Artist: Lord Kitchener
Title: London Is The Place For Me 8 - Lord Kitchener In England 1948-1962
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Honest Jon's Records
Genre: Calypso, World
Quality: MP3 320 kbps; FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:11:25
Total Size: 170; 259 MB
The genius of Lord Kitchener has been the mainstay of our series. In this volume devoted to his post-war London recordings, Kitch plays his many roles with signature aplomb and poised subtlety. First there is the hooligan chantwell, up for anything in the hurly-burly of carnival proper; and then the casual reporter, firing off postcards to Trinidad about taxis, flashy booze, fast women and football in Manchester, with homesickness and grievance nestled just behind the optimism, pride and tentative senses of belonging. There is the bearer of news from home, in detailed accounts of murders, tales of stupid local coppers, and reminiscences about food and particular mango trees; the political thinker, considering racism and Africa; and the diarist, with his vivid tales of infidelity, and disclosure of the break-up of his marriage, and his desire to get away. One foot in the UK, the other in Trinidad; but the man himself somewhere in-between. Kitch In The Jungle, nobody around. A 'diasporic explorer'; a key twentieth-century witness, alongside such hallowed figures as Samuel Selvon and Edward Kamau Braithwaite. Though in frustration Kitch would sometimes take over double-bass duties himself, the musicianship of Rupert Nurse, Fitzroy Coleman and co is top-notch. The original glorious sound is down to Denys Preston, recording for Melodisc, often at Abbey Road Studios (where we transferred and restored the 78s compiled here). Presented in a lovely gatefold sleeve, with a full-size booklet containing superb, specially-commissioned sleevenotes by Kitch biographer Anthony Joseph, and fabulous, previously-unseen photographs.
01. Lord Kitchener - Carnival Road March (2:57)
02. Lord Kitchener - No More Taxi (2:36)
03. Lord Kitchener - Mango Tree (2:48)
04. Lord Kitchener - Food from the West Indies (2:45)
05. Lord Kitchener - Alphonso in Town (3:21)
06. Lord Kitchener - Come Back in the Morning (2:39)
07. Lord Kitchener - Too Late Kitch (3:05)
08. Lord Kitchener - Drink a Rum (2:45)
09. Lord Kitchener - Constable Joe (3:08)
10. Lord Kitchener - Pirates of Paria (2:39)
11. Lord Kitchener - Carnival in Town (2:51)
12. Lord Kitchener - Is Trouble (3:34)
13. Lord Kitchener - If You Brown (3:12)
14. Lord Kitchener - Life Begins at 40 (3:10)
15. Lord Kitchener - Manchester Football Double (3:16)
16. Lord Kitchener - The Denis Compton Calypso (3:07)
17. Lord Kitchener - Mistress Jacob (2:55)
18. Lord Kitchener - London is the Place for Me (2:48)
19. Lord Kitchener - Tie Tongue (3:06)
20. Lord Kitchener - Dora (Meet Me at the Pawnshop) (2:47)
21. Lord Kitchener - If You're Not White You're Black (2:54)
22. Lord Kitchener - Africa My Home (2:44)
23. Lord Kitchener - Nora (2:58)
24. Lord Kitchener - Kitch in the Jungle (3:23)
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