If I Had a Pair of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol. I - III | Various Artists

If I Had a Pair of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol. I - III

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Robert Bloemkolk So much raw beauty in this collection. Whatever happened to these guys? Do their grandchildren still keep their beat up records? Must be otherwise this collection would never exist. Microflashes of local fame, almost forever lost. Favorite track: I've Done You Wrong.

Red Balloon Talk Know your roots to plan the route!

tim donner great collection of tunes! Favorite track: Do You Know.

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1.	Alton & Eddie - Muriel 03:23	buy track
2.	Jiving Juniors - Dearest Darling 02:24	buy track
3.	The Echoes & Celestials - Are You Mine 03:09	buy track
4.	Jimmy Cliff - Dearest Beverley 02:39	buy track
5.	Keith & Enid - Send Me 03:12	buy track
6.	The Downbeats - Midnight Love 02:45	buy track
7.	Chuck & Dobby - 'Til the End of Time 02:09	buy track
8.	The Mellowlarks - Album of Memory 03:03	buy track
9.	Horthens & Stranger - True Love 02:28	buy track
10.	Dobby Dobson - Diamonds & Pearls 02:28	buy track
11.	The Charmers - I'm Going Back 02:25	buy track
12.	The Blues Busters - Pleading for Mercy 03:17	buy track
13.	Owen & Millie - Do You Know 02:50	buy track
14.	Laurel Aitken - Heavenly Angel 02:55	buy track
15.	Lloyd Clarke - Now I Know The Reason 03:00	buy track
16.	The Charmers & Prince Buster - Now You Want to Cry 02:37	buy track
17.	The Rhythm Aces & The Caribs - A Thousand Teardrops 02:42	buy track
18.	Have Faith in Me 02:39	buy track
19.	Chuck & Dobby - I Love My Teacher 02:43	buy track
20.	The Blues Busters - Call Your Name Forever 03:06	buy track
21.	I Love You Forever 03:20	buy track
22.	Wilfred Jackie Edwards - Hear My Cry 02:46	buy track
23.	Jiving Juniors - Valerie 02:55	buy track
24.	The Magic Notes - Why Did You Leave Me 03:19	buy track
25.	Rupert Edwards - Guilty Convict 02:27	buy track
26.	Keith & Enid - Worried over You 03:10	buy track
27.	The Moonlighters - Julie 02:18	buy track
28.	Higgs & Wilson - How Can I Be Sure 02:32	buy track
29.	Jiving Juniors - Sweet as an Angel 02:23	buy track
30.	Alton & Eddie - My Heaven 02:29	buy track
31.	Higgs & Wilson - When You Tell Me Baby 02:35	buy track
32.	Lloyd Adams - I Wish Your Picture Was You 02:35	buy track
33.	The Moonlighters - Don't You Know 02:12	buy track
34.	Ricketts & Rowe - Dream Girl 03:22	buy track
35.	Annette & Shenley - The First Time We Met 02:35	buy track
36.	Belltones - I'll Always Call Your Name 03:10	buy track
37.	Ruddy & Sketto - Little Schoolgirl 02:55	buy track
38.	Derrick & Patsy - Crying in the Chapel 02:22	buy track
39.	The Blues Busters - I've Done You Wrong 02:17	buy track
40.	Jiving Juniors - My Sweet Angel 02:44	buy track
41.	Higgs & Wilson - Change of Mind 02:58	buy track
42.	Wilfred Jackie Edwards - Never Go Away 02:44	buy track

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A double CD served in a gatefold card case with extensive liner notes from author of People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae, David Katz.

Collecting together all three volumes of the If I Had a Pair of Wings LP compilation series for this special double CD edition, with extensive and illuminating notes.

"...all of the music on this compilation is the result of the forward-thinking artists and producers that realised 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 its very beginnings, its singers and players drawing from the popular styles of the island’s larger neighbour and already changing those styles into something their own." - David Katz

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