Various Artists - If I Had a Pair of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol 2 [Cassette]

Death Is Not The End

£7.65

Release: 28th August 2020
Label: Death Is Not The End
Genre: Soul/R&B
Cat #: DEATH028
UPC: 5050580710412
Format: Cassette

Tracklisting
1 Now I Know the Reason
Lloyd Clark Smithie's Sextet
2 Now You Want to Cry
The Charmers & Prince Buster
3 A Thousand Teardrops
The Rhythm Aces & The Caribs
4 Have Faith in Me
Jiving Juniors
5 I Love My Teacher
Chuck & Dobby
6 Call Your Name Forever
The Blues Busters
7 I Love You Forever
The Echoes Celestials
8 Hear My Cry
Wilfred Jackie Edwards
9 Valerie
Jiving Juniors
10 Why Did You Leave Me
The Magic Notes
11 Guilty Convict
Rupert Edwards
12 Worried over You
Keith & Enid
13 Julie
The Moonlighters
14 How Can I Be Sure
Higgs & Wilson

The second volume in a two-part collection of Jamaican doo wop from the late 1950s through to the early 1960 represents a period in which sound systems began to dominate the island, and were starting to step up their rivalry by beginning to record heir own platters rather than rely on imports to gain the competitive edge.

With the uniquely Jamaican ska craze yet to fully catch hold, these tracks are largely imitative of the sounds that had been reaching the island from American shores, albeit peppered with hints of what was to come ~ some of the future stars of ska, rocksteady and reggae are starting to cut their teeth here on these records, providing a unique view into the fledgling industry at a time of creative flux.