32115

    London Is The Place For Me Volume 1 And 2: Calypso, Kwela, Highlife,

    Honest Jons
    • Lord Kitchener – London Is The Place For Me
    • Young Tiger – I Was There (At The Coronation)
    • Lord Kitchener – My Landlady
    • 1. Lord Kitchener – London Is The Place For Me
    • 2. Young Tiger – I Was There (At The Coronation)
    • 3. Lord Beginner – Mix Up Matrimony
    • 4. Lord Kitchener – My Landlady
    • 5. Lord Kitchener – Kitch's Bebop Calypso
    • 6. Lord Beginner – Victory Test Match
    • 7. Lord Kitchener – Birth Of Ghana
    • 8. Lord Invader – Aguiti
    • 9. Lord Beginner – Jamaica Hurricane
    • 10. Lord Kitchener – Kitch in The Jungle
    • 11. Mighty Terror – No Carnival In Britain
    • 12. Lord Kitchener – The Underground Train
    • 13. Lord Beginner – Housewives
    • 14. The Lion – Some Girl Something
    • 15. Lord Kitchener – Saxophone Number 2
    • 16. Lord Beginner – Fed-A-Ray
    • 17. Timothy – Bulldog Don't Bite Me
    • 18. The Lion – Spanish Calypso
    • 19. Lord Kitchener – If You're Not White You're Black
    • 20. Lord Kitchener – Sweet Jamaica
    • 21. Young Tiger – Calypso Be
    • 22. Ambrose Campbell – Yolanda
    • 23. Mona Baptiste – Calypso Blues
    • 24. West African Rhythm Brothers – Adura
    • 25. Lord Kitchener – My Wife's Nightie
    • 26. West African Rhythm Brothers – Ominira
    • 27. West African Rhythm Brothers – Eroya
    • 28. Lord Beginner – General Election
    • 29. The Lion – Kalenda March
    • 30. Tunji Oyelana – Omonike
    • 31. Shake Keane And His Highlifers – Baionga
    • 32. King Timothy – Gerrard Street
    • 33. West African Swing Stars – E.T. Mensah's Rolling Ball
    • 34. Ambrose Campbell – Ashiko Rhythm
    • 35. West African Swing Stars – Omo Africa
    • 36. Gwigwi Mrwebi – Nyusamkhaya
    • 37. Russ Henderson – West Indian Drums
    • 38. Lord Beginner – Nobody Wants To Grow Old
    • 39. Rans Boi's Ghana Highlife Band – Gbonimawo
    • 40. West African Rhythm Brothers – Sing The Blues

    VOLUME 1 & 2

    A brilliant Calypso compilation from Honest Jon's records,featuring Lord Kitchener, Lord Beginner, The Lion, Mighty Terror. From the early to middle 50s and mainly from the Melodisc label.

    Recommended!

    People also bought

    London Is The Place For Me Afro-Cubism, Calypso, Highlife, Mento, Jazz The Music Of Young Black London, 5 & 6Honest Jons
    At last, fresh installments in Honest Jon's acclaimed, much-loved series: open-hearted, bitter-sweet, mash-up postcards to the here and now, from young...
    • Buddy Pipp's Highlifers – Cuban Nightingale
    • George Browne – Calypso Mambo
    • Lord Invader – Goodwood Park
    • West African Rhythm Brothers – Ominira
    • West African Rhythm Brothers – Jekafo Ju Agbawo
    • Dizzy Reece – The Escape
    London Is The Place For MeVolume 3 And 4: African Dreams, Calypso, The Piccadilly HighlifeHonest Jons
    VOLUME 3 & 4 Calypso, kwela, highlife and bebop, a little rock n roll and an Indian mambo, a shango hymn, some Sun Ra-style cha cha cha.
    • Ginger Johnson – Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha
    • Young Tiger – African Dream
    • Cab Kaye – Don't You Go Away
    Premier Rasta A Film By Helene Lee Kidam
    EXCLUSIVE! This film is the bomb! An amazing new documentary tracing the history of the first Rasta (Leonard Howell) and the setting up of the Pinnacle...
      Dennis AlcaponeUsain Bolt Of LightningShady Lane
      Killer dee jay tribute to THE FASTEST MAN ON EARTH- USAIN BOLT on a 70s roots cut of "queen of the minstrel" rhythm. Pure heavyweight Dub play loud!!!
      • – Usain Bolt Of Lightning
      • – Super Version
        Mr. WilliamzDancehall HobbyJahtari
        Deadly cuts, charged with raw sound system vibes by the man called Mr. Williamz - on a bunch of heavyweight Maffi digi-dancehall riddims, produced by...
        • – sit down steady
        • – dancehall hobby
        Wareika Hill SoundsNo More War EPHonest Jons
        In the great tradition of Count Ossie, four new groundation furies — hypnotic, thunderous, urgent, mystical — with dubwise repeta, funde and...
        • – No More War
        • – Free The People
        • – Universe In Crisis
        • – Chant Rasta
        Captain SinbadReggae Music Will Mad Unu!Maximum Sound
        Welcome return of 80s Jamaican dee jay Captain Sinbad with killer upbeat new album for Maximum Sound label. Featuring stella line up including Sly &...
        • – Where The Rub A Dub Live
        • – Do You Rememba Dub
        • – In Concert
        • – Music Will Mad Unu
        • – Ganja Chemist
        Theo Parrish & Tony Allen Day Like This / Feel LovedWildheart
        Wildheart Recordings is Theo Parrish’s new London-based label. "Day Like This" and "Feel Loved" are the first fruits of legendary Detroit producer...
        • – Day Like This
        • – Feel Loved
        Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungDéjà Vu AlternatesRhino Atlantic
        180gm Black Vinyl “Déjà Vu Alternates” from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, is a recreation of their immensely popular second album, Déjà Vu featuring...
          • New LP (180g) 603497845019£36.00
            RSD 2021 DROP 2. Available online from 6pm Sat 17th July
          Max RichterNever Look Away (OST)Deutsche Grammophon
          Soundtrack to 'Never Look Away' - a German drama film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - is given a sublime, minimalist score by the great...
            Don Drummond & The SkatalitesCleopatraPort-O-Jam
            Brand new Studio 1 repress..Shocker Rock it doesn't get any better than this Tuff Tuff SKA...Don't Delay.
            • Don Drummond – Cleopatra
            • Roy And Tiny – I Mean It
            Marvin GayeTrouble ManMotown
            Classic blaxploitation soundtrack! Amazing laidback soul and jazz grooves! Every track is a killer, check especially "T Plays It Cool" and "Trouble Man"!!!
              The MaytalsFeverRolando & Powie
              Brand new Studio 1 repress with two killer gospel ska tunes back to back from The Maytals...Don't Delay.
              • – Fever
              • – Cheer Up
              The ClashIf Music Could TalkCMG
              RSD 2021 DROP 2. Available online from 6pm Sat 17th July £34 2LP “If Music Could Talk” was a promo album released by The Clash in 1981, featuring...
                Jamaica Folk Trance PossessionRoots Of Rastafari 1939 - 1961Fremeaux & Associes
                Fascinating evidence of mystic Afro-Jamaican religious practices inherited from the days of slavery. Accompanied by these songs, drums and trances, ancestral...