{"product_id":"calypso-musical-poetry-in-the-caribbean-1955-69","title":"Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-69","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoul Jazz Records’ \u003cem\u003eCalypso – Musical Poetry in the Caribbean \u003c\/em\u003ewas first issued in 2014 and has been out of print for nearly 10 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn its release ‘Calypso’ was voted one of the year’s best 50 reissues in Rolling Stone magazine and received glowing reviews in Pitchfork, The Guardian, Songlines and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition has been fully remastered and comes as a one-off limited-edition double vinyl pressing on translucent green vinyl complete with bespoke inners featuring extensive sleevenotes, notes on all the artists and songs featured, and original artwork and photography. The album is also available in a new card-edition CD package also with complete notes and text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Viper, Count Zebra, Lord Flea, Lord Hummingbird, King Fighter, Lord Growler, Lord Byron, Lord Ivanhoe and other members of Calypso’s aristocracy and aristocrats, the album features the music of Calypso in its many styles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalypso is one of the most exciting and enduring forms of musical expression that first emerged atthe beginning of the 20th century - swinging, persuasive rhythms, brilliantly expressive melodies, and lyrics of great humour, wisdom and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere you will find music from Trinidad, birthplace of Calypso, other Caribbean islands including Jamaica and the Bahamas, as well as sounds from the style’s subsequent onwards journey including Britain, Panama and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalypsonians songs play out a role in society similar to the storytelling Griots of West Africa (and the corresponding music of Kaiso); with their own tales about popular and incredible news items, modern life, local politics all mixed up with sexual innuendo, one-upmanship, comedy and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its source, Calypso is intricately and inextricably bound to the social history of Trinidad and its myriad of traditions, beliefs, folklore and fables. As the music spread around the world, both from the diaspora of many of its performers, as well as its commercial success, the subjects of songs similarly took on local topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most notable singer of Calypso in England was the Trinidadian Lord Kitchener, who came to Britain in 1948 on HMS Empire Windrush, along with fellow Calypsonians Lord Beginner and Lord Woodbine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs here vividly capture the popular news stories and fashions of the era – ‘The First Man On The Moon’, James Bond’s ‘Pussy Galore’, ‘Bed Bugs’, ‘Voodoo’, ‘Love in Cemeteries’, as well as West Indians in England, Bossa Nova, the Iron Curtain, and the story of a white man who had a black heart transplant operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album celebrates a criminally unsung and under-documented art form in the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Translucent Green","offer_id":57309710418251,"sku":"R0269-6428","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57309710451019,"sku":"R0269-1958","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/sjr-lp600-calypso-sleevesticker.jpg?v=1778744235","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/calypso-musical-poetry-in-the-caribbean-1955-69","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}