Lord Tanamo & Friends Festival Jump-Up CD

Two CD set. 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 the home-grown style of mento were also widely popularized 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 '50s. Yet despite his popularity, it was not until mid-'60s 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 it's 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 Two 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.

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 13. Bonus Tracks 14. Taller Than You Are 15. You'll Never Know 16. Come Down 17. Mattie Rag 18. Downtown Gal 19. I Had a Dream 20. I Am Holding on 21. (Let Me) Dance with You 22. Mother's Choice 23. I'm in the Mood for Love (Ska) 24. I Love You Truly 25. If You Were Only Mine 26. Marie - Roy ; Millie 27. You Are the One - Winston Samuels 28. Come to Me Softly - Jimmy James 29. One More Time - Lloyd Brevett 30. Seek and You'll Find - Roy Panton 31. Don't Believe Her - the Gaylettes 32. I Am Not Worthy - Eric Forbes 33. Fatso - Al T. Joe 34. Two Roads (Before Us) - Roy ; Yvonne 35. (I Love You) Shirley - Jimmy James 36. I'm So Glad - Winston Samuels 37. Dog War Bossa Nova - Don Drummond 38. Oh Merna - Roy ; Millie 39. Cry a Little Cry - Dobby Dobson 40. Gloria Love - the Belltones 41. B.B.C. Channel II - the Hersang Combo 42. Oh Shirley - Roy ; Millie 43. Luck Will Come My Way - Winston Samuels 44. Thinking of You - Jimmy James 45. Slowboat - Al T. Joe 46. Join Together - Roy ; Yvonne 47. Goodbye - the Gaylettes 48. Cork Foot - Baba Brooks 49. I've Been Searching - Eric Forbes 50. Cherita - Roy Panton 51. Diamonds and Pearls - Dobby Dobson 52. Follow - Winston Samuels 53. My Request - Jimmy James