The Mighty Sparrow - Mighty Sparrow 1970 (2020)

This album was originally issued around 1970 under the title "The Mighty Sparrow Live, Vol. 2." For this album, Sparrow did perform live—in the studio. A fake-sounding cheering audience was mixed in at the beginning, in between all tracks, and at the end. Once the "audience" exuberance abates, what's revealed are some excellent studio remakes of Sparrow classics from the 1960s. The orchestra is tight, there are female backing singers, and Sparrow is animated and playful.

We managed to cleanly (in most cases) remove the overdubbed audience so you can enjoy the recordings as they were produced in the studio. Two tracks (both ballads) appear on this album and nowhere else: "World on an Island" and "Don't Blame Me."

Tracklist:
01. The Mighty Sparrow - Pussy Laughing at Me (Alternate Version) (2:48)
02. The Mighty Sparrow - Village Ram (Alternate Version) (2:27)
03. The Mighty Sparrow - Levez Macco (Alternate Version) (3:03)
04. The Mighty Sparrow - World on an Island (2:46)
05. The Mighty Sparrow - Damn Good Time (Alternate Version) (2:47)
06. The Mighty Sparrow - Have a Ball (Alternate Version) (3:02)
07. The Mighty Sparrow - Zinah (Alternate Version) (3:04)
08. The Mighty Sparrow - Elaine and Harry (Alternate Version) (2:23)
09. The Mighty Sparrow - Blame It on Me (3:12)
10. The Mighty Sparrow - Sweetness (Alternate Version) (2:35)