By the mid-1960s, ska was in full swing, but while the driving, energetic sound dominated Jamaica’s musical landscape, other genres, such as rhythm & blues, calypso and thLordfe home-grown style of mento were also widely popularised by local acts. And of these performers, few proved more popular and versatile than Joseph Gordon, a singer-songwriter who, as Lord Tanamo, had been at the forefront of the island’s music scene since the Fifties. Yet despite his popularity, it was not until mid-Sixties that a long-player dedicated to his output finally saw issue. Released by leading Kingston-based producer Lindon Pottinger, the musically varied “Festival Jump-Up” provides the focus for disc one of this collection, with its original 12 tracks augmented by Tanamo’s best-loved ska recordings from the period, including his oft-imitated rendering of the standard, ‘I’m In The Mood For Love. Disc 2 collects 28 of the most popular ska and r&b sides issued between 1963 and 1964 on Pottinger’s revered Gaydisc and SEP labels, their number including numerous significant Jamaican hits by the likes of Jimmy James, Roy Panton & Millie Small, Winston Samuels and Dobby Dobson. The result is a musical cornucopia of rare, high quality authentic early-Sixties Jamaican sounds, many of which have remained widely unavailable on any format until now.
To Be Released November 15, 2019.
• Album unavailable on any format since 1965
• Includes over 30 tracks new to CD!
• Features the perennial ska favourite, ‘I’m In The Mood For Love’ (ska)
Track-list:
DISC ONE: FESTIVAL JUMP-UP
1. FESTIVAL JUMP-UP
2. MARY ANN
3. BAND PASSING
4. NAUGHTY LITTLE FLEA
5. IRON BAR
6. A MOTHER’S LOVE
7. DADDY
8. LAND OF SEA AND SUN
9. WOMAN SMARTER THAN MAN
10. TELEVISION
11. YOU BELONG TO MY HEART
12. TAKE ME BACK TO JAMAICA
BONUS TRACKS
13. TALLER THAN YOU ARE
14. YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
15. COME DOWN
16. MATTIE RAG
17. DOWNTOWN GAL
18. I HAD A DREAM
19. I AM HOLDING ON
20. (LET ME) DANCE WITH YOU
21. MOTHER’S CHOICE
22. I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (SKA)
23. I LOVE YOU TRULY
24. IF YOU WERE ONLY MINE
DISC TWO:
1. MARIE – Roy & Millie
2. YOU ARE THE ONE – Winston Samuels
3. COME TO ME SOFTLY – Jimmy James
4. ONE MORE TIME – Lloyd Brevett
5. SEEK AND YOU’LL FIND – Roy Panton
6. DON’T BELIEVE HER – The Gaylettes
7. I AM NOT WORTHY – Eric Forbes
8. FATSO – Al T. Joe
9. TWO ROADS (BEFORE US) – Roy & Yvonne
10. (I LOVE YOU) SHIRLEY – Jimmy James
11. I’M SO GLAD – Winston Samuels
12. DOG WAR BOSSA NOVA – Don Drummond
13. OH MERNA – Roy & Millie
14. CRY A LITTLE CRY – Dobby Dobson
15. GLORIA LOVE – The Belltones
16. B.B.C. CHANNEL II – The Hersang Combo
17. OH SHIRLEY – Roy & Millie
18. LUCK WILL COME MY WAY – Winston Samuels
19. THINKING OF YOU – Jimmy James
20. SLOWBOAT – Al T. Joe
21. JOIN TOGETHER – Roy & Yvonne
22. GOODBYE – The Gaylettes
23. CORK FOOT – Baba Brooks
24. I’VE BEEN SEARCHING – Eric Forbes
25. CHERITA – Roy Panton
26. DIAMONDS AND PEARLS – Dobby Dobson
27. FOLLOW – Winston Samuels
28. MY REQUEST – Jimmy James