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2022 restock; double LP version. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with four-page insert. Other calypsos range compellingly from the devaluation of the pound through jiu jitsu, big rubbery instruments, football fans, heavyweight champJoe Louisand the sexual allure of English women police. TheRolling StonesfavoriteGinger Johnsonwith a percussive Latin scorcher. Jamaican mento makes its first entry in the series, with a brace byTony Johnson: a drily witty drinking-song, and a love-letter toMarilyn Monroe. Plus a trio of magnificently hybrid, hard-swinging instrumentals led in turn by master-guitaristFitzroy Coleman, Kitch’s innovative arrangerRupert Nurse, and trumpeterShake Keane— named afterShakespearebecause of his love of poetry — fromSt. Vincent.
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