Music to Awaken the Ballroom Beast (1957) The Brute Force Steel Band CD

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In the streets of Antigua shortly following WWII, The Brute Force Steel Band began as one of the ensembles that would pioneer Caribbean steel pan music. These calypsos, meringues, sambas, tangos and pops were a staple of the annual Carnival, which feature vocals by Calypsonian Herbert Howard and Lord Lally of Antigua.

101 Say Si Si
102 Take Me, Take Me
103 Teach Me Tonight
104 Take Me to Jamaica Where the Rum Comes From
105 Beastly Meringue
106 Now is the Hour
201 Perfidio
202 Carnival
203 Pierconela
204 Man Smart, Woman Smarter
205 Steel Band Invention
206 Gloria
207 Green Faced Man