Audio file

Title: War (II)
Date recorded: August 17, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Calypso group; Performer: Williams, Emmanuel; Performer: Thomas, Randolph (Lord Iere); Performer: Phipps, Randolph; Performer: Moses, Vivian; Performer: Mira, Samuel; Performer: Marcano, Neville (Growling Tiger); Performer: Haytasingh, Robert (Indian Prince); Performer: Gervais, Paul; Performer: Charles, Robert; Performer: Charles, Ralph; Performer: Brito, Eugene; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: calypso, topical song
Instruments: bass (double), cuatro, flute, guitar, percussion, violin, voice
Culture: Afro-Trinidadian, Trinidad

Subject(s):

Note: Lead singers sing alternating sections.
Setting: 19 Gloster Lodge Road

Location: Port of Spain, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Archive ID: T1226R01

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1226
Track: 1

Part of: Port-of-Spain 8/62

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