Jamaica Farewell (recorded July 24, 1956)
~ Recording by Harry Belafonte
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | The King of Calypso | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), RCA International | 26.21732, PJL 1-8103 |
| 1.2 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:45 | Harry Belafonte | King of Calypso | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | HB7015 |
| 1.17 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:52 | Harry Belafonte | Your Hit Parade: 1957 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | HPD-17 |
| 1.9 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | My Greatest Songs | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 10730 2 |
| 1.20 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:48 | Harry Belafonte | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 15598 2 |
| 1.5 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:51 | Harry Belafonte | Golden Records, Volume 1 | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.5 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | Greatest Hits | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Nederland B.V. | 74321224062 |
| 1.4 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | Time-Life's Treasury of Folk Music, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 72438-19159-2-9 |
| 1.18 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | Greatest Hits | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.22 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:47 | Harry Belafonte | The Best of Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 789482 |
| 1.22 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:47 | Harry Belafonte | The Best of Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 789482 |
| 1.9 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:49 | Harry Belafonte | The Art of a Legend | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.12 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:52 | Harry Belafonte | Very Best of Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 68097 2 |
| 1.10 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | Legendary | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321864292 |
| 1.11 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:49 | Harry Belafonte | This Land is Your Land: The Folk Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Rhino (reissue label) | M18903-B, R159-28 |
| 4.3 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | Island in the Sun | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | BCD 16262 EL |
| 4.3 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:50 | Harry Belafonte | Island in the Sun | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | |
| 1.11 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:49 | Harry Belafonte | The Folk Years: Blowin’ in the Wind | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | OPCD-3591, R812-19 |
| 1.11 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:49 | Harry Belafonte | The Folk Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 18857-P |
| 1.13 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:51 | Harry Belafonte | Lifetime of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 19719-2 |
| 1.15 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:51 | Harry Belafonte | Lifetime of Romance: Be My Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL LRS/01 |
| 1.13 | Jamiaca Farewell | 2:51 | Harry Belafonte | Lifetime of Romance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.32 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:48 | Harry Belafonte | Sing & Swing – DAS Liederbuch: Originalaufnahmen 1–4 (reissue) | Lorenz Maierhofer, Walter Kern | Album + Compilation |
| Helbling | |
| 1.18 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:51 | Harry Belafonte | Portrait | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 37 190 6 |
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| 1.21 | Jamaica Farewell | 2:47 | Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte Greatest Hits | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| vocals: | Harry Belafonte |
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| recording of: | Jamaica Farewell (in 1956) |
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Related works
Jamaica Farewell
| lyricist and composer: | Irving Burgie |
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| publisher: | Cherry Lane Music Ltd. |
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| referred to in medleys: | The Caribbean Disco Show (7" medley) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Haisla in der Hintern Heeh |
| later translated versions: | Pfingsten daunn Zurück nach Kingston Town |
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