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Close Your EyesThey Didn't Believe MeSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildDeep as the RiverFarewell to ArmsWhisperingHow Green Was My ValleyI Still Get a ThrillMonkeyLoveCalypso Be BopRun, Run, RunMagic ComposerNaughty Little Flea, TheJump in the LineShi-Du-Bi-Du-BabBachelor's LifeI Can't Cross OverOut de FireMister, Give Me de RentIt All Began with Adam and EveDonkey BrayTrack List
Close Your EyesThey Didn't Believe MeSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildDeep as the RiverFarewell to ArmsWhisperingHow Green Was My ValleyI Still Get a ThrillMonkeyLoveCalypso Be BopRun, Run, RunMagic ComposerNaughty Little Flea, TheJump in the LineShi-Du-Bi-Du-BabBachelor's LifeI Can't Cross OverOut de FireMister, Give Me de RentIt All Began with Adam and EveDonkey BrayAlbum Notes
Liner Note Author: Will Friedwald.
Before Harry Belafonte struck upon his iconic, multimillion-selling combination of calypso, folk, and pop, he briefly made a go of it as a more traditional crooner in the Bing Crosby/Mel Torme mold. THE EARLY YEARS AT CAPITOL RECORDS collects material from this era, and also includes the album SWINGIN' CALYPSOS by another early calypso star, the influential, if largely forgotten, Lord Flea. The unusual juxtaposition of Belafonte's ultra-smooth, orchestra-backed vocals on tracks such as "I Still Get a Thrill" and "Farewell To Arms" next to Lord Flea's gritty island party music serves to drive home the importance of Belafonte's later brand of genre-mixing genius.
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