Brings tears to my eyes too. As a student in England in the late 50s I fell in love with this music, listened to this recording so many times and finally travelled to experience the Trinidad Carnival in 1962. Unforgettable and magical - jump up, dancing on the streets to all the bands….🥰🥰
This is how I remember Carnival in Trinidad. I was 9 years old at the time. My family lived in San'do. They owned two restaurants and bar on Coffee Street and it was the same refrain we heard in San'do carnival morning. My cousin would grab my sister and I and we would jump for a block and run back quick before we were missed. Such great memories. We left Trinidad on its first annual Independence, August 31, 1962. At the time I just couldn't understand Why? but as I look back, I appreciate that they were thinking of our future, but still love and enjoy this meaningful part of our cultural heritage. It is so precious to me. H. John
What a blessing...My Mother used to play this album where we all would dance, laugh and enjoy this famous recording. Mother passed, and I became the owner of this masterpiece. I carried it along for decades until one house move, it was gone. Thank you for providing this timeless piece of history, wonderful memories.
Thanks Glenroy. This is great Memorabilia for me. Takes me back to my teen years when I was still in college. What a wonderful sound of the Steel band.Steel Drum we have developed over the years.
You can only dream of being there to experience the vibe. This was before my time, but remember my Dad reminiscing of carnival parades in Grenada (1950's) and how they won competitions and were followed for miles, the peoples favorite street march band. Thanks Glenroy Joseph.
Someone, please invent a time capsule, I want to go back. I was 6 yrs at that time and the sound of those sweet "ping pongs ", that's what they were called back then, still resonates in my mind, no, my soul.Thanks again Glenroy. Today is Carnival Tuesday '14 and I'm listening to these sweet sounds in bitter cold NY. Not fair.
thanks glenroy joseph you are a classic man to put this out i love the steel pan music good stuff i was not born at this time but this is good.keep it up glen.
Thank you Glenroy Joseph for publishing this. As Trinbagonians many of us are now appreciating the archival and documentary importance of works such as these and contributions by people like yourself to keeping this history alive.
The guy could have been named 'Lambert',but the one calling him is shouting 'Lambaye' as we would say in Trinidad.Great piece...I have no words to describe that past.The most beautiful sound in the world....to me!Thanks Glen,.../
Thanks GRJ . This brings so much joy to me for here it is I can enjoy the beautiful Pan music of 1956 Carnival live . I was too small to be there then so this means a lot to me . Thanks again .
The live music of the parading steel band is still as sweet, captivates you to move your feet...chip, chip, chip. The sheer transport, inside the band, immersed in its kinetic energy, carried by those ringing overtones! So much is lost of our culture when steel bands cannot parade freely. Thankfully we have the "pan in the country" series.
Tengo buenos recuerdos de ese carnaval, tenía 10 años y mi mamá Louenza George estaba en una comparsa y mi cuñado tocaba el steel pan en invaders. Thanks Glenroy for this video.
Words cant express who i am feeling listening to the sweetest music in the world. i always say i am a old man young boy because i always show interest in the so called old things but i always say i have to learn about my country first so i can be a good ambassador. BRING BACK THE OLD TIME DAYS
Talk about bringing back memories! I was THERE when Thomas Cook made the recording. From my uncle's (Charlie Bain's) office upstairs Frederick St near Duke St corner... they recorded for the day (so it's not actually a Jouvay recording!) and selected segments to use on the disc.One of the tunes was "Backbay shuffle" but I was quite young and can't remember which one that was :)
I note Margaret Hinkson's comment and I know Charlie Bain's office quite well. He was my dentist. I always thought the recording was done at the corner of Park and Frederick Streets. Happy to note the correct location. It is indeed... "the best and most meaningful piece of street theatre ever recorded on audio...." A masterful piece of live recording......
If the recording was done near Duke Street then the CIC clock mentioned may have actually Trinity Cathedral's clock. It is much too loud to be coming from above Park Street. I was eight years old at the time but remember my uncles the Jackman brothers talking about the music.
This recording invokes very pleasurable memories of my father who played this LP quite often. I would always time and look out for the fella shouting 'Gambaye! Gambaye!' I am wondering if any of the steelbands was Demfortunates or Johanesburg Fascinators because these were the two fancy seabees bands my father loved to play in.. It really is a tremendous pleasure to be transported back to Frederick Street looking on at mas as a little fella and being scared about the 'shaverman'.
