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Marc-up : Marc Matthews and Friends

Title
Marc-up : Marc Matthews and Friends
Publication
  • [United State?] : Caribbean Voices & Marc Matthews Productions, [2002]
  • ©2002

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  • Matthews, Marc
  • Agard, John, 1949-
  • Muttoo, Henry
  • Hooper, Eddie
  • Corsbie, Ken
Description
1 audio disc (51 min., 5 sec.) : CD audio; 4 3/4 in.
Subject
  • Songs > Caribbean Area
  • Short stories, Caribbean (English)
  • Caribbean Area > Poetry
  • Caribbean Area > Drama
Genre/Form
  • Poetry.
  • Songs.
  • Poetry readings (Sound recordings)
  • Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • "Caribbean voices 6"
  • Stories, poems and recitations, many with musical accompaniment; includes some songs
  • Theatre Information Exchange introduces the first of a series of the finest oral poets in the Caribbean, with Guyanese dramatist, Marc Matthews. Marc, star of the film "the Right and the Wrong" an original member of the now legendary "Dem Two" and " "All-Ah-We" team who, during 1973 to 1978 toured 11 Caribbean territories and made 160 performances. "Marc-up" uses recordings made during those on-stage perofrmances, and retains not only the spontaneous responses of Caribbean audiences, but the night traffic sounds which surround our theatres--Description of original LP release
  • "This CD version of the 1979 L.P. is intended to be a retrieval and archival imperative, and therefore only very few copies will be made. We have retained all but one of the original works and added seven new items in ALL-AH-WE style"
  • Program notes with complete personnel in English (4 unnumbered pages) inserted in container
Performer (note)
  • ALL AH WE (Marc Matthews, poet, storeyteller, writer ; John Agard, poet, storyteller, writer ; Henry Muttoo, dra,astost. desogmer ; Eddie Hooper ; Ken Corsbie, dramatist, storyteller, humorist) ; with additional speaks, singer and and instrumentalsits
Contents
1. Intro: There is a meeting here tonight / Trad. Jamaica ; 6 O' Clock feeling / Kamal Singh (Gyuana) (4:35) -- 2. Rainbow / John Agard (Guyana) (1:00) -- 3. 12:30 is life / Christopher Laird (Trinidad) (1:20) -- 4. Sea wall / Marc Matthews Guyana) (3:35) -- 5. Mountain say / DeCoteau Malik (Grenada) (4:20) -- 6. Dark Time / Martin Carter (Guyana) (2:15) -- 7. Ol' Higue / Wordsworth McAndrew (Guyana) ; Ol' Higue : the song / Chuck Girard (Guyana) (5:00 -- 8. Breakfast bruise / Pat Rahming (Bahamas) (1:45) -- 9. Ananci vs Tiger / John Agard (Guyana) (1:45) -- 10. Ritual / Kamau Braithwaite (Barbados) (5:00) -- 11. Portia faces life / Marc Matthews (Guyana) (5:00) -- 12. By ba hai yah / Thomas Santiago (Beilze) (2:15) -- 13. Letter to England / Bruce St. John (Barbados) (4:20) -- 14. Lament of the Banana Man / Evan Jones (Jamaica) ; I come back home (song / Andre Tanker (Trindad) (4:45) -- 15 Der mohte / John Agard ; Little red bird / lyrics, Derek Walcott (St. Lucia) ; music, Galt McDermot (Canada) (4:10)
OCLC
  • on1345072781
  • 1345072781
  • SCSB-14297457
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