MCC vs. West Indies Calypso / History of Carnival

Reference

AV/5/27

Date:

1949

Level of description

item

Extent

1 78 RPM Record: Two sides, total time 5 minutes 29 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 78 RPM Record, 'MCC vs. West Indies / History of Carnival'. The record consists of two songs, 'MCC vs. West Indies Calypso' performed by Lord Beginner, accompanied by Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders, and written by Egbert Moore, and 'History of Carnival' performed and written by Raymond Quevedo, accompanied by Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders.

Side A, 'MCC vs. West Indies' is 2 minutes and 38 seconds long, and the lyrics reference the story of the MCC tour of the West Indies in 1947-1948 and the players who represented both sides in the Test series.

Side B, 'History of Carnival' is 2 minutes and 51 seconds long, and the lyrics do not contain any cricket content.

The record was originally released on the Brunswick Record Label.

Associations

Egbert Moore
Raymond Quevedo

Subject

MCC in West Indies 1947-1948, calypso

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

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

Size

1 78 RPM Record: Two sides, total time 5 minutes 29 seconds

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Credit line:

Original referece number: M.2008.20. There is another record exactly the same, catalogued as DRA/R/26 [part of David Rayvern Allen Collection]

Related objects:

DRA/R/26 : M.C.C. v. West Indies, History of Carnival