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v/a - london is the place for me 4 - honest jons records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: World - Misc

1. Ginger Johnson - Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha
2. Young Tiger - African Dream
3. Dorothy Masuka - Zoo Lake
4. Lord Kitchener - Rock N Roll Calypso
5. Cab Kaye - Don't You Go Away
6. Shake Keane - Mambo Indio
7. Lord Kitchener - Alphonso In Town
8. Eric Hayden - Give Her The No.1
9. Enoch and Christy Mensah - Dakuku Dum
10. Dorothy Masuka - Khauleza
11. Lord Kitchener - Is Trouble
12. Victor Coker - Ilu Oyinbo Dara
13. Young Growler - V For Victory
14. The African Messengers - Highlife Piccadilly
15. Cab Kaye - Everything Is Go
16. Young Tiger - Chicken And Rice
17. Nat Atkins - Darling Don't Say No
18. Lord Kitchener - Piccadilly Folk
19. Ginger Johnson - African Jazz Cha Cha

'This is the fourth volume in the series celebrating the music of black London, staying for now with the first waves of modern immigration from Africa and the West Indies.

After devoting a third installment to the accomplishments of the late Nigerian genius Ambrose Campbell, Honest Jons resumes an open-house policy, suited to musicians whose lives and artistic ambitions carried them all over the world: calypso and kwela are back, and highlife and bebop, with a little rock n roll, a mambo indio, a shango hymn, and a cha cha cha for bellydancing jazzbos. A lake in a Johannesburg zoo pops up next to a Chinese on the Harrow Road. Astronauts and prostitutes mingle with landlords and Test cricketers, sex with streetfighting and doing a runner. Tracklisting: Ginger Folorunso Johnson Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha, African Jazz Cha Cha / Young Tiger African Dream, Chicken & Rice / Dorothy Masuka Zoo Lake, Khauleza / Lord Kitchener Rock N Roll Calypso, Alphonso In Town, Is Trouble, Piccadilly Folk / Cab Kaye Dont You Go Away, Everything Is Go / Shake Keane Mambo Indio / Eric Hayden Give Her The No. 1 / Enoch & Christy Mensah Dakuku Drum / Victor Coker Ilu Oyinbo Dara / Young Growler V For Victory / The African Messengers Highlife Piccadilly / Nat Atkins Darling Dont Say No. '