Says Fire - Laurel Aitken


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Vinyl L.P - Black Butcher Classics  - BBC 009.
1967* - Germany - Reissue 2014.

Cover design, photographs (A. Powell): HIPGNOSIS.
Cover photographs: Jerry Coombes.


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Laurel Aitken


1927 - 2005



        *Release date:


1969 according to Discogs.


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  1. WIKIPEDIAJune 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM


    Lorenzo "Laurel" Aitken was a Cuban-Jamaican singer and one of the pioneers of ska music. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Ska".

    Born in Cuba of mixed Cuban and Jamaican descent, Aitken and his family settled in Jamaica in 1938. After an early career working for the Jamaican Tourist Board singing mento songs for visitors arriving at Kingston Harbour, he became a popular nightclub entertainer.

    His first recordings in the late 1950s were mento tunes such as "Nebuchnezer", "Sweet Chariot" (aka the gospel classic "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot") and "Baba Kill Me Goat".

    Aitken's 1958 single "Boogie in My Bones"/"Little Sheila" was one of the first records produced by Chris Blackwell and the first Jamaican popular music record to be released in the United Kingdom.

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