Esso [Original recording reissued]

The Esso Trinidad Steel Band, ????????????????????, Steel-Band de la Trinidad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1972
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Tornado Records
• ASIN: B00009YXKU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,021 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Apeman

2. If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You?

3. Ride On Sammy

4. Simple Calypso

5. Cecilla

6. I Want You Back

7. Sabre Dance

8. Come To The Sunshne Erasmus B. Black

9. If I Had The Wings (Like A Dove)

10. Singer Man

11. Aquarium

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jammin' fun - great ensemble!, September 5, 2005

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Dave Powers "www.davepowers.net" (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Esso (Audio CD)

I think this release originally came out in the early 1970's, and was on Warner Bros. It's produced by songwriter-poet Van Dyke Parks (who worked with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys). You gotta hear the way the band plays the Jackson Five hit "I Want You Back." Lots of fun! Some of the other CD highlights include "Simple Calypso," Khatchaturian's "Sabre Dance," Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia" and "Aquarium," which is from Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals." Don't forget the picture on the CD cover...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal, August 15, 2006

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"Corn Fed" (Springfield, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Esso (Audio CD)

No bogus techno beats on this reissue. Van Dyke Parks produced a real gem with this one. Of course the real "diamond in the rough" is the group itself. Genuine Carribean spirit with a more than generous dose of lyrical irony. Apeman's the best! The sultry babe on the cover's not too shabby either! Enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought ESSO was gone for good!!!, February 4, 2006

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Timothy J. Hickey "Timh111" (Deltona, FL.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Esso (Audio CD)

I've been searching for this since it was released on 8-track in the '70's!!! Thanks for bringing it back!!!