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- Genre: International
- Style: Caribbean
- Label: Cook Records / Smithsonian Folkways
A wallflowers' view of the goings-on inside a Port of Spain carnival tent, circa 1957.
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We Say...
A solid cross-section of the day's leading calypsonians — King Solomon, the Mighty Cypher, the King Fighter and the improbably-named Chaing-Kai-Sheik — joined Lord Melody, Mighty Sparrow and a shifting array of small bands to record this wallflowers' view of the goings-on inside a Port of Spain carnival tent, circa 1957. The proceedings are off-the cuff and informal; King Solomon sings to the accompaniment of a single guitar (check out his curt dismissal of Harry Belafonte, which rounds out the album), and the calypsonians alternate between insulting each other — or themselves, as Lord Melody does on "Creature from the Black Lagoon" — and chiming in on one another's choruses. But the album was also a showcase for Emory Cook's engineering skills; it's recorded so well, you can hear the cocktail glasses clinking in the background.
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| 01. |  |
Dear Sparrow |
4:17 |
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| 02. | |
Senorita |
2:03 |
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| 03. | |
Jonah and the Bake |
3:08 |
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| 04. | |
Silly Meal |
3:00 |
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| 05. | |
PNM Balisier |
2:33 |
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| 06. | |
Mornin' Time |
2:41 |
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| 07. | |
Road March Hit Tunes |
4:52 |
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| 08. | |
Creature from the Black Lagoon |
3:36 |
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| 09. | |
Situation in Trinidad |
3:00 |
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| 10. | |
General Election |
3:14 |
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| 11. | |
Sailor Man |
2:49 |
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| 12. | |
Picong (Duel with Insults at Six Inches) |
4:23 |
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| 13. | |
Naughty Boy |
2:08 |
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| 14. | |
Belafonte |
1:48 |
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14 Total Tracks, 43:32 Total Length
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