Performer: Krister Malm
Genre: Reggae / Latin / Non Music / Folk, World, & Country
Album: West Indies: An Island Carnival
Released: 1991
Style: Merengue, Field Recording, Calypso, Folk
MP3 version ZIP size: 1723 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1919 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1293 mb
Rating: 4.8
Votes: 290
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Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Merengue Performer – Jing Ping Band	2:10
2	Masouc Fiddle – Julius AlfredPerformer [Village Band] – Unknown Artist	3:45
3	The Lizard (Calypso) Performer [Bamboo Band] – Unknown Artist	3:35
4	Mr. Walker (Calypso) Lute [Cocoa-lute Duo] – Unknown Artist	1:10
5	La Rose (Song) Cuatro, Vocals [Chantwell] – Members of La Rose*	3:00
6	Aguinaldo Vocals, Performer – Lopinot Serenaders	2:45
7	Somebody, Oh Mouchay Vocals [Playing Children] – Unknown Artist	1:40
8	Shango Vocals, Performer – Yoruba	4:10
9	Spiritual Baptists Vocals, Performer – Spiritual Baptists	4:45
10	The Story Of Marrdevirain Cymbal [Talon], Percussion [Matalon] – Unknown ArtistLead Vocals – Pundit H'Ira Négre*	4:20
11	Tassa Performer [Tassa Group] – Unknown Artist	3:15
12	Reel Tambourine, Soloist, Vocals – Ferdinand MurphyViolin, Tambourine [Second], Triangle – Unknown Artist	3:15

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D 104975
• Licensed From – Caprice Records

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – John William Costa
• Liner Notes – Daniel Sheehy, Krister Malm
• Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig*
• Photography By [Cover] – Cornell Capa
• Recorded By, Edited By – Krister Malm

Notes

Recorded 1967-71 in the Lesser Antilles:
track 1 Dominica
track 2 Soufrière, St. Lucia
track 3 Young Island, St. Vincent
track 4 Granada (the cocoa lute is a form of musical bow, made from a flexible branch of the cocoa tree and the string is a specially treated liana)
track 5 St. Lucia (La Rose is a "secret society" formed in the 18th century)
track 6 Trinidad, aguinaldo nacimineto (parang music), Christmas 1970
track 7 Kingstown, St. Vincent, children's singing game
track 8 Trinidad (the Shango cult is the religion of the Yoruba people)
track 9 Trinidad (the Spiritual Baptists is the largest syncretist sect in Trinidad)
track 10 Guadeloupe, Hindu epic song
track 11 Trinidad, recorded during Hosse, an Islamic festival celebrating the prophet Mohammed's nephew Hosein (Tassa is a bowl-shaped drum and the music played on these drums)
track 12 Tobago, Jumbie-dance (Jumbie is the spirit of a deceased person)

A Production of Caprice Records: the National Institute for Concerts, Stockholm, Sweden
Licensed from Caprice Records (CAP 2004:1-2)
First Released 1983 (Nonesuch H-72091)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7559720912
• SPARS Code: AAD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CAP 2004:1-2	Various	Musik Från Västindien: Små Antillerna ‎(2xLP)	Caprice Records	CAP 2004:1-2	Sweden	1977
79734-2	Krister Malm	West Indies: An Island Carnival ‎(CD, RE)	Nonesuch	79734-2	US	2003
CAP 2004:1-2	Various	Musik Från Västindien: Små Antillerna ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Caprice Records	CAP 2004:1-2	Sweden	1977
72091, 9 72091-1 B	Various	An Island Carnival (Music Of The West Indies) ‎(LP)	Nonesuch, Nonesuch	72091, 9 72091-1 B	US	1983
7559-72091-2	Krister Malm	West Indies: An Island Carnival ‎(CD, RE)	Elektra Nonesuch	7559-72091-2	Europe	1991