Explore the 20-track London Is the Place for Me compilation, its individual performers and the label’s account of calypso in postwar London.
A shared portrait of calypso in postwar London
Honest Jon’s presents the first London Is the Place for Me collection as Trinidadian calypso in London during 1950–56. Its introduction situates the music among Caribbean migrants and musicians already working in Britain, with songs addressing everyday life, public affairs, sporting events and social satire. This is a multi-artist compilation: the label’s sequence includes Lord Beginner, Young Tiger, Lord Invader, Mighty Terror, The Lion and Timothy alongside Lord Kitchener. Reading the performer on each row is essential; the presence of the collection in Kitchener’s catalog does not make all twenty performances his.
Navigate the edition and its versions
The selected provider edition has 20 entries and is dated September 30, 2011. That date belongs to this digital product, while 1950–56 forms part of the label’s description of the collection’s historical scope. London Is the Place for Me opens the sequence; Lord Beginner’s Victory Test Match is sixth, Lord Invader’s Aguiti eighth, and Kitchener’s Sweet Jamaica closes it. The provider calls track fifteen Saxophone No. 2, while the label uses Saxophone Number 2. The table keeps the selected edition’s title and performer labels without merging recordings solely because their names resemble each other.
Edition at a glance
- Edition title
- London Is the Place for Me
- Storefront
- us
- Listed edition date
- 2011-09-30
- Tracks in this edition
- 20
- Opening track
- London Is the Place for Me
- Closing track
- Sweet Jamaica
- Rights notice supplied by the catalog
- ℗ 2011 Honest Jon's Records
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Tracks and performer credits
| Disc / track | Recording | Credited performer | Duration | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 / 1 | London Is the Place for Me | Lord Kitchener | 2:45 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 2 | I Was There (At the Coronation) | Young Tiger | 2:45 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 3 | Mix Up Matrimony | Lord Beginner | 3:19 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 4 | My Landlady | Lord Kitchener | 2:42 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 5 | Kitch's Bebop Calypso | Lord Kitchener | 2:44 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 6 | Victory Test Match | Lord Beginner | 3:02 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 7 | Birth of Ghana | Lord Kitchener | 2:52 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 8 | Aguiti | Lord Invader | 2:48 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 9 | Jamaica Hurricane | Lord Beginner | 3:06 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 10 | Kitch In the Jungle | Lord Kitchener | 3:21 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 11 | No Carnival In Britain | Mighty Terror | 3:07 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 12 | The Underground Train | Lord Kitchener | 2:59 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 13 | Housewives | Lord Beginner | 3:02 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 14 | Some Girl Something | The Lion | 2:27 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 15 | Saxophone No. 2 | Lord Kitchener | 2:57 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 16 | Fed-A-Ray | Lord Beginner | 2:42 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 17 | Bulldog Don't Bite Me | Timothy | 2:11 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 18 | Spanish Calypso | The Lion | 2:36 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 19 | If You're Not White You're Black | Lord Kitchener | 3:01 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 20 | Sweet Jamaica | Lord Kitchener | 2:47 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
About the date and version
US provider edition date; not asserted first worldwide release. This date is not used as an article publication date. 20 tracks are listed in this captured edition. Earlier releases, writer credits, producer credits and recording versions remain unclaimed unless separately documented.
Sources and edition details
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-is-the-place-for-me/460529975 (opens in a new tab) · Catalog observed 2026-10-22