West Indian Rhythm:trinidad Calypsos (2006) (Import)

Product Summary Label: City Hall Records UPC: 04000127166234 Release Date: 1/9/2007 Buy.com Sku: 203945945 Item#: M3EJMT Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Need Help? Order by Phone 1-800-800-0800 Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Hold Your Hand Madam Khan ------ 2. Bastardy ------ 3. Ida, Ida Let Me Know ------ 4. History of Man, The ------ 5. Sunny Grenada ------ 6. Anything for Love ------ 7. Don't Touch Me ------ 8. Jacks' Broth ------ 9. Madam Khan ~ The Caresser ------ 10. More They Try to Do Me Bad, The ~ The Caresser ------ 11. I Want to Build a Bungalow ------ 12. Excursion to Grenada ------ 13. Ba Boo La La ------ 14. I Don't Want No Bungalow ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 15. Tres Bemoles ~ Cyril String Orchestra Monrose ------ 16. Commission's Report ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 17. Joe Louis ~ The Caresser ------ 18. Ruby Canera ~ The Caresser ------ 19. I Am Going to Buy a Bungalow ------ 20. Emmalene ------ 21. Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard ~ The Lord Executor ------ 22. My Troubles with Dorothy ~ The Lord Executor ------ 23. Clear the Way When the Bamboo Play ~ The Caresser ------ 24. Me and My Neighbor Don't Agree ------ 25. Will Dispute ------ 26. Shout All Guiana ------ 27. Why I Killed Winifred ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. O Lil', Lil' Gal ------ 2. Orphan Children, The ~ The Lord Executor ------ 3. Rubina ~ The Caresser ------ 4. Back to Grenada ------ 5. Lajebeless Woman, The ~ The Lord Executor ------ 6. Theresa ~ The Caresser ------ 7. Show Me What You Could Do ------ 8. Bushwoman Come to Town, The ------ 9. Lillian ~ The Caresser ------ 10. Censoring of Calypso Makes Us Glad, The ~ The Lord Executor ------ 11. Bamboo Band, The ~ Black Prince ------ 12. Shango ~ The Caresser ------ 13. Deliso ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 14. Mr. Nankivell's Speech ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 15. Cicilia ~ The Caresser ------ 16. Exploiting ~ The Caresser ------ 17. My Wedding Celebration ~ The Caresser ------ 18. School Boys' Adventure ~ Black Prince ------ 19. Banning of Records, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 20. West Indian Rhythm ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 21. Governor's Resignation, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 22. Horrors of War, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 23. Victoria ~ Cyril String Orchestra Monrose ------ 24. Jimpy's Ingratitude ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 25. Not Me with Matrimony ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 26. League of Nations, The ~ The Lord Executor ------ 27. Tobago's Scandal ~ The Lord Executor ------ Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Captain, Put Me Ashore ------ 2. Give Me Back Me Ring ------ 3. Ancient Carnival ------ 4. Hojoe ------ 5. Sa Gomes' Emporiums ------ 6. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie ------ 7. Heroes of Old ------ 8. Vitalogy ------ 9. I Am Happy to Be in Love ------ 10. Poppy Day ~ The Lord Executor ------ 11. We Mourn the Loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher ~ The Lord Executor ------ 12. Strike, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 13. Normandie, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 14. We Want Sa Gomes ~ Carnival's Vagabonds ------ 15. Drinker and the Gambler, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 16. How I Spent My Time at the Hospital ~ The Lord Executor ------ 17. Peter, Go Ring dem Bells ------ 18. What Kind of Shoes You Going to Wear ------ 19. When Me Body Lay Down in the Grave ------ 20. Jonah, Come out the Wilderness ------ 21. Mamy Mine My Baby for Me ------ 22. Ting a Ling Mi Bangola ------ 23. African War Call ------ 24. Play Mass, Don't Do Me That ------ 25. Little Gal, Mother Is Calling You ------ 26. Fire Brigade ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 27. Archie Boulay ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 28. They Say I Reign Too Long ~ The Lord Executor ------ Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Manuelita ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 2. Beautiful Land of Iere, The ------ 3. Civil War in Spain ------ 4. I Don't Want Them to Stand Me Bail ------ 5. Next Door Neighbour ------ 6. I Want a Radio at Home ~ Black Prince ------ 7. Where Was Butler? ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 8. Vendor's Song, The ------ 9. Guests of Rudy Vallee ------ 10. Why Me Craf Vex with Me ------ 11. Under the British Commander ------ 12. Tina ------ 13. Tropical Heat ------ 14. Barre ~ A ------ 15. Marian ------ 16. Girls of Today ------ 17. Man, Man, Man Peter ------ 18. Nellie Go out Mi Door ~ The Lord Executor ------ 19. Down the Road ------ 20. Darling Kimberlin ------ 21. Senorita Panchita ------ 22. Emilia ------ 23. Suspiro del Pobre, El ~ Cyril String Orchestra Monrose ------ 24. Love Has Done for Me ------ 25. Jim Congo Myer ~ The Lord Executor/Atilla the Hun ------ 26. Gertrude ------ 27. Miss Marie's Advice ------ Disc 5 Song Title Sample 1. Lopez Contreras ------ 2. Tierras Lejanas ------ 3. Linda Vista ------ 4. Mi Vida ------ 5. Old Man ------ 6. Only Foreigners ------ 7. Calypso Behind the Wall ------ 8. Too Botheration ------ 9. History of Woodbrook Vicinity ------ 10. Happy Man ------ 11. Hitler Demands ------ 12. Bosie Darling ------ 13. Trinidad Loves to Play Carnival ------ 14. Coldness of the Water, The ------ 15. In the Morning ------ 16. Police Diplomacy ------ 17. Diamond Ring for Emmaline, The ------ 18. Demasbar ------ 19. Ten Thousand to Bar Me One ------ 20. Buddy Abraham ------ 21. They Talk About Nora's Badness ~ The Lord Executor ------ 22. Who Has Done the Best for Humanity ~ The Lord Executor ------ 23. Love Me Emily ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 24. Five Year Plan, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 25. Home Sweet Home ~ The Caresser ------ 26. Time for Man Go Home ~ The Caresser ------ 27. So Many Women ~ The Caresser ------ Disc 6 Song Title Sample 1. Fare Thee Well ~ The Caresser ------ 2. Woman Headache ------ 3. Malicious Neighbours ------ 4. After the Bachanal ~ Lord Beginner ------ 5. Chamberlain Says Peace ~ Lord Beginner ------ 6. Christmas Morning the Rum Had Me Yawning ~ Lord Beginner ------ 7. Don't Tickle Me Dorothy ~ Lord Beginner ------ 8. In the Dew and the Rain ------ 9. I Don't Want No Calaloo ------ 10. Mois La Travy ~ The Caresser ------ 11. Peggy Dearie ~ The Caresser ------ 12. Death ------ 13. Bee ------ 14. Sweet Emily ------ 15. Old Woman ------ 16. Hooray Hoorah ------ 17. Fire Girls ------ 18. Elsie Jambie ------ 19. Elsie ------ 20. Old Men Come Back Again ------ 21. Matilda ------ 22. John O'Carr ------ 23. It's the Rhythm We Want ------ 24. West Indian Sheik, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 25. Dem Policeman ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 26. Belle Trinidad, La ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 27. Inequality of Life ~ Atilla the Hun ------ Disc 7 Song Title Sample 1. My Life of Matrimony ~ The Lord Executor ------ 2. No Surrender ~ The Caresser ------ 3. Fire, Fire in Port ~ Of ------ 4. If the Follow Me They Get Fever ~ The Caresser ------ 5. Freddo ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 6. Reine Maribone, La ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 7. Charming Trinidad ------ 8. Gabilan Bombay ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 9. Alla Nom [Go Way Man] ~ The Lord Executor ------ 10. You Better Let Me Go ~ The Caresser ------ 11. I Am Free, Single and Disengaged ~ The Caresser ------ 12. Don't Stop the Carnaval ------ 13. Soffie Bellah ------ 14. Too Much Sorry and Pain ------ 15. Joe Louis ~ Schmeling Fight ------ 16. Soup in Bottle ------ 17. High Brown ------ 18. Bad Woman Oh ------ 19. Blow Wind Blow ------ 20. Kash Kash Kmona ------ 21. Customs Fire ------ 22. Power of the Lion, The ------ 23. Where Is My Sister This Morning ------ 24. Ara Da Da ------ 25. Scorpion ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 26. New Shop Law, The ~ The Lord Executor ------ 27. My Indian Girl Love ~ The Lord Executor ------ 28. Bing Crosby ------ 29. Mama I Want It ------ Disc 8 Song Title Sample 1. Memories of Trinidad ------ 2. Amanja Soqua Me ~ The Caresser ------ 3. Two Bad Men in the World ~ The Lord Executor ------ 4. Gambo Lai Lai Before the Court ~ The Lord Executor ------ 5. Leave Me Alone Dorothy ------ 6. Advantageous Young Girls ------ 7. Adeline ------ 8. You Pelt Me Bundle Before the Dro ~ Black Prince ------ 9. Hitler ------ 10. My Intention Is to Join the Volunteers ------ 11. Hitler Demanded Trinidad ------ 12. Romance in the Moonlight ------ 13. Caro at Point Cumana ------ 14. Ochro and Rice ------ 15. Invasion of Poland, The ------ 16. Sir Neville Chamberlain ------ 17. Hitler's Mistake ------ 18. Freedom and Liberty ~ The Caresser ------ 19. Clementina ~ The Caresser ------ 20. Not So Carolina ~ The Caresser ------ 21. Finland ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 22. My Impressions of Demerara ------ 23. Sedition Law ------ 24. Two Sisters Scandal ------ 25. Run Your Run Hitler ~ Lord Beginner ------ 26. Hitler's Attitude ------ 27. Brambroocoo Dance ------ 28. Appetite ------ Disc 9 Song Title Sample 1. Let Them Fight for Ten Thousand Years ------ 2. Lion Oh ------ 3. Carnival Revue ------ 4. Run Your Run Hitler ------ 5. Do You Remember Me? ~ The Caresser ------ 6. Second Hand Girls ~ Lord Beginner ------ 7. Cocoa Tea Puzzle to Me ~ Lord Beginner ------ 8. No No No Miss Angeline ------ 9. In My Own Native Land ------ 10. When I Marry Dorothy ------ 11. Emily ------ 12. Germany Invade Poland ------ 13. Story of Mr. Paul ------ 