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Start Date: March 23, 2017
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MAYA ANGELOU
MISS CALYPSO
CORNBREAD RECORDS, 2016 180-Gram Vinyl LP Imported from the UK Made in France
Cornbread Records present a reissue of Maya Angelou's Miss Calypso, originally released in 1956. 
At age 28, prior to her fame as a poet and author, Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) was performing modern dance and singing calypso tunes in San Francisco nightclubs. 
Harry Belafonte had just hit the big time and made calypso a household name, and Angelou followed suit in 1956 with a record of her own, her first and only attempt to hit the big time in the music business. 
By 1959 she had moved to NYC and joined the Harlem Writers Guild and the rest, as they say, is history. 
That, however, is not to dismiss this record as merely a footnote in her history, it is in fact a fine piece of exotica, a killer LP of pop calypso that should appeal not only to fans of her writing and lovers of '50s kitsch exotica, but calypso fans in general. 
Reissued here on 180 gram vinyl; Includes a download code.
Track Listing:
A1. Run Joe  A2. Oo - Dla - Ba - Doo  A3. Scandal In The Family  A4. Mambo In Africa  A5. Since Me Man Has Done Gone And Went  A6. Polymon Bongo  A7. Neighbor, Neighbor 
B1. Donkey City  B2. Stone Cold Dead In The Market  B3. Calypso Blues  B4. Tamo  B5. Peas And Rice  B6. Flo And Joe  B7. Push Ka Pici Pi
- Cornbread Records present a reissue of Maya Angelou's Miss Calypso, originally released in 1956.  - At age 28, prior to her fame as a poet and author, Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) was performing modern dance and singing calypso tunes in San Francisco nightclubs.  - Miss Calypso is Angelou's first and only attempt to hit the big time in the music business.  - A fine piece of exotica, a killer LP of pop calypso.  - Reissued here on 180 gram vinyl; Includes a download cod
New Condition - Never Played - Still Sealed
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