Two recording sessions of classic Calypsos from Trinidad & Tobago, nicely redone with modern studio equipment: “Sing De Chorus” and “De Roaring 70’s”, recorded 1991 and 1995. Part of the Sanch label catalogue, in cooperation with MAJOR&minor.
Release date: 27/Sept/13 (2004 Sanch back-catalogue)
Catalogue: fd155
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Tracklist:
Sing De Chorus
– Country Club Scandal (Honore/Tiger/Gibbons): Brian Honore 2:23
– Madame Khan (Caresser): Phillip Murray 2:07
– Songs of Long Ago (Invader): Clem Haynes
– Dew and Rain (Growler): Kurtis Gross 2:23
– Workers’ Plea (Tiger): Kurtis Gross 2:31
– St. Peter’s Day (Beginner): Phillip Murray 2:53
– Black Market (Beginner): Sharon Devnish 2:53
– Leave Me Alone Dorothy (Destroyer): Clem Haynes
– Ugly Woman / Trouble and Misery (Roaring Lion/Beginner): Clem Haynes 4:01
– Los Iros (Growling Tiger): Leon Roach 2:01
– The Gold in Africa (Tiger): Leon Roach 2:36
– Treasury Scandal (Atilla): Leon Roach 2:08
– Reign Too Long (Executor): Brian Honore 2:59
– Louise (Beginner): Brian Honore, Phillip Roach & Clem Haynes 2:47
– Graf Zeppelin (Atilla): Leon Roach 2:26
– Adolf Hitler (Destroyer): Phillip Murray 2:37
– Love Me or Leave Me (Lady Iere): Ucill Cambridge 3:37
– Matilda (Radio): Brian Honore 2:36
– Money Is King (Tiger): Brian Honore 3:02
– Victory Calypso (Beginner): Clem Haynes 2:39
– Coldness of the Water (Growler): Kurtis Gross 2:10
– Let the White People Fight (Tiger): Kurtis Gross 2:57
– Sedition Law (Radio): Brian Honore 1:54
– Mother’s Love (Destroyer): Sharon Devnish 3:00
– Woman Called Dorothy (Executor): Phillip Murray 2:17
– Tribute to Executor (King Iere): Phillip Murray 4:19
– Sing De Chorus (Brian Honore): Brian Honore 3:11
De Roaring 70’s
– Roaring 70’s (Valentino): Clem Haynes, Christine Thomas & Phillip Murray 4:52
– African (Superior): Christine Thomas 5:26
– Black Identity (Maestro): Kurtis Gross 4:04
– We Want a Day (Superior): Brian Honore 3:25
– Liberation (Valentino) Elliot Francois 2:55
– Third World (Valentino) Phillip Murray 3:41
– Black Power (Fluke) Clem Haynes 3:32
– Black Power (Kitchener): David Bereaux 5:02
– Nothing Ain’t Strange (Black Stalin): Brian Honore 6:38
– It Ain’t Strange (Diamond / Maestro): Elliot Francois, Kurtis Gross & Marie Jack 4:44
– Black Power (Cypher): David Bereaux 2:23
– You Fooling (Maestro): Phillip Murray 5:46
– Thousands More to Come (Commentor): Brian Honore
– Memories of 1970 (Duke): Christine Thomas & Marie Jack