+  Throw It Away ~+# Some Bizarre ~+  Language And Mentality (Part 1)  +  Language And Mentality (Part 2)  =  The Race (Part 1) !=  The Race (Part 2) ~*  Dancing With My Drums  +  Off The Beaten Track  %  Free Chant, Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi !   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. ^ To Top

	Compilation: African Head Charge - 'Shrunken Head' On-U Sound - EFA Medien / June 2003 DLP: ON-U CD1007 / CD: ON-U CD1007
*? Pursuit +$ You Learn =! Run Come See *" Heading To Glory *^ No, Don't Follow Fashion =  Who Are You? #  Language And Mentality @  Far Away Chant %  Dinosaur's Lament <~ Dervish Chant #  Throw It Away <  Cattle Herders Chant #/ Belinda @  Stebeni's Theme >  Bazaar >  I Want Water ** 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.
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	7" single: Muta Baruka & African Head Charge - 'What Is The Plan?' Sound Boy - EFA Medien / August 2003 SB006
* What Is The Plan? || * Version * [Rhythm 172]
Produced by AMS. ^ To Top

	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
The Big Country   Surfari   Positive Thoughts & Mind * Unplanned   Treatment For A Septic Horn   Drumming Is A Language   Mr. Whippy Does Djibouti + Run Come See + Ran Came Saw = Blessed Works = Work Blessed   More Fluid   Who Are You?   Ready You Ready # 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. ^ To Top

	12" single: African Head Charge - 'Ready You Ready' On-U Sound - Beat Records / August 2005 BRDP001
* Ready You Ready * Ready You Ready Part 2 || + Wicked Kingdom (Live) = 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. ^ To Top

	Live EP: African Head Charge - 'In Charge: Live In Japan' On-U Sound - Beat Records / September 2005 CDEP: BRE-20
* Wicked Kingdom + The Race = Touch I # Ready You Ready @ Run Come See % 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. ^ To Top

	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: (-)
In "I" Head    The Best Way    Take Heed... And Smoke Up Your Collyweed    Stoned Aged Man *  African Bredda    Mysterious Happenings    This And That And The Other    Undulating    Timpanya    Badman Plan    Dobbyn Joins The Head Charge    God Willing  + Fear Of A Man God *= 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. ^ To Top