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Night Food - Bedasse W. Calypso Quintet Jamaica Early 50s Mento Music 78RPM

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Old 78RPM record of mine, the flip is Walk and Talk and these are Mento music, a forerunner to Bluebeat & ska. Night Food was later covered by Nora Dean. In a interview Alerth Bedasse said he and Everard Williams were street performers at the corner of Oxford St and Spanish Town Rd near Coronation Market in Kingstown Jamaica. "Everard composed the song.... In 1952 but nobody would produce the record....eventually a guy named Stanford recorded it at Stanley Motta's studio. It gained momentum and sold like widfire. Every dance you go Night Food would play 10 times. Finally Mr Chin....gave us a contract....Ken Khouri distributed it and we got about £18 for both of us." Upload for fair use and educational purposes only.
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