LoginCalypso Awakening: From The Emory Cook Collection
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A flourishing of Calypso creativity, a dramatic period in Trinidad's history and an audio engineer inspired these exciting tracks, originally released on Cook Records between 1956 and 1962. Emory Cook used innovative recording techniques to capture the active interplay between calypsonians and their audiences. We hear classic song-duels between calypso legends like the Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody, lively steel band processions, and a wide range of provocative calypso songs about life, love and politics. Live and studio recordings from Trinidad. 32-page booklet presents notes, song texts, Cook discography, bibliography. 67 min
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Manufacturer: Folkways Records
Release date: 26 September 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0093074045329 UPC: 093074045329
Release date: 26 September 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0093074045329 UPC: 093074045329
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