LOUISE LAMB CUTTING WOOD 78rpm MENTO 1958 PRE-SKA
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ISSUED ON THE CRYSTAL RECORDS LABEL BUT WITH NO CATALOGUE NUMBER - THE VINYL (PRESSED ON HEAVY PLASTIC, NOT SHELLAC) IS IN VG+ CONDITION, THOUGH PLAYS WITH THE USUAL HISSING THAT 78'S DO. THERE IS A LINK TO A YOUTUBE RECORDING OF THE SONG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-h8AlI6yU - AND I FOUNF MORE INFORMATION ON THE MENTO.COM WEBSITE
Louise Lamb
Cutting Wood
b/w:
Give Me Love
Both songs are credited to F. Williams, who is perhaps E. F. (Everard) Williams, described on the Chin's Calypso Sextet page. "Cutting Wood" is a funny double entendre song that largely uses the melody of Rukumbine. It was covered on a surprising turn by Girl Wonder.
Louise recorded at least one other single, "Hotel On Wheels" backed with "Trust No Man".
In April of 2008, I was happy to hear from Louise Lamb’s son Michael Morales, and a family friend, Helen McCulloch. Since Louise Lamb is alive, healthy and displays a fine memory for someone who is 82, they were able to provide me with some information:
She was born in Kingston, Jamaica and is purely Jamaican. She married my father Carlton Morales and has three children, my older brother and sister and me. We are from a musical family I suppose. My cousin, (my mother's sister's child), is Alain Laughten who is currently a singer in Jamaica doing quite well, my brother played guitar for Julian Lennon in the 80's, (John Lennon's son), and I myself play bass guitar and have toured in Norway and in the states. My mother lives in Greensboro, NC in the US.
My mom says that she thinks that Cutting Wood was recorded either 1956 or 1957. As far as the producer she is not sure. Dada Tawari went to high school with her but did not get involved in music until after she had stopped singing. She says that Stanley Motta was the one that had the only recording facility on the island at that time, so everyone that wanted to record used it.
My mom told me when she went to get a copy of the record they were all sold out and she never got one. My aunt in Jamaica told her a long time ago that she may have one, but we never did hear anything else about it.
More than half a century later I was happy to reunite Louise Lamb with her recordings. When her son played "Perfect Love" for her over the phone, she laughed, and said, "yes, that's me".
This is pre-owned record.
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- AV = many surface marks some of which will be audible
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