Release Date: 13 December 2019
Label: Honest Jon's Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5052442016878
Genres: World Music Tropical
Description
The latest volumes in this highly acclaimed "London Is The Place For Me" series - Volume 7 - Calypso, Palm-Wine, Mento, Joropo, Steel & Stringband & Volume 8 - Lord Kitchener In England 1948-1962.
Presenting the music of the Windrush generation: the post-war, London recordings of West Indians and West Africans, in the first wave of modern migration to Britain.
Volume 7 - Calypso, Palm-Wine, Mento, Joropo, Steel & Stringband overflows with diverse musical styles, including steel band, stringband, calypso, joropo and mento. Volume 8 - Lord Kitchener In England 1948-1962 is devoted to the great calypsonian Lord Kitchener.
The gatefold LPs come with full-size leaflets, the CDs inside a forty-page booklet, including numerous stunning photographs, and brilliant new writing by Kitch's biographer, Anthony Joseph. Sound restoration at Abbey Road; pressed at Pallas.
'One of the delights of the age' (Songlines).
'Superlative' (***** Mojo)
Superlative' ( ***** Independent)
'Sensational' (Observer)
Hugely evocative and poignant' (Daily Telegraph)
Sheer joy from start to finish' (Sunday Telegraph)
A witty and joyous testament' (Guardian)
Impeccably curated and packaged' (Wire)
***** Mojo, ***** Times, ***** Independent, ***** Daily Telegraph, ***** Evening Standard, ***** Metro.
Tracklisting
Tony Allen
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Simone White
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