Sparrow's Jean and Dinah(Yankees Gone) by Steelband on the road, Carnival 1956

Emory Cook , an American recording engineer and audiophile was obsessed with faithful sound reproduction, and is responsible for some of the best recordings of early calypso and steelband.
Here he captures the sound of a steelband live on the road at Trinidad Carnival 1956. Sparrow had won his first calypso crown on Dimanche Gras the night before with "Jean and Dinah"(Yankees Gone), and overnight the bands learnt the tune for J'ouvert morning.

That's how the road march was created that year.

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• calypso
• mighty
• sparrow
• steelband
• trinidad

[heads48]

thank you for the post @ christmas and carnival this is how the section from around by me sounded

[kzommb]

It is really good to hear an old Road March as it was played "on de road" Thanks for posting it.

[penedawn]

I don't think Sparrow himself was very impressed at the time, but sounds good to me! Thanks for putting this out there for us to appreciate.