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Calypso in New York : The Asch recordings / Lord Invader.
Streaming audio Available online
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- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Lord Invader, 1914-1961.
- Series:
- Smithsonian global sound for libraries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calypso (Music).
- Popular music--New York (State)--New York.
- Popular music.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Ethnic music recordings--New York (State)--New York.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings--New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2000]
- Language Note:
- English words.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- Out the fire (2:44)
- Ten thousand to bar me one (1:57)
- Cousin family (2:17)
- When you hear I die (2:04)
- New York subway (2:22)
- Me one alone (1:38)
- Sly mongoose (2:18)
- Happy land of Canaan : (#2) (1:57)
- Mary Ann (2:22)
- Yankee dollar (2:27)
- Pepsi-cola (1:42)
- Tied-tongue baby (2:40)
- God made us all (4:28)
- The soldiers came and broke up my life : (#2) (2:29)
- Labor Day (2:30)
- Brown girl in the ring (1:45)
- Chicago, Chicago (2:52)
- My intention is war (4:14)
- No place like the West Indies (2:51)
- My experience on the Reperbahn : (2nd version) (2:45)
- Auf wiedersehen (2:26)
- Cat o'nine tails (3:02)
- Crisis in Arkansas (3:12)
- Steel band war (3:25)
- You're wasting your time : (#2) (4:09)
- I'm going back to Africa (4:55).
- Participant:
- Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant) with various other artists listed on insert.
- Notes:
- Calypso music composed by Lord Invader and others. Many selections previously unreleased.
- Includes extensive program notes by John Cowley, English texts, bibliography, and discography included.
- Originally issued as compact disc.
- Recorded by Moses Asch from 1946 to 1961.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- SFW CD 40454
- OCLC:
- 698169690
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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