Lord Beginner and Caribbean Calypso Band: The Cricket Champions/Caribbean Lullaby

Reference

AV/5/42

Date:

1954

Level of description

item

Extent

1 78 RPM vinyl record: Two sides, total time 5 minutes 57 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 33 RPM Vinyl Record, 'The Cricket Champions (West Indies v M.C.C., 1954)' / Caribbean Lullaby' performed by Lord Beginner and Caribbean Calypso Band. The record was produced by Melodisc. Both calypso songs were written by Egbert Moore.

'The Cricket Champions (West Indies v M.C.C., 1954)' is 2 minutes 58 seconds long. The lyrics reference the events of West Indies vs. England Test match in 1953-1954 at Sabina Park in Kingston, which West Indies won by 140 runs.

'Caribbean Lullaby' is 2 minutes 59 seconds long and does not contain any cricket content.

Associations

Egbert Moore
Lord Beginner
Caribbean Calypso Band

Subject

calypso, MCC in West Indies 1953-1954

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

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

Size

1 78 RPM vinyl record: Two sides, total time 5 minutes 57 seconds

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Originally catalogued on the Museum database as TN.2008.1109 (this record has now been deleted)