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Thread #32602   Message #3753373
Posted By: GUEST,Phil
24-Nov-15 - 09:49 PM
Thread Name: Blind Blake Calypso singer???
Subject: RE: Blind Blake Calypso singer???
Higgs did one album side for Frank Penn's Freeport, Grand Bahama label.
A Cultural Experience, G.B.I. Recording Co. Ltd., LP109, 1976

Indigenous Bahamian Songs
A1         Jonah Swallowed The Whale
A2         Jesus The Son Of God Do
A3         The Shilling
A4         Under Mervin
A5         Prayer Time
A6         Aunt Elizabeth
A7         Good Friday
A8         The Rape
A9         Unity         
                
Indigenous Bahamian Comedy: (Pandora Gibson)
B1         Yes, Yes, Yes         
B2         What A Pain I Got         
B3         Peas A Rice & Coconut Oil         
B4         Jones Oh Jones         
B5         Foolish Frog


If you're still "vinyl capable" this is your holy grail:
Blind Blake And The Victoria Royal Hotel Calypsos, Moi J'Connais Records (Switzerland,) MJCR004, 2010
A1         Love, Love Alone         
A2         John B. Sail (Wreck Of The John B.)         
A3         Yes, Yes, Yes         
A4         Go Down Emmanuel Road         
A5         Monkey Song         
A6         Delia Gone         
B1         Run Come See Jerusalem         
B2         The Cigar Song         
B3         Jones (Oh Jones)         
B4         Hold 'im Joe / Jump In The Line / Wheel And Turn Me         
B5         Eighteen Hundred And Ninety One         
B6         Goombay Drum
180gr. Audiophile reissue compilation available for under U$20, mint, factory sealed.


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