Title: Island in the Sun
Artist: Belafonte, Harry
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4000127162625
Genre: Vocal, Box Sets

Harry Belafonte begins here! And there's a very special reason for this edition: On March, 1st the most versatile singer in popular music, and the most politically committed singer-actor in the world celebrates his 75th birthday! This outstanding singer's career began in the New York jazz clubs circa 1949, and our exclusive 5-CD set tells the story of Harry Belafonte's astonishing early career from the early jazz and pop sides for Roost, Capitol, and Jubilee (all unreissued until now and featuring the cream of New York jazzmen), to the fabulous 'Calypso' album... and beyond. Through it all, Harry Belafonte was constantly challenging himself, constantly looking for ways to introduce his ever-growing audience to the music of the world.These five CDs include Harry Belafonte's timeless interpretations of some of the great songs of the era... and songs that you'll still hear at his concerts, including Scarlet Ribbons, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Matilda, I'm Just A Country Boy, John Henry, Jamaica Farewell, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Mary's Boy Child, Haiti Cherie, Hava Nageela, Mama Look-A-Boo-Boo, and Island In The Sun. Many songs were recorded several times as Belafonte refined his approach to them, and you'll hear all the unissued versions here. You'll also hear his first five albums complete: 'Mark Twain,' 'Belafonte,' 'Calypso' (the first million-selling LP in the history of the record business!), 'An Evening With Belafonte,' and 'Sings Of The Caribbean. ' All digitally remastered from the original master tapes for the first time! The book includes striking first-person reminiscences from Harry Belafonte's associates, including calypsonian Lord Burgess and choral director Robert DeCormier, as well as from the man himself! In addition, there are many rare and unpublished photos and a full discography

Tracks:
1.1 Lean on Me
1.2 Recognition
1.3 How Green Was My Valley
1.4 Deep As the River
1.5 They Didn't Believe Me
1.6 Close Your Eyes
1.7 Whispering
1.8 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
1.9 I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)
1.10 Farewell to Arms
1.11 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
1.12 Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1.13 Annabell Lee
1.14 Venezuela
1.15 Simple, Simple, Simple
1.16 Only One Like Me
1.17 Chimney Smoke
1.18 A-Roving
1.19 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
1.20 Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)
1.21 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
1.22 Shenandoah
1.23 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
1.24 Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)
1.25 Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)
1.26 Springfield Mountain (To-Roo-De-Nay)
1.27 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
1.28 Matilda
1.29 Venezuela
1.30 Kukla-Mu
1.31 Pretty As a Rainbow
1.32 Acorn in the Meadow
1.33 I'm Just a Country Boy
1.34 Hold 'Em Joe
1.35 Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)
1.36 Drummer and the Cook
1.37 Fox
1.38 Delia
1.39 Soldier, Soldier
1.40 Lord Randall
1.41 Tol' My Captain
1.42 John Henry
1.43 Next Big River
1.44 Mark Twain
1.45 Mo Mary
1.46 Man Piaba
1.47 Take My Mother Home
1.48 Sylvie
1.49 Noah
1.50 Baby Darlin'
1.51 Hello Everybody
1.52 Troubles
1.53 Matilda
1.54 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
1.55 Waterboy
1.56 Scarlet Ribbons
1.57 Sylvie
1.58 In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
1.59 Jump Down, Spin Around
1.60 Will His Love Be Like His Rum?
1.61 Hosanna
1.62 Jack-Ass Song
1.63 Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
1.64 Star-O
1.65 Suzanne
1.66 Unchained Melody
1.67 Jamaica Farewell
1.68 I Do Adore Her
1.69 Dolly Dawn
1.70 Brown Skin Girl
1.71 Melda Massi
1.72 Come Back Liza
1.73 Blues Is Man (Part 1)
1.74 Blues Is Man (Part 2)
1.75 Blues Is Man (Part 2)
1.76 Mary's Boy Child
1.77 Merci Bon Dieu
1.78 Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma
1.79 Once Was
1.80 Have Nageela
1.81 Jamaica Farewell
1.82 When the Saints Go Marching in
1.83 Merci Bon Dieu (From the: 'Haitian Suite)
1.84 Once Was
1.85 Hava Nageela
1.86 Danny Boy
1.87 Drummer and the Cook (Cockney Air)
1.88 Come O My Love
1.89 Shenandoah
1.90 Mary's Boy Child
1.91 Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma
1.92 Eden Was Like This
1.93 When Saints Go Marching in
1.94 Mama Look a Boo Boo
1.95 Cocoanut Woman
1.96 Island in the Sum
1.97 Mama Look a Boo Boo
1.98 Cocoanut Woman
1.99 Scratch Scratch
1.100 Don't Ever Love Me
1.101 Cordelia Brown
1.102 Island in the Sun
1.103 Angelique-O
1.104 Haiti Cherie
1.105 Judy Drownded
1.106 Lead Man Holler
1.107 Love, Love Alone
1.108 Lucy's Door
1.109 Fifteen
1.110 How Green Was My Valley
1.111 Lord Is My Shepherd
1.112 I'm Goin' Away