Various Artists

• DOUBLE VINYL LP
• GATEFOLD SLEEVE EDITION

A dazzling range of calypso, mento, joropo, steelband, palm-wine and r’n'b. Expert revivals of stringband music, from way back, alongside proto-Afro-funk.
An uproarious selection of songs about the H-Bomb and modern phones, prostitution and Haile Selassie, mid-life crisis and the London Underground, racism and solidarity, the Highway Code and a 100% West Indian Royal Wedding.

LP ONE:

A1.  Lord Beginner ....... Sons And Daughters Of Africa
A2. The Lion ....... Royal Wedding
A3. The Mighty Terror ....... Hydrogen Bomb
A4. Dai Dai Simba ....... Modern Telephone
A5. Willie Payne & The Starlite Tempos ....... Wa Sise     
    
B1. The Mighty Terror ....... Emperor Of Africa
B2. Louise Bennett ....... Bongo Man
B3. Marie Bryant ....... My Handy Man
B4. Nigerian Union Rhythm Group ....... Tortoise
B5. Calypso Rhythm Kings ....... Boule Vese
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LP TWO
    
C1. The Mighty Terror ....... Life Is Like A Puzzle
C2. The Mighty Terror ....... Chinese Children
C3. Bill Rogers ....... Hungry Man From Clapham
C4. Lili Verona ....... Underground Train
C5. The Lion ....... Highway Code
    
D1. Billy Sholanke ....... Kana Kana
D2. Calypso Rhythm Kings ....... L'Année Passée
D3. Lord & Lady Beginner ....... One Morning
D4. West African Rhythm Brothers ....... Ema Foju Ana Woku
D5. Trinidad Steel Band ....... Caroline