Calypso Awakening / Various Calypso Awakening / Various CD

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.

1. Saturday Night Blowout - John Buddy Williams Band 2. Carnival Celebration - Small Island Pride 3. Booboo Man - Lord Melody 4. Federation - Small Island Pride 5. No, Doctor, No - Mighty Sparrow 6. Taxi Driver - Small Island Pride 7. Tuning of a Pingpong - Calypso Awakening 8. Yankees Gone (Steel Band Procession) - Mighty Sparrow 9. Yankees Gone - Mighty Sparrow 10. Picong Duel - Mighty Sparrow/Lord Melody 11. Cowboy Sparrow - Lord Melody 12. Reply to Melody - Mighty Sparrow 13. Carnival Proclamation - Lord Melody 14. Paye - Mighty Sparrow 15. Turn Back, Melody - Lord Melody 16. Teresa - Mighty Sparrow 17. Come Go Calcutta - Lord Melody 18. No Crime, No Law - Commander 19. He No Dead Yet - King Fighter 20. Bongo Man - Wrangler 21. Neighbor Jacqueline - Wrangler