Wonderful, marvelous, superb, Glenroy. We are trying to track down the music/lyrics of the first calypso that lord Kitchener composed in 1944. "The Beat Of The Steelband", with Kitchener singing.
I was 12 years of age at that time and my parents used to leave me home with my sisters...lol....I would like to hear the modern day steelbands beat one of those tunes now
Brilliant. What a wonderful piece of history! Need to correct one minor error from Haydn Murray. The voice was actually calling out "Lambie" not Gambaye. The person calling was Robert Bain, the son of Dr. Bain who had his dentist's office near to the hair salon in the building and he was hailing out his friend Mervyn Lambie.
I could remember distinctly when one of those brass bands get close or cross path with a steel band the steel band had to stop playing until they are out of the way. anyone can remember that?
Lee Maule * The brass bands were on trucks and were moving at a faster pace ~ that was the era of pans around the neck ~ it was easier for the steelband players to step aside and allow J.B. Williams to keep moving.
I was 15 yrs old and remember this recording yesterday at the time Iwas playing wtih the band LIL CARIB of San Fernando I am going to share this on my time line on Facebook check me for the history of bands in the south. i
It is then as it now! and it was then, before there time! Amazing! So many of the people that were around then, are gone, but yet the Carnival continues, lives pass! the streets are the same, but the people change! if only the buildings and the streets could talk! Generations of people!, the stars in the sky are still the same, yet the Carnival continues!
Glenroy ... or anyone else who knows .. you name 4 steel bands and the tunes played .. but which was the 5th band at 15':20" and what tune were they playing?
I really do no what to say, I was born in the wrong era, steelband was so sweet , it became a lot of noise that only t trinis can listen too. Go back to your roots and stop imposing music or noise on people. this is classic.
@@errolmichaelphillips7763 Errol Michael Phillips, wow! Perhaps the name was changed. I never heard the "Puerto Rican Mambo," but if you listen to "Back Bay Shuffle," by Artie Shaw, there may be some similarities. Unfortunately, I never paid any attention to North Stars in those days. Why bother, when we had Invaders. {smile}
@@errolmichaelphillips7763 Errol Michael Phillips ~ my mouse had a hissy fit and I lost my response. I was unaware of the different tunes. Starland, from where in POS? When did they begin? I am unfamiliar with name. Are you connected to any steelband?
@@domitilla10_- Starland was from St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain. I am not connected with any steelband, but I am aware of its history. Or I should say, some of it.
Na man, pan in south was best. San Fernando. Coffee Street windin up to the beat. Ok, P-O-S was good too, but the 50's and 60's were the years. This LP is a time capsule.
Brings tears to my eyes too. As a student in England in the late 50s I fell in love with this music, listened to this recording so many times and finally travelled to experience the Trinidad Carnival in 1962. Unforgettable and magical - jump up, dancing on the streets to all the bands….🥰🥰
This is how I remember Carnival in Trinidad. I was 9 years old at the time. My family lived in San'do. They owned two restaurants and bar on Coffee Street and it was the same refrain we heard in San'do carnival morning. My cousin would grab my sister and I and we would jump for a block and run back quick before we were missed. Such great memories. We left Trinidad on its first annual Independence, August 31, 1962. At the time I just couldn't understand Why? but as I look back, I appreciate that they were thinking of our future, but still love and enjoy this meaningful part of our cultural heritage. It is so precious to me. H. John
The people back enjoyed every note of the music....l love it,l started playing the cellos in 1976
What a blessing...My Mother used to play this album where we all would dance, laugh and enjoy this famous recording. Mother passed, and I became the owner of this masterpiece. I carried it along for decades until one house move, it was gone. Thank you for providing this timeless piece of history, wonderful memories.
This video captures the true essence of Carnival when I was just about 9 years. Such beautiful memories. Luv it, luv it, luv it. Thank you.
Thank you again and again. I always play this memorable time in T&T. Me again.
Still luving it at 74. Me again.
Thanks Glenroy. This is great Memorabilia for me. Takes me back to my teen years when I was still in college. What a wonderful sound of the Steel band.Steel Drum we have developed over the years.
