WINTLEY PHIPPS - I CHOOSE YOU AGAIN LP 84

Starting out the Valentine's Day posts today.  Per Discogs:  Wintley Augustus Phipps, Sr. (born January 7, 1955) is a Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, record producer, minister, and founder of the U.S. Dream Academy, Songs of Freedom Publishing Company, and Coral Records Recording Company. He features a booming bass-baritone voice, usually singing inspirational gospel music. He is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister.

Phipps was born in Trinidad and Tobago, but at an early age moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Mount Royal High School in Town of Mount Royal. He attended Kingsway College in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, a Seventh-day Adventist academy, and later Oakwood College, a Seventh-day Adventist college (university since 2007) in Huntsville, Alabama, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology. Phipps would go on to earn a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Wintley Phipps served as senior pastor to several churches in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, including the Capitol Hill and Seabrook Seventh-day Adventist Churches. He currently serves as pastor of the Palm Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church in Palm Bay, Florida. Wintley is married to Linda Galloway, whom he met at Oakwood.[4] They have three sons: Wintley II, Winston Adriel, and Wade Alexander.

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VA - DOUBLE ENTENDRE SOCA FROM TRINIDAD LP 90

 Continuing on with the dance theme posts and this one sure does sound lively!  Enjoy!

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MAC KISSOON - SOULED OUT LP 70

 This classic soul album was listed on a label sleeve so I had to check it out.  A couple covers like "Let The Good Times Roll" and "Get Down With It/(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" really stand out.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:   Gerald Mac Farthing

Profile:  Singer from Trinidad, born on November 11, 1943. Later he moved to the UK. He's the brother of Katie Kissoon.

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EDMUNDO ROS His Chorus And Orchestra - SING 'N CLAP-ALONG WITH ROS LP

 Cool vinyl sound for this week's Sing-A-Long theme.  Per Discogs:  Edmundo William Ros

Profile:

British orchestra conductor.

Born: December 7, 1910 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Died: October 21, 2011 in Alicante, Spain

Edmundo Ros was born in Trinidad in December 1910. The family moved to Caracas, Venezuela. Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. He moved to London in 1937 to continue classical studies, but popular music was to become his career. He played drums in the Fats Waller recordings, played percussion and sang in Don Marino Barreto's Cuban band and formed his five-piece Rumba Band in 1940, and the rest is history.

Edmundo's Rumba Band with strange rhythms was a smash hit in London, although the Nazi bomb almost hit the club. His first recording for Parlophone was Record of the Month in June 1941 (Harlequin HQ CD 15). The contract with the famed Bagatelle Restaurant opened the doors for Ros to high society. All the leaders of Allied Countries and the Royal Family came there to dine and listen to Edmundo's Rumba Band. In 1951 Edmundo bought the famous Coconut Grove and named it "Edmundo Ros Dinner and Supper Club". Only those mentioned in "Who's Who" were allowed in the club. The Club was world famous and the BBC had regular raio broadcasts there. In the late 1950's Ros got a smart idea of recording Broadway musical melodies arranged to different Latin rhythms: the mambo, cha cha cha, rumba, samba, baion, bolero, valse creole, meringe, guaracha, and the conga. He also made a series of TV shows for the US and European markets. The 1960's was the the peak of Edmundo Ros' popularity and commercial success.

Edmundo retired in 1975 and has lived with his wife Susan in Alicante, Spain since then. In 1994 Edmundo conducted and sang with the BBC Big Band with Strings at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The other conductor was Stanley Black. The concert was broadcast over BBC Radio 2 and it was such a success that a Japanese recording company invited them into a recording studio in London to make yet another Edmundo Ros CD.

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LORD NELSON - LORD NELSON AGAIN LP 73

 This vinyl has a bouquet of new sounds that mesh well with the coming summer season.  From Discogs (below):                 File link:  https://krakenfiles.com/view/yA7VRSu2wa/file.html

Robert Nelson

Profile:

Like many calypsonians from Tobago, Lord Nelson (born Robert Nelson) had to seek his fame and fortune in America. And he found it -- although not in the U.S., but back home, where he remains one of the acknowledged stars of soca, the mix of soul and calypso that has been the island's musical mainstay since the mid-'70s. Born and raised in Tobago, Nelson left his homeland after graduating high school, hoping for a better life in Brooklyn. However, he'd hardly had a chance to unpack before he was drafted and sent off with the U.S. forces to Korea, which was where he first showed his talents as a singer and comedian, performing in Army shows. Later, back on American shores, he began singing with West Indian steel bands in Brooklyn, mostly covering calypso hits in his unique fashion, which went over strongly with the Caribbean community. Still, he never considered writing his own material until he became friendly with another calypsonian, Mighty Duke, who mentored him. Nelson's own style took from calypso, but also from the American music he heard every day, adding more than an ounce of funk to the proceedings on songs like "La La" and "King Liar," which became Caribbean hits. While not the first to make soca music, he found a great deal of popularity, to the extent that in 1989 he won the title of Uncrowned King in a competition for off-island artists at Trinidad's annual Carnival. In 1990 he signed with Shanachie, which ensured good distribution for his music -- certainly more than his brethren in the West Indies -- and he was able to go global with his sound, even if he had become part of the digital sound rather than relying on 'real' instruments; his label debut, When the World Turns Around, offered a digital remake of his earlier album Love You Forever, which had originally appeared on the tiny Joker label. The uncle of another young soca/rapso artist, Mojah, Nelson continues to record and perform.

Billy Ocean - Suddenly LP 84 w Greatest Hits CD 89

REPOST Request:  This one for mrRadio for his feedback on the title track having a few long pops I had to cut out last time as I found both of these with no jackets at Goodwill.  Thus I got me a cheap copy (Indiana Pressing) to make song flawless.  A song where I used to think he was saying 'Perryview Twister" back in the day...LOL.    https://krakenfiles.com/view/XfjnnIUtB2/file.html

MIGHTY SPARROW - The Greatest LP 83

 Gots to have some island rhythm's for the new year!    https://krakenfiles.com/view/kKM2dSK2Iz/file.html

David Rudder - 1990 CD

REPOST Request:  This is a Mark Underground favorite artist but his earlier two releases I could not find due to the fact they were posted before I joined the blog.  Anyone got?
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V/A - Soca Party ~ The Music Of Trinidad & Tobago Vol.1 (Tape)

Soca Compilation From Trinidad/Tobago

Shandileer/Sound Revolution/
Carl & Carol Jacobs/Taxi

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David Rudder & Charlies Roots - Haiti (Tape)

Soca/Calypso From From Trinidad & Tobago

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Great album

David Rudder - The Power And The Glory

Calypso/Soca From Trinidad/Tobago

Any David Rudder is great.I love this old tape too

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V/A - This Is Soca - With David Rudder & Charlies Roots

Soca/Calypso From Trinidad & Tobago

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Very awesome & highly recommended.This tape traveled many miles at sea with me.
One of my top favorites.

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