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artist.....: Bro. Valentino
album......: Stay Up Zimbabwe
year.......: 2017
label......: Analog Africa
AADE06
source.....: WEB
moodswing..: Disco
releasesize: 32.50 MB
tracks.....: 02
length.....: 17:33
encoder....: VBR LAME 3.98.4 -V0
quality....: avg. 258kbps
scenealized: 10.24.2017
BRO. VALENTINO, Anthony Emrold Phillip,
began his illustrious career in 1961 at
The Big Bamboo, a minor calypso tent in
Port of Spain, Trinidad, before
breaking into the professional scene in
1966 at the Lord Kitchener's Caravan
calypso tent. After the Black Power
revolution of 1970 he transformed into
a calypsonian with a conscience and a
consciousness who sang on behalf of the
poor and downtrodden and was dubbed
"The People's Calypsonian". His
commitment to lyrics of education,
elevation and African consciousness has
been his identifying badge and
signature.
At the end of the heady decade of the
tumultuous 1970's, with the echoes of
the Black Power revolution of Trinidad
still strongly reverberating, Valentino
penned his two most commercially
successful calypsoes, 1979's "Stay up
Zimbabwe" and 1980's "Ah Wo [Brand New
Revolution] both reflections of the
revolutionary spirit which had engulfed
the Caribbean in the 1970's. 1979
marked the historic date of the Maurice
Bishop led Grenadian Revolution and as
if to herald this auspicious event
Valentino would make it all the way to
the coveted national calypso monarch
finals with this anti-apartheid anthem.
Both songs, calypsoes flavoured with
the newly introduced Soca melody of the
mid 1970's, are now given a new lease
of life on this record.
Voted among the top 50 calypsonians of
the 20th century, four of his songs
have also been selected in the Top 200
calypsos of that period - "Life is a
Stage" [1972], "Barking Dogs" [1974],
"Dis Place Nice" [1975] and "Stay up
Zimbabwe" [1979], while his 2004
history treatise "Where Calypso went"
was selected as Calypso of the Year.
Valentino can be assured of a place
among the pantheon of calypso
luminaries in the hallowed halls of
Calypsodom.
Enjoy and be educated.
NB: Download with the Vinyl, Encoded
from WAVE file.
Url:
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album
/stay-up-zimbabwe
psst, more info at analogafrica.com
01 Stay Up Zimbabwe 07:30
02 Ah Wo (Brand New Revolution) 10:03