Trinidad Is Changing

Sir Lancelot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flyright Records
• ASIN: B000008TW9
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,488 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Century Of The Common Man - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

2. Trinidad Is Changing - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

3. Donkey City - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

4. Neighbor Neighbor Leave Me Door - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

5. A Night In Central Park - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

6. Ugly Woman - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

7. Scandal In The Family - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

8. The Young Girls Today - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

9. Oken Karange - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

10. Sweet Like A Honey Bee - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

11. Pan American Way - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

12. Gimme Crab And Callaloo - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

13. Mary Ann - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

14. Take Me Take Me (To San Pedro) - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

15. Matilda - Sir Lancelot/Chino Ortiz And The Trinidad Serenaders

16. West Indian Families - Sir Lancelot/Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and Neglected Calypso Artist, February 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Trinidad Is Changing (Audio CD)

Sir Lancelot is a superb calypso singer, who also has a considerable screen presence in the 1940s in the Val Lewton horror films for RKO, and other films such as Jules Dassin's Brite Force. This CD contains a song that Sir Lancelot composed especially for Val Lewton's I Walked With A Zombie, "Shame and Sorrow on the Family." Brilliant in all respects; you're lucky to stumble on this. If you have any interest in authentic 40s Trinidadian calypso music whatsoever, buy this CD immediately.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sir Lancelot, knight extraordinaire, August 14, 2001

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

This review is from: Trinidad Is Changing (Audio CD)

Sir Lancelot deseves a special place in the pantheon of great calypsonians. He spoke(sang) in a era long gone, however, his insight into the west indian psyche is remarkable which is still relevant today. The calypsonians of yesteryear faced many, many hurdles in their quest for recognition and acceptance in a society run by the dictates of English imperialism. Guys like Sir Lancelot had to slay the dragons of racism and cultural oppression and the stifling strictures of colonialism. The search for a caribbean identity and political independence, I daresay was initiated by the likes of Sir Lancelot

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Original West Indian Calypso, June 21, 2000

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"klausnerh" (Cal(ypso)ifornia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trinidad Is Changing (Audio CD)

The best way to describe the story-telling of original calypso is that you can remember the words, the story and the melody. 'Nuff said.