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LP mono RCA LPM2574
LP stereo RCA LSP2574
LP Victor RA5166 Japan
LP Victor SHP5137 Japan
LP Victor RD7522 UK
LP RCA 440.554S France
R2R tape RCA FTP1154
Stereo8 cassette RCA P8S1024 |
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1962
Orchestra
conducted by William Eaton.
Ernie Calabria - guitar,
Millard Thomas - guitar,
Jay Berliner - guitar,
Hugh Masekela - trumpet,
John Cartwright - bass,
Norman Keenan - bass,
Bill Salter - bass,
Percy
Brice - drums, Ralph MacDonald - percussion, Auchee Lee - percussion,
Danny Barrajanos - percussion and
Julio Collazo - percussion |
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| A1 |
Tongue Tie Baby # |
3:51 |
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| A2 |
Who's Gonna Be
Your Man # |
3:42 |
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| A3 |
'Long About Now # |
3:55 |
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| A4 |
Bamotsweri #
(w. Miriam Makeba) |
2:33 |
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| A5 |
I'm On My Way To Saturday # |
2:45 |
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| A6 |
Betty An' Dupree # |
5:19 |
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| B1 |
Summertime Love # |
3:58 |
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| B2 |
Lyla, Lyla # |
3:26 |
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| B3 |
Zombie Jamboree # |
3:35 |
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| B4 |
Try To Remember # |
3:24 |
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| B5 |
Dark As A Dungeon # |
4:15 |
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Belafonte's follow-up album to
The Midnight Special is another record stressing the diversity of world
music. This time, a small combo accompanies
Belafonte on the various tracks, as opposed to the big band approach of
his last album. Several crowd-pleasers were introduced on this album for the
first time: the calypso "Zombie Jamboree," awhich soon replaced "Matilda" as
Belafonte's epic audience participation song; and the showtune "Try to
Remember," from the off-Broadway show The Fantasticks. The two highlights on
the album are both songs dealing with American folk music. "Betty an'
Dupree" is a classic murder ballad in the tradition of "Frankie and Johnny,"
performed with the intensity the subject matter commands. Country-western
composer
Merle Travis' "Dark as a Dungeon," a protest song dealing with the
dreary, bitter life of the coal miner was inadvertantly recorded during a
thunderstorm, giving the song a dose of ominous spontaneity. Two of
Belafonte's proteges from South Africa are also featured: singer
Miriam Makeba and jazz trumpeter
Hugh Masekela. Some of the ballads are weak when compared to the more
dramatic highlights, but still, this is a very satisfying album.
~ Cary Ginell, All Music Guide |
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