Barbados Sky is the first and only LP released by Typically Tropical, released in 1975. It was most famous for its hit single "Barbados".[3] The musicians included top session players Chris Spedding, Roger Coulam, Vic Flick, Joe Moretti, Clem Cattini and Alan Caddy.
| Barbados Sky [1] | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1975 |
| Studio | Morgan Studios, London |
| Label | Gull Songs |
| Producer | Jeffrey Calvert, Max West [2] |
Track listing
editSide 1
- "Barbados" (Jeffrey Calvert, Max West)
- "Hot Summer Girls" (Peter Shelley, Marty Wilde)
- "The Pied Piper" (Artie Kornfeld, Steve Duboff)
- "Hole In the Sky" (Calvert, West)
- "In the Stew" (Calvert)
- "Sylvan's a Barbadian" (Calvert, West)
Side 2
- "Sandy" (Calvert, West)
- "Everybody Plays the Fool" (Rudy Clark, Ken Williams, J.R. Bailey)
- "Rocket Now" (Calvert, West)
- "Israelites" (Desmond Dacres, Leslie Kong)
- "Do the Yam" (West, Chris Tsangarides)
Personnel
edit- The Hurricane Force Steel Band
- Tobias Wilcock - vocals
- Chris Spedding, Joe Moretti, Kevin Peek, Vic Flick - guitar
- Alan Tarney, Dave Marquee - bass
- Jeffrey Calvert - vocals, producer, engineer
- Max West - keyboards, arrangements, producer
- Roger Coulam - keyboards
- Clem Cattini, Trevor Spencer - drums
- Frank Ricotti - percussion
- Technical
- Lindsay Kidd, Martin Levan, Robin Black - engineer
- Chris "Yam" Tsangarides - tape op "tapes and insanity"
- Gull Graphics, John Pasche - sleeve design
References
edit- ^ Information on Album
- ^ "Thepodule.com"
- ^ "Biography by Amy Hanson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.