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    London Is The Place For Me 7: Calypso, Mento, Joropo, Steel & String BandVarious Artists

    Honest Jon's
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    • – Lord Beginner - Sons And Daughters Of Africa
    • – The Lion - Royal Wedding
    • – The Mighty Terror - The Hydrogen Bomb
    • – Dai Dai Simba - Modern Telephone
    • – Willie Payne & The Starlite Tempos - Wa Sise
    • – The Mighty Terror - The Emperor Of Africa
    • – Louise Bennett - Bongo Man
    • – Marie Bryant - My Handy Man
    • – Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - Tortoise Mambo
    • – Calypso Rhythm Kings - Boul Ve Se
    • 1. Lord Beginner - Sons And Daughters Of Africa
    • 2. The Lion - Royal Wedding
    • 3. The Mighty Terror - The Hydrogen Bomb
    • 4. Dai Dai Simba - Modern Telephone
    • 5. Willie Payne & The Starlite Tempos - Wa Sise
    • 6. The Mighty Terror - The Emperor Of Africa
    • 7. Louise Bennett - Bongo Man
    • 8. Marie Bryant - My Handy Man
    • 9. Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - Tortoise Mambo
    • 10. Calypso Rhythm Kings - Boul Ve Se
    • 11. The Mighty Terror - Life Is Like A Puzzle
    • 12. The Mighty Terror - Chinese Children
    • 13. Bill Rogers - Hungry Man From Clapham
    • 14. Lili Verona - Underground Train
    • 15. The Lion - Highway Code
    • 16. Billy Sholanke - Kana Kana
    • 17. Calypso Rhythm Kings - L’Année Passée
    • 18. Lord & Lady Beginner - One Morning
    • 19. West African Rhythm Brothers - Ema Foju Ana Woku
    • 20. Trinidad Steel Band - Caroline

    Still deeper forays into the musical landscape of the Windrush generation; a dazzling range of calypso, mento, joropo, steelband, palm-wine and r’n'b. Expert revivals of stringband music, from way back, alongside proto-Afro-funk.An uproarious selection of songs about the H-Bomb and modern phones, prostitution and Haile Selassie, mid-life crisis and the London Underground, racism and solidarity, the Highway Code and a 100% West Indian Royal Wedding.

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