Bare Essentials, 'Rebel Tour / Version'

Reference

AV/5/63

Date:

1983

Level of description

item

Extent

1 45 RPM Record: Two sides, total time 8 minutes 19 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 45 RPM vinyl record containing the songs 'Rebel Tour', and 'Version' performed by Bare Essentials. Publisher: Sun Burn/Obitone Records. Producer: Errol Lee.

Side 1, 'Rebel Tour' is 4 minutes 15 seconds long, and the lyrics criticise the West Indies' rebel tours to South Africa in 1982-1983 and 1983-1984, captained by Lawrence Rowe, whose name appears in the lyrics.

Side 2, 'Version' is 4 minutes 4 seconds long, and is an instrumental version of 'Rebel Tour'.

Associations

Errol Lee
Bare Essentials
Lawrence George Rowe

Subject

calypso music, Rebel West Indies in South Africa 1982-1983, Rebel West Indies in South Africa 1983-1984

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

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

Size

1 45 RPM Record: Two sides, total time 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Credit line:

Originally catalogued as DRA/R/19. The record was acquired in 2016 from Dr Michael Down as part of the David Rayvern Allen Collection of cricket music.