Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band Calypso Dawn: 1912 (Trinidad String Band)

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Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band: Calypso Dawn: 1912 (Trinidad String Band)

1-CD Digipac (4-plated) with 32-page booklet, 24 tracks, playing time approx. 72 mns.

This is the story of an exciting discovery. The very first recorded examples of calypso music.

When researching aspects of the history of the Caribbean, American ethnologist Dick Spottswood unexpectedly uncovered an unknown musical treasure. From the depth of a library he fished out several flat cardboard boxes containing matrixes. The accompanying note said the recordings were made by a 12-piece jazz orchestra from Trinidad in 1912: Lovey's Trinidad String Band.

Who were these musicians We do not know much about them, and the internet doesn't either. It is known, though that in May 1912 the dance band embarked on a tour to the United States of America as reported by the 'Port-of-Spain Gazette' a couple of days before their departure. The ensemble had been founded by violinist Lovey (real name: George R. Baillie) during the last decade of the 19th century. So by 1912 they were by no means unknown in their home country.

We can't say for certain which cities, festivals and ballrooms the Trinidad instrumentalists visited in the U.S.A. But this is clear: they stayed in New York City from late June into July 1912 where they recorded several songs of South American rhythms, first in the studio of the Victor Talking Machine Company, then at the Columbia Phonograph Company. In doing so, George R. Baillie and his men made musical history; they were the first to bring the sound of Calypso onto records.

Recording technology back then was in its infancy and scratches and noise were common. So it's amazing that the sound of these old, uniquely important recordings is actually pretty clear. They sound no worse than recordings from the '40s or '50s, says Richard Weize who has restored and issued many Calypso pearls from the early days of shellac records on his Bear Family Records label. For the restoration of these historic recordings he couldn't have secured the services of a better man than mastering expert Chris Zwarg from True Sound.

These completely restored masters should be of special relevance for the state of Trinidad and Tobago. Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1962, the islands finally became independent from Great Britain. The people celebrated carnival for a week, remembering and celebrating their own identity. Half a century earlier, Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band had played a substantial role in developing and promoting the identity of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Interpret: Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
Album titlle: Calypso Dawn: 1912 (Trinidad String Band)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127160577
weight in Kg 0.11

Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band - Calypso Dawn: 1912 (Trinidad String Band) CD 1
01	Manuelita - Vals Espanol	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
02	Rosenthal - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
03	Unidentified - Vals #1	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
04	Unidentified -Vals #2	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
05	Unidentified - Paseo #1	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
06	Sarah (See What You Do) -Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
07	Oil Fields - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
08	Trinidad - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
09	Mango Vert - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
10	Pauline - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
11	Mari-Juana - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
12	Alexandrina - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
13	Unidentified - Paseo #2	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
14	Tobo Justina - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
15	Siempre Alegre - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
16	Manuelito (Castro en Margarita) - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
17	Clavel Blanco - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
18	Flores de Trinidad - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
19	La Liebre - Stop Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
20	Unidentified - Vals #3	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
21	Discie You Doan Know De Law - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
22	Trinidad - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
23	Manuelita - Vals	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band
24	Sarah (See What You Do) - Paseo	Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band

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From: Claire On: 12 Aug 2016

An excellent cd

It is so gratifying to see the work of my homeland on this wonderful cd. As a researcher and a Tringagonian, these recordings recognize the place in history that the island of Trinidad and Tobago has made in the world of music. Thank you Bear's Family Records.

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