Mitchum, Robert
Calypso Is Like So...
Destination Moon present a reissue of Robert Mitchum's Calypso - Is Like So, originally released in 1957. When Harry
Belfonte's Calypso became the first LP to sell over a million copies, it stimulated an unprecedented calypso craze
stateside, with myriad musical and cultural repercussions. Of all the calypso oddities to appear in its wake, Robert
Mitchum's Calypso - Is Like So is certainly the most curious, as well as the most enduring. On this debut LP as a
singer, actor Mitchum tackles Sparrow's "Jean And Dinah", King Radio's "Not Me", Wilmouth Houdini's "Coconut Water", and
other Trinidadian anthems with considerable aplomb, infusing his delivery with a faux Caribbean lilt that flatters,
rather than mocks; a few Don Rae adaptations broaden the palette of this most peculiarly appealing picture. Numbered to
500 copies, clear vinyl.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
06-05-2022
Label
Item-nr
982544
EAN
8055515232585
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
JEAN AND DINAH
2
FROM A LOGICAL POINT OF VIEW
3
NOT ME
4
WHAT IS THE GENERATION COMING TO?
5
TIC, TIC, TIC
6
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP
7
I LEARN MERENGUE, MAMA
8
TAKE ME DOWN TO LOVER'S ROW
9
MAMA, LOOKA BOO BOO
10
COCONUT WATER
11
MATILDA, MATILDA
12
THEY DANCE ALL NIGHT