Calypso Awakening from the Emory Cook Collection

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 minutes.

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Track Listing

101	Saturday Night Blowout	The John Buddy Williams Band	03:31
102	Carnival Celebration	Small Island Pride	02:21
103	Booboo Man (Mama, Look at Bubu)	Lord Melody	04:22
104	Federation	Small Island Pride	02:41
105	No, Doctor No	Mighty Sparrow	03:02
106	Taxi Driver	Small Island Pride	03:28
107	Tuning of a Pingpong	n/a	00:42
108	Yankees Gone	Steel band procession	02:25
109	Yankees Gone (2)	Mighty Sparrow	01:48
110	Picong Duel	The Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody	04:26
111	Cowboy Sparrow	Lord Melody	03:25
112	Reply to Melody	Mighty Sparrow	03:55
113	Carnival Proclamation	Lord Melody	02:44
114	Paye	Mighty Sparrow	04:12
115	Turn Back, Melody	Lord Melody	04:15
116	Teresa	Mighty Sparrow	04:48
117	Come Go, Calcutta	Lord Melody	03:07
118	No Crime, No Law	Commander	02:52
119	He No Dead Yet	King Fighter	03:24
120	Bongo Man	Wrangler	02:50
121	Neighbor Jacqueline	Wrangler	03:07