| Various Artists / London Is The Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black |
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| Album: | London Is The Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 11/2008 | |
| Label: | Honest Jon's Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-11-23 | Pull Date: | 2009-01-25 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 25 Jan | 18 Jan | 11 Jan | 4 Jan | 28 Dec | 21 Dec | 14 Dec | 7 Dec |
| Airplays: | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Recent Airplay |
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| 1. | Sat, 31 Aug 19: | Eme O Music Casserole | 4. | Tue, 16 Nov 10: | Don Farrell Global Warming at thr Cafe Bohemian | |
| 2. | Tue, 11 Sep 12: | ETN Moonshine in the Evening | 5. | Thu, 05 Aug 10: | Mason Smith Elite Syncopations | |
| 3. | Sat, 05 Nov 11: | Eme O Music Casserole | 6. | Tue, 03 Aug 10: | Mason Smith Meltdown |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-11-24 | ||
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Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz from young black London. fantastic compilation from the early 1950's London with West Indian and West African musicians. All tracks are very good. ****1: 2:57 calypso, male vocal, super cool song about Jazz, great scat style + great lyrics 2: 3:15 mid tempo, trumpet, male vocals, flute, almost chill 3: 2:58 calypso, female vocal, slow to mid with big band sound 4: 2:53 slow to mid male vocal, some scat style, horns 5: 2:37 calypso, male vocal & chorus cool song about infidelity, mid tempo 6: 3:12 slow to mid, male vocal, clave sticks, percussion, guitar, piano & horns 7: 2:53 male vocal & chorus, slower intro then faster, perc & horns 8: 2:48 male vocal & chorus, about election in England 9: 3:05 male vocal & chorus, horns & perc, low down calypso about Carnaval 10: 3:09 male vocal, with horns & perc, mid tempo 11: 2:11 fast percussion with horns, male vocal/wail 12: 2:37 calypso, mid to faster, male vocal, some cool scat sounds 13: 2:39 instrumental,clave sticks, mid tempo, horns & perc, guitar *****14: 4:56 clave dominates ( 1---2---3---1-1 ) with low fast percussion 15: 3:25 clave sticks, perc, horns, slow to mid, minimal male vocal & chorus ***16: 3:19 instrumental, South African township Jazz sound to a Nigerian tune ****17: 3:11 instrumental, fast top hat, percussion & bass 18: 2:29 calypso, mid tempo, male vocals 19: 3:06 clave sticks, male vocals, mid to fast, guitar 20: 2:49 male vocal, slow D Farrell 11/2008 | ||
| Track Listing |
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