If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Volume 1 (LP)


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Format: LP
Label: Death Is Not The End 
Year: 2020 

Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New

TRACKS:

A1 Alton & Eddie: Muriel
A2 Jiving Juniors: Dearest Darling
A3 The Echoes, Celestials: Are You Mine
A4 Jimmy Cliff: Dearest Beverley
A5 Keith & Enid: Send Me
A6 The Downbeats: Midnight Love
A7 Chuck & Dobby: 'Til The End Of Time

B1 The Mellowlarks: Album Of Memory
B2 Hortense & Stranger: True Love
B3 Dobby Dobson: Diamonds & Pearls
B4 The Charmers: I'm Going Back
B5 The Blues Busters: Pleading For Mercy
B6 Owen & Millie: Do You Know
B7 Laurel Aitken: Heavenly Angel

"...All of the music on this compilation is the result of the forward-thinking artists and producers that realised the worth of local Jamaican artistry during a time when the island's leading political figures had not yet managed to throw off the colonial yolk. These are sounds with a certain innocence and the optimistic promise of better to come, with the influence of American pop ballads and doo-wop looming large, yet already pointing to the innovations of the future. Listen keenly and take in the sounds of the Jamaican music industry at its very beginnings, its singers and players drawing from the popular styles of the island's larger neighbour and already changing those styles into something their own." - David Katz

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