Living Legends of Calypso

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Track Listing

1. Ah Comin - Might Power

2. Steelband Clash – Lord Blakie

3. Woman On De Bass – Scrunter

4. Pajama Suit – King Fighter

5. No Is Ah Jumbie – Mystic Prowler

6. Child Training – Mighty Composer

7. Come Leh We Go (Sookie) – King Fighter

8. Obey – Lord Brigo

9. Arabian Festival - Lord Blakie

10. Stuttering Mopsy – Lord Brigo

11. Cat Brain - Mystic Prowler

12. Farmer Brown – Lord Funny

13. Wastin’ Yuh Time – Might Power

14. Supposin’ - Mighty Composer

15. Sweet Trinidad - Lord Funny

16. Come Leh We Go (Reprise) – King Fighter

Review

Eight singers, some more vintage than others, are featured on this album: Mighty Power - Ah Comin' and Wastin' Yuh Time; Lord Blakie - Steelband Clash and Arabian Festival; King Fighter - Come Leh We Go(Sukie) and Pajama Suit, Lord Brigo - Obey and Stuttering Mopsy; Mighty Composer - Child Training and Supposin'; Lord Funny - Farmer Brown and Sweet Trinidad; Mystic Prowler - Melody's No Is Ah Jumbie and Spoiler's Cat Brain and Scrunter sings Woman on the Bass. There are some fine songs and they all get the slick Errol Ince/Pelham Goddard studio treatment. This album raises again the question of how far classic calypso can be reshaped for today's tastes without losing its soul. (JT/eC)