Cricket Victory '76 / Victory Test Match 1950 by The Holder / McKenzie Calypso Kings

Reference

AV/5/8

Date:

1976-09-24

Level of description

item

Extent

1 45 RPM record: two sides, total time 6 minutes 42 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 45 RPM record, 'Cricket Victory '76 / Victory Test Match 1950' by The Holder / McKenzie Calypso Kings. The record was made in honour of the West Indies Cricket Team which toured England in 1976, and the record was supervised by Denis Preston, engineered by Robert Butterworth, produced by Record Supervision Limited and published by EMI.

Side A, 'Cricket Victory '76' was written by Frank Holder and recorded by The Holder / McKenzie Calypso Kings. The song's lyrics praise Clive Lloyd's captaincy of the West Indies team and the song is 3 minutes 53 seconds in length.

Side B, 'Victory Test Match 1950' was written by Egbert Moore and recorded by The Holder / McKenzie Calypso Kings. The song is a reworking of 'Victory Test Match 1950' originally recorded in 1950 by Lord Beginner, and describes West Indies' Test victory against England at Lord's in 1950. The song is 2 minutes 49 seconds in length.

Associations

Egbert Moore
Denis Preston
Robert Butterworth
Record Supervision Limited
EMI
Frank Holder
The Holder / McKenzie Calypso Kings
Lord Beginner
Clive Hubert Lloyd

Subject

West Indies in England 1976, West Indies in England 1950, calypso music, cricket songs

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

1 45 RPM record: two sides, total time 6 minutes 42 seconds

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