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- Joined on October 28, 2014
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Reggae and calypso collector from Ontario, Canada. I collect mostly island music, but deal in all genres.
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Killer soca from the seemingly unknown Juno D'Lord out of Toronto! The title track samples from "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock... need I say more? Instrumentation is top notch, especially the heavy drums and synth in the background. "Song to ...
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Two of the greatest classics of Jamaican gospel are featured on this 7" - any reggae collector should have a little Otis Wright in their boxes!
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A great Jamaican gospel release. Some have taken the "Alton, USA" legend on the label as meaning that this was an imported recording, either from Alton, Mississippi or Alton, Illinois - take your pick, but it doesn't seem to have been released anywhere ...
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In typical budget label fashion, Coronet/Premier/Celebrity etc. stretched out these same Belafonte tracks over at least two albums. Harry Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs / Calypso In The Sun is the other, featuring five of the same Belafonte tracks ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is the one added here). ...
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The Harry Belafonte side is lame - what you want here are the five tunes by the Islanders, which are great Jamaican mento. All five Islanders tracks are excellent and recorded in good quality for a budget label.
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This is a good compilation, but the biggest problem is the title, as much of the content is neither mento nor calypso. Probably because Trojan didn't release much of that, most of it came out on Pama sublabels or on Kalypso in the UK. You do get great ...
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Good compilation of Jamaican mento (not calypso) aimed at tourists. As such, the music is top-notch but in terms of meaning, there's not much here. The exception is Lord Lebby's famous "Kinsey Report" which is a commentary on the groundbreaking sexual ...
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An interesting compilation of mento and calypso which Request Records dug up from who knows where. Many tracks are still unidentified in terms of performers! Some of these ("Mambo from the West Indies", for instance) seem like US-recorded tracks cashing ...
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A great compilation of Jamaican mento tracks, all of which were originally released on 78 rpm exclusively in Jamaica (except for track A1, which was a US release of a Jamaican recording). Personal favorites of mine are "Night Food" by Chin's Calypso ...
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One of many compilations of early Jamaican and Trinidadian material released on LP during the 1950s. This one features a less-than-stellar tracklist. The Lord Kitchener and Marie Bryant tracks are over-compiled and not the greatest works of either ...
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A strange Canadian release which finds the Protector, best known as a soca performer, instead doing roots reggae! Surprisingly, his voice is well suited for this and the instrumentation (probably featuring the backing band used by Ronnie Davis and ...
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An interesting piece of Toronto soca. "Emelda" is the story of a party-loving woman who drags the reluctant singer along for the ride, featuring some hard drums but mostly the usual Toronto soca sound. "Run to the Sun" is something completely different, ...
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Killer 12" from Bread featuring the amazing, ethereal music of Eddie Hooper ("Rockers Rock"). Both tunes on this 12" are subdued, funky calypsos with the unique Hooper sound. This is NOT the same recording of "Run to the Sun" that later appeared In ...
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Great double-sider from Sugar Aloes featuring two tracks written by Mohan Paltoo, who also wrote for chutney greats Sundar Popo and Kanchan. "Roti & Dhalpouri" was a huge hit live, and the recorded version is equally amazing. It has a similar, ...
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Unsatisfied with his collaborations with arranger Frankie McIntosh, Shadow jumped ship and moved to the up-and-coming Kisskidee label - a label with a different musical philosophy revolving around modernizing calypso while maintaining its classic roots. ...
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The second album Shadow released with arranger Frankie McIntosh, following the death of his longtime associate Art DeCouteau in 1987. This album has little in common with Shadow's earlier, funkier material - instead, it's a more typical soca party album ...
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