Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962
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Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962

Next one in this absolutely beautiful presented series, pure pleasure here making visible the point of view of a ‘diasporic explorer’

First there is the hooligan chantwell, up for anything in the hurly-burly of carnival proper; and then the casual reporter, firing off postcards to Trinidad about taxis, flashy booze, fast women and football in Manchester, with homesickness and grievance nestled just behind the optimism, pride and tentative senses of belonging.
There is the bearer of news from home, in detailed accounts of murders, tales of stupid local coppers, and reminiscences about food and particular mango trees; the political thinker, considering racism and Africa; and the diarist, with his vivid tales of infidelity, and disclosure of the break-up of his marriage, and his desire to get away.
One foot in the UK, the other in Trinidad; but the man himself somewhere in-between. Kitch In The Jungle, nobody around. A ‘diasporic explorer’; a key twentieth-century witness, alongside such hallowed figures as Samuel Selvon and Edward Kamau Braithwaite.
Though in frustration Kitch would sometimes take over double-bass duties himself, the musicianship of Rupert Nurse, Fitzroy Coleman and co is top-notch. The original glorious sound is down to Denys Preston, recording for Melodisc, often at Abbey Road Studios (where we transferred and restored the 78s compiled here).
Presented in a lovely gatefold sleeve, with a full-size booklet containing superb, specially-commissioned sleevenotes by Kitch biographer Anthony Joseph, and fabulous, previously-unseen photographs

Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962

Lord Kitchener: London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962

Next one in this absolutely beautiful presented series, pure pleasure here making visible the point of view of a ‘diasporic explorer’

Carnival Road March2:57AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
No More Taxi2:36AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Mango Tree2:48AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Food from the West Indies2:45AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Alphonso in Town3:21AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Come Back in the Morning2:39AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Too Late Kitch3:05AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Drink a Rum2:45AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Constable Joe3:08AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Pirates of Paria2:39AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Carnival in Town2:51AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Is Trouble3:34AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
If You Brown3:12AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Life Begins at 403:10AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Manchester Football Double3:16AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
The Denis Compton Calypso3:07AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Mistress Jacob2:55AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
London is the Place for Me2:48AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Tie Tongue3:06AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25
Dora (Meet Me at the Pawnshop)2:47AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
If You're Not White You're Black2:54AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Africa My Home2:44AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Nora2:58AIFF € 1.25MP3 € 1.00
Kitch in the Jungle3:23AIFF € 1.75MP3 € 1.25

First there is the hooligan chantwell, up for anything in the hurly-burly of carnival proper; and then the casual reporter, firing off postcards to Trinidad about taxis, flashy booze, fast women and football in Manchester, with homesickness and grievance nestled just behind the optimism, pride and tentative senses of belonging.
There is the bearer of news from home, in detailed accounts of murders, tales of stupid local coppers, and reminiscences about food and particular mango trees; the political thinker, considering racism and Africa; and the diarist, with his vivid tales of infidelity, and disclosure of the break-up of his marriage, and his desire to get away.
One foot in the UK, the other in Trinidad; but the man himself somewhere in-between. Kitch In The Jungle, nobody around. A ‘diasporic explorer’; a key twentieth-century witness, alongside such hallowed figures as Samuel Selvon and Edward Kamau Braithwaite.
Though in frustration Kitch would sometimes take over double-bass duties himself, the musicianship of Rupert Nurse, Fitzroy Coleman and co is top-notch. The original glorious sound is down to Denys Preston, recording for Melodisc, often at Abbey Road Studios (where we transferred and restored the 78s compiled here).
Presented in a lovely gatefold sleeve, with a full-size booklet containing superb, specially-commissioned sleevenotes by Kitch biographer Anthony Joseph, and fabulous, previously-unseen photographs