Media Condition : Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Format  : CD, RE
Genre    : Reggae, Latin, Folk World & Country
Style      : Merengue, Field Recording, Calypso, Folk
Label     : Elektra Nonesuch
Country : Europe
Released: 1991

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, singing game
track 8 Trinidad (the Shango cult is the religion of the Yoruba people)
track 9 Trinidad (the Spiritual Baptists is the lagest 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 (<A HREF=>CAP 2004:1-2</A>)
First Released 1983 (Nonesuch H-72091)

Track List:

1. Merengue 2:10
2. Masouc 3:45
3. The Lizard (Calypso) 3:35
4. Mr. Walker (Calypso) 1:10
5. La Rose (Song) 3:00
6. Aguinaldo 2:45
7. Somebody, Oh Mouchay 1:40
8. Shango 4:10
9. Spiritual Baptists 4:45
10. The Story Of Marrdevirain 4:20
11. Tassa 3:15
12. Reel 3:15