Calypso Time with Frank Holder

Reference

AV/5/66

Date:

1957

Level of description

item

Extent

1 33 RPM Vinyl Record: Two sides, total time 24 minutes 32 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 33 RPM Vinyl Record, 'Calypso Time with Frank Holder'. The record consists of calypso songs sung by Holder. Only one ('Victory Test Match') contains cricket content. The record was published by Pye Nixa. The front of the sleeve includes a picture of Holder; the reverse contains sleeve notes about each song, particularly the success of the song 'Victory Test Match'.

Side A is 11 minutes 53 seconds long and contains the following songs:
[0:00-2:37] 'Watermelon'
[2:37-6:00] 'He Like It, She Like It'
[6:00-9:27] 'Ugly Woman'
[9:27-11:53] 'Murder In The Market'

Side B is 12 minutes 39 seconds long and contains the following songs:
[0:00-2:11] 'Tomato'
[2:11-5:30] 'Kitch'
[5:30-8:30] 'Rum & Coca-Cola'
[8:30-12:39] 'Victory Test Match' (written by Egbert Moore).

Associations

Pye Nixa
Frank Holder
Egbert Moore

Subject

calypso music, West Indies in England 1950

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

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

Size

1 33 RPM Vinyl Record: Two sides, total time 24 minutes 32 seconds

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Credit line:

Originally catalogued as DRA/R/14. The record was acquired in 2016 from Dr Michael Down as part of the David Rayvern Allen collection of cricket music.

Related objects:

DRA/R/14 : Calypso Time with Frank Holder