While filming in Trinidad in 1957, Robert Mitchum soaked up local music talent like Lord Melody and Mighty Sparrow, resulting in this amazing experiment of pure Caribbean calypso in which the number one icon of Hollywood coolness insists on imitating the broken English of many of the original calypso artists (this is "dis" and "the" is often dropped), while singing a bunch of traditional Caribbean songs (complete with the requisite steel drums, congas and backing horns) along with a few Elvis-styled rockers. Includes 2 rockabilly bonus tracks the artist recorded in 1958.
Track listing -
Side A: 1. Jean And Dinah 2. From A Logical Point Of View 3. Not Me 4. What Is This Generation Coming To? 5. Tic Tic Tic 6. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep 7. I Learn A Merengue, Mama Side B: 1.Take Me Down To Lover's Row 2. Mama Looka Boo Boo 3. Coconut Water 4. Matilda, Matilda 5. The Dance All Night 6. The Ballad Of Thunder Road 7. My Honey's Lovin' Arms"