14. Leave Me Alone Dorothy ------ 15. Matrimony Becomes a Papyshow ------ 16. Lillian's Slackness ------ 17. Don't Worry with Me ------ 18. Bertha I Feel You ------ 19. No, No, Mirie ------ 20. Demi Gal ------ 21. Nazi Spy Ring ------ 22. Deliso ------ 23. Ah Neighbours, Neighbours ------ 24. Happy Land of Canaan ------ 25. Suzi Qu ------ 26. I Send My Wife to the Market ------ 27. Shango Dance ------ 28. Rada Dance ------ Disc 10 Song Title Sample 1. Vieja Mia, La ------ 2. Carnival Again ~ The Lord Executor ------ 3. Sambo Why You Are Go ~ The Lord Executor ------ 4. Patria Preferida ~ The Lord Executor ------ 5. Gambie Law Ray ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 6. Admiral Graf Spee, The ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 7. No Wedding Bells for Me ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 8. Li Li Pierrot Darrie ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 9. Send Hitler to St. Helena ~ Atilla the Hun ------ 10. Teener Have Sympathy ~ Lord Beginner ------ 11. Guardian Contest, The ------ 12. War, The ------ 13. Harold Change Your Mind ------ 14. Women Diplomacy ------ 15. Orphan Home ------ 16. Ellis Nottingham ------ 17. Policeman ------ 18. General Contreras ------ 19. Mi Quiero Casar ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Cyril Monrose (cuatro, violin, piano); Cecil Bonnes (banjo); Will West (clarinet); George Mutoo and His Demerara Orchestra, Clemons Smith (alto saxophone); Bert McLean's Jazz Hounds (piano); Bill Verwayne (drums, cymbals, wood block). Recording information: 02/23/1938-02/12/1940. Illustrators: Dr. David Evans ; Richard K. Spottswood; Richard G. Johnson; Alain Boulanger; Ray Funk; John Cowley; Don Hill; Lise Winer; Richard Noblett; Art Zimmerman; Kevin Burke. Introduction by: Hollis Liverpool. Photographers: Dr. David Evans ; Richard K. Spottswood; Richard G. Johnson; Alain Boulanger; Ray Funk; John Cowley; Don Hill; Lise Winer; Richard Noblett; Art Zimmerman; Kevin Burke. In the late 1930s, Decca records entrusted a boatload of recording equipment to producer Ralph Perez, and asked him to record the latest Trinidadian music he could find, to complement their already impressive collection and fuel the "calypso-mania" that was infecting the States. Perez collected a musicologist's wish-list of the island's most unique and beautiful sounds: chants, songs, hymns, dance numbers, folk tunes, etc. This amazing collection from Bear Family Records gathers 267 of these recordings, and includes a 316-page book with thorough notes and introductions. Decca Records, to compete with a similar venture by RCA, sent a recording crew to Trinidad in 1938 to record local calypso artists for commercial release on the island and beyond. West Indian Rhythm compiles all but one of the resulting calypsos from 1938-1940 on ten discs, featuring many of the most popular calypso artists of the day: Atilla the Hun, the Lion, the Caresser, and King Radio. Certainly one of the heaviest box sets Bear Family Records has ever produced, West Indian Rhythm comes with an immense 316-page LP-sized hardback book that might be the most impressive achievement in Bear Family's history. The exhaustively sourced text not only provides historical background and biographical notes on the performers, but provides lyrics for every vocal selection and explanations of the cultural, geographical, and historical references therein that might elude modern listeners. Of the 268 calypso titles recorded for Decca during this period (released and unreleased), the compilers were able to locate the masters for 265, while two of the remaining titles turned up on an acetate in a private collection. As a result, this is an astonishingly complete set of Trinidadian calypsos lovingly restored and presented in remarkable sound quality, unlike previous anthologies of this material mastered from commercial 78s. Many of the unreleased recordings were censored for political reasons or for alleged obscenity; two examples of the former -- Atilla the Hun's "The Banning of Records" and the Lord Executor's sarcastic "The Censoring of Calypso Makes Us Glad," were censored for commenting on censorship itself. Aside from the lyrically rich topical calypsos listeners would expect, the set offers a wide variety of music issued under Decca's calypso series, including gospel, instrumental, and dance tunes that reflect the diversity of Trinidad's carnival music scene. The time, expense, and attention to detail that obviously went into this set are almost beyond belief, and the result is an unrivaled tribute to what many consider to be the greatest calypso catalog ever recorded. ~ Greg Adams Producer: Ralph Perez; Dick Spottswood (Reissue); Richard Weize (Reissue)   Technical Info Release Date : 02/02/2007 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 16623 Label : Bear Family (Germany) Number of Discs : 10 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 40001271662346