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01. Ginger Folorunso Johnson - Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha
02. Young Tiger - African Dream
03. Dorothy Masuka - Zoo Lake
04. Lord Kitchener - Rock N Roll Calypso
05. Cab Kaye - Don’t You Go Away
06. Shake Kaene - Mambo Indio
07. Lord Kitchener - Alphonso In Town
08. Eric Hayden - Give Her The No. 1
09. Enoch & Christy Mensah - Dakuku Dum
10. Dorothy Masuka - Khauleza
11. Lord Kitchener - Is Trouble
12. Victor Coker - Ilu Oyinbo Dara
13. Young Growler - V For Victory
14. The African Messengers - Highlife Piccadilly
15. Cab Kaye - Everything Is Go
16. Young Tiger - Chicken & Rice
17. Nat Atkins - Darling Don’t Say No
18. Lord Kitchener - Piccadilly Folk
19. Ginger Folorunso Johnson - African Jazz Cha Cha
ARTIST
TITLE
London Is the Place For Me 4: African Dreams and the Piccadilly High Life
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
HJR 025LP HJR 025LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/11/2015

2015 repress; originally released in 2006. The fourth volume in Honest Jon's Records' series celebrating the music of black London, staying for now with the first waves of modern immigration from Africa and the West Indies. After devoting a third installment to the accomplishments of the late Nigerian genius Ambrose Campbell, Honest Jon's resumes an open-house policy, suited to musicians whose lives and artistic ambitions carried them all over the world; calypso and kwela are back, and highlife and bebop, with a little rock 'n' roll, a "mambo Indio," a shango hymn, some Sun Ra-style cha-cha-cha. A lake in a Johannesburg zoo, a Chinese on the Harrow Road; astronauts and prostitutes, landlords, streetfighters and cricketers. The music and detailed notes are presented alongside rare artist photographs by Val Wilmer. Includes tracks by Ginger Folorunso Johnson, Young Tiger, Dorothy Masuka, Lord Kitchener, Cab Kaye, Shake Keane, Eric Hayden, Enoch & Christy Mensah, Victor Coker, Young Growler, The African Messengers, and Nat Atkins.