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Brute Force Steel Bands of Antigua

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For this Cook recording, the Brute Force Steel Band of Antigua performs mambos, rumbas, sambas, calypsos and meringues plus a march and a bolero. A Trinidadian / Tobagan innovation that came out of WWII, the steel pan has enjoyed enormous popularity as a defining "musical sound of the Caribbean."

Track Listing

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Mambo Jambo The Brute Force Steel Band 3:34
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102
Mambo No. 5 The Brute Force Steel Band 2:23
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103
Alec Besta The Brute Force Steel Band 3:32
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104
Del Magreto Del Bay The Brute Force Steel Band 3:35
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105
Hold 'Em Joe The Brute Force Steel Band 3:04
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106
Jingle Bells The Brute Force Steel Band 2:05
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107
Brown Skinned Gal The Brute Force Steel Band 2:25
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108
Under the Double Eagle The Brute Force Steel Band 2:28
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201
Cantata The Hell's Gate Steel Band 3:24
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202
Meringue No. 1 The Big Shell Steel Band 3:09
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Meringue No. 2 The Big Shell Steel Band 3:34
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204
Meringue No. 3 The Big Shell Steel Band 2:07
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205
Leeward Island Mambo The Big Shell Steel Band 3:09
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206
La Paloma (bolero) The Big Shell Steel Band 4:57
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207
Saturday Night The Big Shell Steel Band 3:47

Album Info

Catalog Number

COOK01042

Year(s) Released

1955

Label/Collection

Cook Records

Genre(s)

Caribbean; World

Country(s)

Antigua and Barbuda

Instrument(s)

Drum, steel; Steel drum

Credit(s)

Brute Force - Artist
 Emory Cook - Recorder, Producer
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