You can only dream of being there to experience the vibe. This was before my time, but remember my Dad reminiscing of carnival parades in Grenada (1950's) and how they won competitions and were followed for miles, the peoples favorite street march band. Thanks Glenroy Joseph.
Someone, please invent a time capsule, I want to go back. I was 6 yrs at that time and the sound of those sweet "ping pongs ", that's what they were called back then, still resonates in my mind, no, my soul.Thanks again Glenroy. Today is Carnival Tuesday '14 and I'm listening to these sweet sounds in bitter cold NY. Not fair.
Wow! Greetings from NYC. Thank you for sharing 👍👍😀
thanks glenroy joseph you are a classic man to put this out i love the steel pan music good stuff i was not born at this time but this is good.keep it up glen.
Timeless and Priceless. Thank You.
Thank you Glenroy Joseph for publishing this. As Trinbagonians many of us are now appreciating the archival and documentary importance of works such as these and contributions by people like yourself to keeping this history alive.
This is your heritage. Great stuff
This brings tears to my eyes. I was in my aunt's second floor hair salon watching this very parade pass down Frederick street.
Two steelbands played this tune that day it was North Stars from St James and Trinidad All Stars
The guy could have been named 'Lambert',but the one calling him is shouting 'Lambaye' as we would say in Trinidad.Great piece...I have no words to describe that past.The most beautiful sound in the world....to me!Thanks Glen,.../
Park street and Frederick street. was the.drag for .the bands to parade
That Cook recording on Frederick Str, and Duke Str, corner is classic.
Thanks GRJ . This brings so much joy to me for here it is I can enjoy the beautiful Pan music of 1956 Carnival live . I was too small to be there then so this means a lot to me . Thanks again .
I was born 6 months after carnival 1956. This is amazing. Wow.
& I am already old. : - ) GREAT POST.
The live music of the parading steel band is still as sweet, captivates you to move your feet...chip, chip, chip. The sheer transport, inside the band, immersed in its kinetic energy, carried by those ringing overtones!
So much is lost of our culture when steel bands cannot parade freely. Thankfully we have the "pan in the country" series.
I was 13.years old at that time. All the steel bands were playing.the same tune
Tengo buenos recuerdos de ese carnaval, tenía 10 años y mi mamá Louenza George estaba en una comparsa y mi cuñado tocaba el steel pan en invaders. Thanks Glenroy for this video.
Words cant express who i am feeling listening to the sweetest music in the world. i always say i am a old man young boy because i always show interest in the so called old things but i always say i have to learn about my country first so i can be a good ambassador. BRING BACK THE OLD TIME DAYS
Talk about bringing back memories! I was THERE when Thomas Cook made the recording. From my uncle's (Charlie Bain's) office upstairs Frederick St near Duke St corner... they recorded for the day (so it's not actually a Jouvay recording!) and selected segments to use on the disc.One of the tunes was "Backbay shuffle" but I was quite young and can't remember which one that was :)
Margaret Hinkson vCard
Thia is true true carnival !!! Oh how I miss it so. Who say bring back de old time days!!!
Glen, this is really, really, really good! What great emotions this recording conjures up. Thanks very much.
I miss it, I was born after that Carnival in October 1956.
I note Margaret Hinkson's comment and I know Charlie Bain's office quite well. He was my dentist. I always thought the recording was done at the corner of Park and Frederick Streets. Happy to note the correct location. It is indeed... "the best and most meaningful piece of street theatre ever recorded on audio...." A masterful piece of live recording......
If the recording was done near Duke Street then the CIC clock mentioned may have actually Trinity Cathedral's clock. It is much too loud to be coming from above Park Street. I was eight years old at the time but remember my uncles the Jackman brothers talking about the music.
Hugh Haydn Anthony * Green corner was another hot spot.
This recording invokes very pleasurable memories of my father who played this LP quite often. I would always time and look out for the fella shouting 'Gambaye! Gambaye!' I am wondering if any of the steelbands was Demfortunates or Johanesburg Fascinators because these were the two fancy seabees bands my father loved to play in.. It really is a tremendous pleasure to be transported back to Frederick Street looking on at mas as a little fella and being scared about the 'shaverman'.
