Trinidad Carnival: Steelbands of Trinidad & Tobago

by Steel Band, Tobago

Overview

A collection of recordings made in the panyards of various luminary bands prior to the Panorama competition in 1989. The album starts out with a wonderful rendition of "La Bamba," set to the tune of a surprisingly small 19-member contingent of a band. After this, many slightly more traditional calypso works set in. Notables such as Phase II Pan Groove (with Len Sharpe), Carib Tokyo (with Ray Holman), and the Amoco Renegades (with Jit Samaroo) all appear with various works. According to the liner notes, the reason for recording the selections at panyards, as opposed to at the actual Panorama competition, is to reduce first the ambient noise, and secondly to allow a more relaxed recording at a less frantic tempo, with multiple takes allowed (there aren't studios big enough to hold the full 100 member bands). In theory, not a bad idea, but one might be missing out a bit with the slower tempos. Still, these are beautiful recordings of the bands, and part of a nice series on Delos that covers more songs and bands from the steel band tradition than any other label yet. Pick it up if you're even vaguely interested in steel band. ~ Adam Greenberg

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/1992
Label:	Delos
UPC:	0013491401225
Rank:	164653

Tracks

1. La Bamba  -  Trinidad Cement Limited Skiffle Band
2. Fire Down Below  - Len Sharpe  -  Steel Band  -  Tobago
3. Socca Man  - Errol Ince  -  Success Stars
4. You Can Call Me Al  - Paul Simon  -  Trinidad Cement Limited Skiffle Band
5. My Band  -  Carib Tokyo  - Ray Holman
6. I Want to Make It With You  -  Silver Stars
7. Play One  -  Solo Harmonites
8. Gaudeamus Igitur  -  Silver Stars
9. Somebody  -  Amoco Renegades  - Winsford Devine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tobago   Primary Artist
Steel Band   Primary Artist
Carib Tokyo   Primary Artist,Band
Silver Stars   Primary Artist,Band
Len Sharpe   Primary Artist
Ray Holman   Primary Artist
Winsford Devine   Primary Artist
Amoco Renegades   Primary Artist,Vocals
Errol Ince   Primary Artist
Solo Harmonites   Primary Artist
Trinidad Cement Limited Skiffle Band   Primary Artist,Band
Paul Simon   Primary Artist
Success Stars   Primary Artist,Band
Phase II Pan Groove   Band

Technical Credits

Simeon L. Sandiford   Engineer,Liner Notes,Engineer
Amelia S. Haygood   Producer,Executive Producer
Silver Stars   Performer
Phase II Pan Groove   Performer
Andrew Dawson   Mastering
Solo Harmonites   Performer
Los Silver Star   Performer
Paul Simon   Composer
Amoco Renegades   Performer
Winsford Devine   Composer
Success Stars   Performer
Carib Tokyo   Performer
Trinidad Cement Limited Skiffle Band   Performer
Ray Holman   Composer