Various – London Is The Place For Me (Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956)
Various – London Is The Place For Me (Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956)

Various – London Is The Place For Me (Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956)

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Label: Honest Jon's Records – HJRLP2
Series: London Is The Place For Me
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Calypso

The first volume of arguably Honest Jon's most crucial in-house series London Is The Place For me, documenting the diasporic sounds of Caribbean London in the post-war years that arrived in the wake of the first Windrush generation.

The first volume specifically takes a closer look at the influence of Trinidadian Calypso, which defined the city in the years just prior to the explosion of reggae that came with the rise of the Jamaican recording industry... (NM)

 

Tracklist
A1 Lord Kitchener With Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm– London Is The Place For Me 2:45
A2 Young Tiger With Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders– I Was There (At The Coronation) 2:45
A3 Lord Beginner With Calypso Rhythm Kings– Mix Up Matrimony 3:19
A4 Lord Kitchener With Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm– My Landlady 2:42
A5 Lord Kitchener With Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm– Kitch's Bebop Calypso 2:44
B1 Lord Beginner With Calypso Rhythm Kings– Victory Test Match 3:02
B2 Lord Kitchener With His Calypso All Stars*– Birth Of Ghana 2:52
B3 Lord Invader With Rupert Nurse's Calypso Band– Aguiti 2:48
B4 Lord Beginner With Calypso Rhythm Kings– Jamaica Hurricane 3:06
B5 Lord Kitchener With Kitchener's African Jungle Boys– Kitch In The Jungle 3:21
C1 Mighty Terror With Rupert Nurse's Calypso Band– No Carnival In Britain 3:07
C2 Lord Kitchener With Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders– The Underground Train 2:59
C3 Lord Beginner With Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders– Housewives 3:02
C4 The Lion  With Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm– Some Girl Something 2:27
C5 Lord Kitchener With Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Rangers– Saxophone No 2 2:58
D1 Lord Beginner With The Melodic Calypso Boys*– Fed-A-Ray 2:42
D2 Timothy  With Calypso Rhythm Kings– Bulldog Don't Bite Me 2:11
D3 The Lion  With Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm– Spanish Calypso 2:36
D4 Lord Kitchener With Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Rangers– If You're Not White You're Black 3:01
D5 Lord Kitchener With The Vincent Street Six– Sweet Jamaica 2:47