The Liberian Landmark Joy, by Congress-Woman Malinda Jackson Parker

The Liberian Landmark Joy

by Congress-Woman Malinda Jackson Parker

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1.	Precious Palm Tree 07:36	buy track
2.	No Bananas Today 04:39	buy track
3.	Bush Cow Milk 05:21	buy track
4.	Cousin Mosquito #1 03:34	buy track
5.	Cousin Mosquito #2 07:51	buy track
6.	Chicken is Nice (With Palm Butter and Rice) 03:18	buy track
7.	Willie Long Yeah Vic 02:56	buy track
8.	Elizabeth (In Honor of President Tubman's Mother) 01:51	buy track
9.	Tubman-Talbot March 04:13	buy track
10.	Tubman is the Right Man 03:38	buy track
11.	Nana-Kroo #1 02:42	buy track
12.	Jow-Plah 01:07	buy track
13.	Cape Palmus, The Beautiful 04:51	buy track
14.	Bundahwaie 02:49	buy track
15.	Jathu 02:32	buy track

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Congress-Woman Malinda Jackson Parker, a.k.a. Ma Parker, vocals and piano, recorded in the early 1970s in Liberia. Audio restorations from vinyl sources.

This expanded edition replaces an earlier 5-track EP, "Tubman Goodtype Songs of Liberia," first issued digitally in 2005. All tracks from that EP are included here but were remastered in 2020.

Sept. 2023 UPDATE: It was belatedly discovered that the recording of "Cousin Mosquito #2" on this LP is about 1/4-step sharp. The title of the Rachmaninoff work is "Prelude in C# Minor" (which MJP announces in her intro), but in fact the pitch on this recording is midway between C# and D. Assuming the piano was properly tuned during the recording session, either the tape transfer speed for this 1972 LP was glitched or there was a similar maladjustment in the mastering process. (The recording was transferred from a vintage LP at a faithfully steady, correct turntable speed.) MJP issued the identical recording on a 10" EP which features the performance in the correct pitch, making the recording 20 seconds longer. That version will be issued on a followup MJP collection. Because the higher-pitched version has been on the market for a long time, it shall remain available here, in case anyone prefers it that way.

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released August 14, 2020

All songs by Malinda Jackson Parker
except "Nana-Kroo" by Howard Benedict Hayes

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