Behind the recording

My Experience on the Reperbahn — Lord Invader: the second version

The booklet calls this “My Experience on the Reperbahn (2nd version).” It is the Lord Invader and his Calypso Group performance selected as track 20 of Calypso in New York.

An approximate day, an identified version

The session is dated approximately March 24, 1959, in New York. The notes list saxophone, piano, maracas, steel clappers, drums and bass, but do not name those instrumentalists.

Recording and credit reference
DetailSource information
Recording dateApproximately March 24, 1959
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.A.
vocalLord Invader
Players not identifiedsaxophone, piano, maracas, steel clappers, drums, bass
Source recording referenceSmithsonian Reel to Reel 0476/21

Sources: Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York booklet

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The explicit second-version label and source reel distinguish this item from a title-only search result. Its description as previously unreleased belongs to the 2000 booklet and should not be read as a claim about present availability.

Smithsonian edition
DetailSource information
AlbumCalypso in New York
Edition year2000
Catalog numberSFW40454
Track position20
Label track titleMy Experience on the Reperbahn

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Sources: Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York booklet · Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York tracklist

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