LONDON IS THE PLACE FOR ME 1 2xLP/Hot Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956

Sold Date: October 5, 2024
Start Date: April 3, 2024
Final Price: $42.98 (USD)
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(Various Artists) 'London Is The Place For Me, Vol. 1' Double LP (UK, Honest Jons Records, Catalogue #HJRLP2) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2002 Honest Jons Records label double LP vinyl edition/collection (first volume in a series of.., presently.., eight double LP albums!) of 1950s Trinidadian Calypso in London (circa 1950-1956). Gatefold cover with multi-fold insert with copious liner notes and photos. An absolutely magnificent and truly impressive series from Honest Jons!

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(NOTE: BRAND NEW/NON-FACTORY SEALED IMPORT!)

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

When the Empire Windrush, an old troop-carrier, arrived at Tilbury on June 21, 1948, and inaugurated modern Caribbean immigration to Britain, it also supplied calypso with its best-known image -- on Pathé newsreel, Lord Kitchener singing his new composition "London Is The Place For Me." Kitch had boarded with Lord Beginner at Kingston docks, Jamaica, on Empire Day, May 24. In London they joined a milieu of fine band musicians familiar with Caribbean musical forms and already represented on numerous recordings crucial to the development of British swing and jazz music. Travelling with their own core audience, the Trinidadian calypsonians brought with them the vocal music of Carnival. Traditionally this ranges from social satire to sexual double-entendre, from voodoo to the most pressing issues of the day, from sporting events to competitive insult. The experiences of Britain's growing Caribbean population were to be fabulously rich in raw material. Housed in a gatefold sleeve.  

Artists/Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:

A1 Lord Kitchener - London Is The Place For Me A2 Young Tiger - I Was There (At The Coronation) A3 Lord Beginner - Mix Up Matrimony A4 Lord Kitchener - My Landlady A5 Lord Kitchener - Kitch's Bebop Calypso B1 Lord Beginner - Victory Test Match B2 Lord Kitchener - Birth Of Ghana B3 Lord Invader - Aguiti B4 Lord Beginner - Jamaica Hurricane B5 Lord Kitchener - Kitch In The Jungle C1 Mighty Terror - No Carnival In Britain C2 Lord Kitchener - The Underground Train C3 Lord Beginner - Housewives C4 The Lion - Some Girl Something C5 Lord Kitchener - Saxophone No. 2 D1 Lord Beginner - Fed-A-Ray D2 Timothy - Bulldog Don't Bite Me D3 The Lion - Spanish Calypso D4 Lord Kitchener - If You're Not White You're Black D5 Lord Kitchener - Sweet Jamaica

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