If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop Vol 1-3 If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop Vol 1-3 CD

Death Is Not The End collects together all three volumes of their critically acclaimed If I Had a Pair of Wings LP compilation series for this special double CD edition, with extensive and illuminating notes by David Katz, author of People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae. Katz writes, "The music on this compilation is the result of the forward-thinking artists and producers that realized the worth of local Jamaican artistry during a time when the island's leading political figures had not yet managed to throw off the colonial yolk. These are sounds with a certain innocence and the optimistic promise of better to come, with the influence of American pop ballads and doo-wop looming large, yet already pointing to the innovations of the future. Listen keenly and take in the sounds of the Jamaican music industry at it's very beginnings, it's singers and players drawing from the popular styles of the island's larger neighbor and already changing those styles into something their own.

1. Alton ; Eddie - Muriel 2. Jiving Juniors - Dearest Darling 3. The Echoes ; Celestials - Are You Mine 4. Jimmy Cliff - Dearest Beverley 5. Keith ; Enid - Send Me 6. The Downbeats - Midnight Love 7. Chuck ; Dobby - ÆTil the End of Time 8. The Mellowlarks - Album of Memory 9. Horthens ; Stranger - True Love 10. Dobby Dobson - Diamonds ; Pearls 11. The Charmers - IÆm Going Back 12. The Blues Busters - Pleading for Mercy 13. Owen ; Millie - Do You Know 14. Laurel Aitken - Heavenly Angel 15. Lloyd Clark SmithieÆs Sextet - Now I Know the Reason 16. The Charmers ; Prince Buster - Now You Want to Cry 17. The Rhythm Aces ; The Caribs - A Thousand Teardrops 18. Jiving Juniors - Have Faith in Me 19. Chuck ; Dobby - I Love My Teacher 20. The Blues Busters - Call Your Name Forever 21. The Echoes Celestials - I Love You Forever 22. Wilfred Jackie Edwards - Hear My Cry 23. Jiving Juniors - Valerie 24. The Magic Notes - Why Did You Leave Me 25. Rupert Edwards - Guilty Convict 26. Keith ; Enid - Worried over You 27. The Moonlighters - Julie 28. Higgs ; Wilson - How Can I Be Sure 29. Jiving Juniors - Sweet as an Angel 30. Alton ; Eddie - My Heaven 31. Higgs ; Wilson - When You Tell Me Baby 32. Lloyd Adams - I Wish Your Picture Was You 33. The Moonlighters - DonÆt You Know 34. Ricketts ; Rowe - Dream Girl 35. Annette ; Shenley - The First Time We Met 36. Belltones - IÆll Always Call Your Name 37. Ruddy ; Sketto - Little Schoolgirl 38. Derrick ; Patsy - Crying in the Chapel 39. The Blues Busters - IÆve Done You Wrong 40. Jiving Juniors - My Sweet Angel 41. Higgs ; Wilson - Change of Mind 42. Wilfred Jackie Edwards - Never Go Away