Goodnight Ladies and Gents - The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco

Lionel Belasco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B00000ICOM
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,663 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Calypso

Track Listings

1. Good-Night Ladies And Gents

2. Roses Of Caracas Waltz

3. 'I Used To Do All The Heavy Things'

4. Panama Paseo No.1

5. Miranda

6. Blow Wind Blow

7. Venezuelen Little Tune

8. 'I Used To Just Play The Piano'

9. Prohibition

10. Sly Mongoose

11. Carmencita

12. Caroline

13. Maysotis

14. Treasury Fire

15. Caracas

16. Hit And Run Away

17. Iris

18. Why Me Neighbor Vex With Me

19. The Palms Of Maracaibo

20. Esperanzas

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one to cherish, September 15, 2002

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FloozyFlapper1926 (Somewhere in the 20's) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight Ladies and Gents - The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (Audio CD)

Like a previous reviewer, I was introduced to Lionel Belasco through the Ghost World soundtrack. I loved all three of the songs and decided to look for more music by him. I was pleasantly surprised to find this. Its a great blend of calypso and some jazz and each song is different from the other but always top notch. There are fiddles, vocals and piano. All of the songs on here are wonderful and completely unforgettable. Houdini's vocals make some of these shine, and the instrumentals are moody at times, haunting at others and always compelling.

There are also a few tracks that have Lionel speaking which are memorable as well. The liner notes are very complete and perfectly done. This cd gives you great music and history all at the same time. I'm very glad that I have discovered music like this especially at a time when music is very bland.

If you like old music, get this. Or if you want to try something new, this is the one. Timeless and wonderful, this is a masterpiece.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Belasco-Bellringer supreme, August 14, 2001

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Rommel Ramotar (Scarborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight Ladies and Gents - The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (Audio CD)

Belasco was an outstanding calypsonian of his era or any era for that matter.He emerged from a background that was unlike most of his calypso comrades. His songs were a masterful tapestry of life and love and struggles. He was able to couch his memorable ditties under the watchful eyes of the ever present censors working on behalf of British-bourgeois interests and sensibilities. He was a musical master who helped other calypsonians of that age. This album is an extraordinary mirror of the times. His rendition of "sly mongoose" is an overt attack on sexual exploitation by those with power in pre-independence Trinidad. With "Rufus hold me tight" he alluded to the sexual extravagance of a newly wed couple. Belasco rung the early bells of calypso with marvellous vitality. Future calypsonians and those who love this art form will always be grateful that the wind was able to blow his voice beyond Trinidad just like he extolled "Blow wind blow"

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sly mongoose, March 27, 2002

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daniel moore (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight Ladies and Gents - The Creole Music of Lionel Belasco (Audio CD)

i was turned on to the musical word of lionel belasco through the ghost world sound track. i loved the songs, "miranda" and, "venezuela." with the purchase of this disc, i was hoping to pick up more great calipso music. luckily for me (and you), it's full of dazzling and highy energetic tunes. the piano stylings of belasco and the vocal efforts of houdini are truly unique, unlike anything i've come across before. check this one out.