Wonderful, marvelous, superb, Glenroy.
We are trying to track down the music/lyrics of the first calypso that lord Kitchener composed in 1944. "The Beat Of The Steelband", with Kitchener singing.
Please check track 13 of the Canboulay Production CD 'Ah Wanna Fall' released by Sanch Electronix Ltd
I was 12 years of age at that time and my parents used to leave me home with my sisters...lol....I would like to hear the modern day steelbands beat one of those tunes now
I remember back in those days " Printing " jerseys for Starland Carnival Monday mass .... beautiful memories .
Brilliant. What a wonderful piece of history! Need to correct one minor error from Haydn Murray. The voice was actually calling out "Lambie" not Gambaye. The person calling was Robert Bain, the son of Dr. Bain who had his dentist's office near to the hair salon in the building and he was hailing out his friend Mervyn Lambie.
I could remember distinctly when one of those brass bands get close or cross path with a steel band the steel band had to stop playing until they are out of the way. anyone can remember that?
Lee Maule * The brass bands were on trucks and were moving at a faster pace ~ that was the era of pans around the neck ~ it was easier for the steelband players to step aside and allow J.B. Williams to keep moving.
You just can beat this. I can only imaging people chipping down Frederick Street.
The guy shouting Lambie or Mambie is a gem. lol
He is shouting 'Tambie'. I suspect it is the Tambie I knew who passed away some years ago. He would have been there.
My daddy Robert Bain! 😊
Aah! Jean and Dinah, Rosita and Clementina…Yankees gone and Sparrow take over now! 😎❤️🥰
I remember this , Ah hear it from mih mother belly,
I was 15 yrs old and remember this recording yesterday at the time Iwas playing wtih the band LIL CARIB of San Fernando I am going to share this on my time line on Facebook check me for the history of bands in the south.
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It is then as it now! and it was then, before there time! Amazing! So many of the people that were around then, are gone, but yet the Carnival continues, lives pass! the streets are the same, but the people change! if only the buildings and the streets could talk! Generations of people!, the stars in the sky are still the same, yet the Carnival continues!
Robbie H
Cool thoughts.
love it!!! soooooo quaint :0)
The first steelband tune is "Puerto Rican Mambo". The second tune is "Back Bay Shuffle".
Puerto Rico mambo by Pan Am North Stars!
It was simply 'North Stars' then...not so?
Glenroy ... or anyone else who knows .. you name 4 steel bands and the tunes played .. but which was the 5th band at 15':20" and what tune were they playing?
I really do no what to say, I was born in the wrong era, steelband was so sweet , it became a lot of noise that only t trinis can listen too. Go back to your roots and stop imposing music or noise on people. this is classic.
The name of that tune was "Puerto Rican Mambo" wasn't it?
Yes it was.
Puerto Rico mambo!
Puerto Rican mambo by North Stars...Pan Am came later!
John Buddy Williams brass band
I always wanted to know the name of this steelband..
Please someibody...
North Stars
@@errolmichaelphillips7763 Thank you brother for that info. I always wondered....
Its north stars playing "back bay scuffle.
This is not "Back Bay shuffle". This is "Puerto Rican Mambo"
That sounds like Invaders playing Back Bay Shuffle
No. This tune is "Puerto Rican Mambo" by North Stars.
@@errolmichaelphillips7763 Errol Michael Phillips, wow! Perhaps the name was changed. I never heard the "Puerto Rican Mambo," but if you listen to "Back Bay Shuffle," by Artie Shaw, there may be some similarities. Unfortunately, I never paid any attention to North Stars in those days. Why bother, when we had Invaders. {smile}
@@domitilla10_- Actually, "Back Bay Shuffle" played by Starland is featured later on. They are two different tunes.
@@errolmichaelphillips7763 Errol Michael Phillips ~ my mouse had a hissy fit and I lost my response. I was unaware of the different tunes. Starland, from where in POS? When did they begin? I am unfamiliar with name. Are you connected to any steelband?
@@domitilla10_- Starland was from St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain. I am not connected with any steelband, but I am aware of its history. Or I should say, some of it.
Na man, pan in south was best. San Fernando. Coffee Street windin up to the beat. Ok, P-O-S was good too, but the 50's and 60's were the years. This LP is a time capsule.
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