West Indian Touring Team: 'The West Indians Are Back In Town' / 'Skipper Lloyd (Have Mercy)'

Reference

AV/5/56

Date:

1984

Level of description

item

Extent

1 45 RPM record: 2 sides, total time 6 minutes 18 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 45 RPM vinyl record containing the songs 'The West Indians Are Back In Town' (arranged by Phil Ramocon, lyrics by Lance Percival) and 'Skipper Lloyd (Have Mercy)' (written by T Wyatt and A Pascal). Performed by The West Indian Touring Team, Thelston Payne and Joel Garner. Produced by Phil Ramocon. Mixed by Stephen Street. Published by Island Records Ltd. The sleeve contains a picture of the cricket ball.

'The West Indians Are Back In Town' is 3 minutes 3 seconds long, and the lyrics reference West Indies' tour of England in 1984.

'Skipper Lloyd (Have Mercy)' is 3 minutes 15 seconds long, and the lyrics are a tribute to C H Lloyd, who captained the West Indian tour of England in 1984.

Associations

Phil Ramocon
Lance Percival
Thelston Rodney O'Neale Payne
Joel Garner
Stephen Brian Street
Clive Hubert Lloyd

Subject

West Indies in England 1984

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

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

Size

1 45 RPM record: 2 sides, total time 6 minutes 18 seconds

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Credit line:

Originally catalogued as DRA/R/9. The record was acquired from Dr Michael Down in 2016 as part of the David Rayvern Allen collection.