Name: Lion Sleeps Tonight
Brand: Tokens

Tax rate EU

Default:19

Supplier EU

Bertus Musikvertrieb

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Limited edition

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Format Music EU

Extended format

Extended format: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Download code: No

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Release date

2021-06-18

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Catalogue number

JASCD1113

UPC / Barcode

604988111323

Artist

Tokens

Label EU

Jasmine

Genre EU

Rock-Pop

The Tokens

In 1982 the Jasmine Label was created producing LPs and Cassettes. The new label initially focused on licensed Jazz and Personality recordings. Later in 1985 Jasmine successfully launched its Country & Western catalogue. 1990 saw the release of Jasmine’s first CDs.
Appears also on labels as: JASMINE only and as a company (with manufacturing and distribution roles).

For unofficial releases, use [l=Jasmine Records (10)].

Newest Listed Items

The Tokens name is of course synonymous with their biggest hit, the chart-topping, multi-million selling The Lion Sleeps Tonight, a song which has continually reinvented itself over the decades.The Brooklyn DooWoppers had cut their first 45 five years earlier, whilst still at school, but broke up shortly afterwards (Neil Sedaka was, famously, a founder-member and he both wrote and sang on their first record). After re-emerging in 1959 as the short-lived Darrell and The Oxfords, they reverted to their original name and in early 1961, cut their first million-seller, Tonight I Fell In Love. During 1961 and 1962 they also charted with Sincerely, 'B'Wa Nina' and 'La Bomba', and the albums The Lion Sleeps Tonight and We Sing Folk. This collection presents all The Tokens (together with their satellite identities) 45s issued between 1956-1962, plus the strongest sides from their first two LPs. This is the first time that this body of work has been thus compiled; many of these sides are surprisingly difficult to find elsewhere, while a couple of the real collectors' rarities have never previously appeared on CD.

Lion Sleeps Tonight

Music EU