Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs

Coronet CXS115 & Coronet CXS115
Celebrity UTS154
Deacon DEA1018
Oxford OX-3012
World Sound TP-276 and reel to reel TT-276


CXS115 (1), UTS154 TP-276 and TT-276:	CXS115 (2):	DEA1018: OX-3012		Time	Audio clip
A1	A1	A1	Venezuela # (Belafonte)	2:38
A2	B4	A2	Simple, Simple # (Belafonte)	3:04
A3	B1	A4	Annabelle Lee # (Belafonte)	2:37
A4	B5	A3	Only One Like Me # (Belafonte)	2:39
A5	A2	A5	The Night Has A 1000 Eyes# (Belafonte)	2:46
-	A5	-	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes # (Belafonte)	2:53
B1	-	-	When The Yankees Are Gone (Islanders)
B2	-	-	Lie Stone Dead In The Market (Islanders)
B3	-	-	The Donkey Song (Islanders)
B4	-	-	Tomorrow Man (Islanders)
B5	-	-	Mary Walk (Islanders)
-	A3	-	Hold'em Joe # (Islanders)
-	A4	-	Goombay Drums (Islanders)
-	B2	-	Rum & Coca Cola (Islanders)
-	B3	-	Brown Skin Girl # (Islanders)
-	-	B1	Scarlet Ribbons # (Bob Jones Singers)
-	-	B2	Shenandoah # (Bob Jones Singers)
-	-	B3	John Henry # (Bob Jones Singers)
-	-	B4	Boll Weevil (Bob Jones Singers)
-	-	B5	Erie Canal (Bob Jones Singers)

In an attempt to capitalize on the success of calypso and the Harry Belafonte name, the Coronet label found some old masters from the early '50s of Belafonte singing tepid versions of pop songs, some of which had been released on the Jubilee label. Coronet in turn tried to pass these off as "folk songs" by interspersing them with authentic calypso songs performed by a group called the Islanders. Of the six Belafonte tracks, one was a genuine West Indian folk song: "Venezuela," which had been released as a single by Jubilee in 1954. A better version was released by RCA Victor in 1957. The additional Belafonte tracks are "Annabelle Lee," "Only One Like Me," "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," "Simple, Simple, Simple," and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." For completists only. ~ Cary Ginell, All Music Guide

Other front covers of this album:

CXS115 (ver. 1)

CXS115 (ver.2)

Deacon DEA1018

UTS154

SP602

OX-3012

TP-276(LP) & TT-276 (tape)

TT-276 rear side