Calypso At Midnight!

ROUNDER Records'

"These two CDs from Rounder Records' Alan Lomax Collection together make up the complete recording of the Calypso At Midnight Town Hall concert given in New York City on Dec. 21, 1946. The concert was a sampling of many of the styles of calypso popular in Trinidad at the time, and was given as calypso was beginning to make its way into American popular music, offering the American audience an introduction into its variety. Both the recorded introductions, supplemented by the superb liner notes, help one to appreciate the different pieces by putting them into context." http://www.rambles.net/va_calypsoX2.html

Introduction To The Concert - Alan Lomax / Calypso Invasion - The Duke Of Iron And Chorus / Introduction To Stone Cold Dead In The Market - Alan Lomax / Stone Cold Dead In The Market - Macbeth The Great And Chorus / Dialogue On The Trinidadian Harp - Alan Lomax, Macbeth The Great / Introduction To Ugly Woman - Alan Lomax, The Duke Of Iron / Ugly Woman - The Duke Of Iron / Introduction To Rum And Coca-Cola - Alan Lomax, Lord Invader / Rum And Coca-Cola - Lord Invader And Chorus / Introduction To Do Lai Do - Alan Lomax, Macbeth The Great / Do Lai Do - Macbeth The Great And Chorus / Introduction To Three Friends Advice - Alan Lomax, The Duke Of Iron / Three Friends Advice - The Duke Of Iron / Introduction To Happy Land Of Canaan - Alan Lomax / Happy Land Of Canaan - Lord Invader, Duke Of Iron And Chorus / Introduction To Exploring - Alan Lomax, Macbeth The Great / Exploring [Exploiting] - Macbeth The Great And Chorus / Introduction To Man Smart, Woman Smarter - Alan Lomax, Macbeth The Great / Man Smart, Woman Smarter - Macbeth The Great And Chorus / Introduction To Tie-Tongue Baby - Alan Lomax, Lord Invader / Tie-Tongue Baby - Lord Invader And Chorus / Introduction To Edward VIII - The Duke Of Iron / Edward VIII - The Duke Of Iron / Macbeth The Great And Chorus.

Source: http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=32022&LabelID=14815