Pamberi Carnival Madness

This is a compilation of all the popular Calypso and Soca tunes Pamberi played at the T&T Panorama competitions from 1988 to 1999 and during their tours overseas. Showdown is a Machel Montano 1999 composition arranged by Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe. No other studio recording compares with this arrangement.

Calypso Steelband

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Track Listing

Showdown
Raising Dust
Ten Minutes To Glory
Posse
The Rite Of Pan
Pan Rising
No Curfew
Steel On Wheels
Soki Soki
Run Down
Pan Man Forever

Review

(refers to package of Pamberi's Carnival Madness, Classics in Steel and Contemporary Moods)

This handsomely packaged 3-CD series by Trinidadian steel orchestra Pamberi has everything going for it: excellent sound quality, a big-band feel, and a musical range that's hard to quarrel with. Here is listening proof of the steelpan's versatility: reggae, mainstream ballads, zouk, Latin, Stravinsky, Rossini, with plenty of calypso and soca. The work of some of the country's top pan arrangers - Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, Jit Samaroo and Pamberi's own Godwin Bowen - can be sampled here as well. (A fourth addition to the series, Sweet Christmas, is also available.)

A compilation of existing material (much of it recorded in Japan) and other tracks recorded at Rituals's digital studio, d Yard, this collection showcases the vast repertoire of one of the island's big steelbands. Anyone who takes up the challenge of recording a 100-piece steel orchestra deserves high praise, and these a provide a splendid introduction to the big band steelband sound.

(SL/GP/eC)

See also:

Pamberi Classics in Steel

Pamberi Jazz in Steel

Pamberi Contemporary Moods