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The Pioneer Of Jamaican Music  [ Double LP ]  - USA
Laurel Aitken
Label : Reggae Retro Records
 
$17.75
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The album charts the extraordinary pioneering role of legendary Jamaican music artist Laurel Aitken. The journey takes us through the rural sounds of the Mento and Calypso styles, and features long-since-deleted sides. 1957's "Ghana Independence (They Got It)" includes some of the earliest Rasta hand drumming found to date, and predates the Prince Buster-produced Folkes Brothers tune "Oh Carolina" by three years! The album moves on to embrace Laurel's role as the forerunner in Jamaican Blues, which is reminiscent of late-fifties US R'n'B style, with groundbreaking Jamaican-recorded tunes such as "Aitken's Boogie."

 
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  1. Ghana Independence (They Got It)
  2. Mas Charlies (Prisoner Song)
  3. Nebuchadnezzar
  4. Baba Kill Me Goat (A Line)
  5. Tribute To Collie Smith
  6. West Indian Cricket Test
  7. Aitken's Boogie
  8. Come Back Jeannie
  9. Mary Lee
  10. Yea Yea Baby
  11. If It's Money You Need
  12. Low Down Dirty Girl
  13. Railroad Track
  14. Going Back To Kansas
  15. Judgement Day
  16. Mash Potato Boogie
  17. Bossa Nova Hop
  18. Zion
  19. Mary Don't You Weep
  20. Bachelor Life
  21. You Was Up
  22. We Shall Overcome
  23. Green Banana
  24. Looking For My Baby
  25. I Believe
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