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Le label Fantastic Voyage, spécialisé dans le rock'n roll, rockabilly et autres musiques vintages américaines vient de sortir une compilation intéressante consacrée au mento, l'ancêtre du ska et première musique créée sur la sol jamaïcain. Après le succès de sa précédente compilation dédiée au genre en 2013 (Mento, Not Calypso ! The Original Sound Of Jamaica), le label remet le couvert en 2015 avec Jamaica Is The Place To Go (en référence au morceau de Charlie Binger) qui regroupe 48 titres sur deux CDs. Un coffret précieux avec des tracks rares des pionniers de la musique jamaïcaine (Lord Tanamo, Laurel Aitken, Lord Power, Count Owen...) Une véritable carte postale musicale qui fait le tour de la création jamaïcaine des années 50 en montrant son originalité par rapport au cousin trinidadien, le fameux calypso, qui aura eu beaucoup plus de succès à l'international.
Charlie Binger : Jamaica Is The Place To Go
Tracklist :
CD1
1 Invitation To Jamaica (Lord Tanamo and Charlie Binger’s Six)
2 Island In The Sun (Count Owen and His Calypsonians)
3 Mama No Want No Rice, No Peas (Lord Lebby with The Jamaican Calypsonians)
4 Hold ’Em Joe (Lord Foodoos and His Calypso Band)
5 Baba Kill Me Goat (Laurel Aitken and The Boogie Cats)
6 Referendum Calypso (Lord Laro)
7 Chico Chico (Count Sticky and His Calypsonians)
8 Rough Rider (Alerth Bedasse with Local Calypso Quintet)
9 Naughty Little Flea (Lord Flea and His Calypsonians)
10 Rum And Coconut Water (Hubert Porter with The Jamaican Calypsonians)
11 Charlie’s Song (Clyde Hoyte’s Manor House Mentones)
12 Hool-A-Hoop Calypso (Count Owen and His Calypsonians)
13 Maintenance (Cobra Man with Ganny Gabbison and His Calypso Band)
14 Back To Back, Belly To Belly (Lord Foodoos and His Calypso Band)
15 Strip Tease (Lord Power with Trenton Spence Quartet)
16 Banana (Arthur Knibbs with Cecil Knott and His Joybell Orchestra)
17 Wicked Woman (Lord Tanamo)
18 Calypso Rock N Roll (Laurel Aitken)
19 Bed-Bug (Count Zebra and The Seasiders)
20 Love, Love Alone (Unidentified)
21 Aye, Aye, Aye (Count Owen and His Calypsonians)
22 Wheel And Tun Me (Bertie King)
23 Lousy Mother In Law (Lord Foodoos and His Calypso Band)
24 Little Boy (Marie Bryant and Mike McKenzie Quintet)
CD2
1 Sweet Jamaica (Lord Lebby with The Jamaican Calypsonians)
2 Chambolina (Lord Power with Calypso Quintet)
3 Lawd Some Man Could A Smart (Count Owen and His Calypsonians)
4 Nebuchnezer (Laurel Aitken)
5 Drive Her Home (Lord Foodoos and His Calypso Band)
6 Cat-O-Nine (Count Zebra and The Seasiders)
7 Animal Instinct (Lord Tanamo and His Calypsonians)
8 Old Firesticks (Clyde Hoyte’s Manor House Mentones)
9 Bam Celiena (Count Sticky and His Calypsonians)
10 Mama Look Tea (Lord Tickler and The Jamaican Calypsonians)
11 The Weed (Count Owen and His Calypsonians)
12 Let’s Do It (Lord Power with Trenton Spence Quartet)
13 Stone Cold Dead In The Market (Lord Foodoos and His Calypso Band)
14 Rege Dege Ding (Laurel Aitken and His Calypso Band)
15 Wrong Impressions Of A Solder (Lord Laro)
16 Little Fist (Lord Tanamo and His Calypsonians)
17 Honey Bee (Alerth Bedasse with Chin’s Sextet)
18 Not Me (Hubert Porter with The Jamaican Calypsonians)
19 The Lost Watch (Count Owen and His Calypsonians)
20 Miss Constance (Count Lasher and Charlie Binger's Six)
21 Jamaica Is The Place To Go (Harold Richardson with Charlie Binger and His Quintet)
22 Jamaica Farewell (Lord Foodoos and His Calypso Band)
23 The Mermaid (The Wigglers)
24 Tomato (Marie Bryant and Mike McKenzie Quintet)
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