New York City 12/46

A live recording of "Calypso At Midnight," a concert held at Town Hall, New York City, on December 21, 1946. Learning that Town Hall could be rented cheaply after regular theater hours, Alan Lomax produced a late-night concert series called The Midnight Special, which was thematically organized as "Blues At Midnight," "Ballads At Midnight," etc., and sponsored by the People's Songs Collective. The calypso concert recordings, made at Lomax's request and later found by chance in a closet by Bess Lomax Hawes, may be the only extant documents of this series. "This concert is a fascinating document of an American presentation of Trinidadian calypso at a time when interest in the genre was spreading from New York City into the mainstream of popular music in the United States" (Donald R. Hill and John H. Cowley, Calypso At Midnight [Rounder CD 1860])

Introduction to the concert

Calypso Invasion

Introduction to Stone Cold Dead In The Market

Stone Cold Dead In The Market

Commentary on the Trinidadian Harp

Introduction to Ugly Woman (part 1)

Introduction to Ugly Woman by Alan Lomax and Duke of Iron (part 2)

Ugly Woman

Introduction to Rum And Coca-Cola

Introduction to Rum And Coca-Cola

Rum And Coca-Cola

Introduction to Do Lai Do

Introduction to Do Lai Do

Introduction to Three Friends' Advice

Introduction to Three Friends' Advice

Three Friends' Advice (part 1)

Three Friends' Advice (part 2)

Introduction to Happy Land Of Canaan

Happy Land Of Canaan

Introduction to Exploring by Alan Lomax

Introduction to Exploring by Macbeth the Great

Exploring

Introduction to Man Smart, Women Smarter

Man Smart, Woman Smarter (part 1)

Man Smart, Woman Smarter (part 2)

Introduction to Tie-Tongue Baby

Tie-Tongue Baby

Introduction to Edward VIII (part 1)

Introduction to Edward VIII (part 2)

Edward VIII

Announcements of upcoming events

Don't Stop The Carnival (part 1)

Don't Stop The Carnival (part 2)

Introduction to My Donkey Wants Water by Macbeth the Great

My Donkey Wants Water

Introduction to That Game Named Poker

That Game Named Poker

Introduction of the band

Introduction to I'm A Better Woman Than You

I'm A Better Woman Than You

Introduction to drumming demonstration

Drumming demonstration (part 1)

Drumming demonstration (part 2)

Introduction to The GI And The Lady

The GI And The Lady (part 1)

The GI And The Lady (part 2)

Introduction to Te Way (Stick Fight)

Te Way (Stick Fight) (part 1)

Te Way (Stick Fight) (part 2)

Introduction to Roosevelt In Trinidad

Roosevelt In Trinidad

Introduction to Calypso War

Calypso War (part 1)

Calypso War (part 2)

Introduction to Yankee Dollar by Alan Lomax and Lord Invader

Introduction to Yankee Dollar by Lord Invader

Yankee Dollar

God Made Us All

Closing announcement

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