War & Bull

 

Osiris - War On The Bullshit [LP ATTACK 1 UK 1986 24-Bit FLAC]

UK indie label Cherry Red set up a short-liveddance subsidiary Baad! Records which managed to release a few records before closing in 1988 (just as dance music really took off). The label was run by "Evil" Eddie Richards who went on to champion house music in the UK. Its brief was to license dance product from the US for the UK market and so offer an alternative to expensive 12" imports. The first release was the classic Art Of Drums by Macattack, closely followed by the stomping & heavy funk 10 minute statement, War On The Bullshit by Osiris.

Osiris Marsh was a long term fixture of the Washington DC music scene who developed his hard gritty funk sound with such contempories as Van McCoy and Gil Scott Heron from doo-wop through to gospel, soul then funk, recording his best work as local disciplines such as rap and Go-Go grew in popularity.

With his music only previously available on import in the UK, this album was basically tracks from his 1981 album Osiris The Band plus the singles Gritt On It!, Total Devastation and War On The Bullshit. Here is that UK version of the album re-ripped and repackaged for your listening pleasure.

A1 Total Devastation

A2 War On The Bullshit

A3 Gritt On It!

A4 The Tower

B1 Speedball

B2 Listen

B3 Seeker

B4 Lady Wore Black