The Sounds Of Jamaica
The Sounds Of Jamaica
Byron Lee and The Dragonaries
At The Towers Hall - Lake George Inn
Recording Engineer: Tom Dowd - Atlantic Studios
Photos: Brian Motta & Richard K. Dean
Technical Directors: Phil Iehle & Arif Maroin
Supervisor and Musical Director: Byron Lee
Album Design: Ronnie Natalia
Recorded in Jamaica and The United States
A Towers Hall Production B/LP-006
1966
From the back cover: With an open invitation "DANCING TO BYRON LEE and the DRAGONAIRES" spelled out on the marquees, dancers are flocking into the huge Towers Hall at Lake George, that golden summer resort hidden in the Adirondacks off Highway 87. Audiences travel for hundreds of miles all over the country to see and hear this phenomenal band with its self contained show.
This exciting band, led by BYRON LEE, are all Jamaicans and not only have they become a legend in their own sunny isle, but are now capturing the hearts of everyone wherever and whenever they go on tour. Before the band became popular in the United States, BYRON LEE had already established an individual style and driving tempo that were custom designed for dancing and he has soared to fame while maintaining that same styling.
His music is essentially a synthesis of calypso, mento, ska, ballads and the pulsating jump up which, apart from the melodic line, is rhythmic syncopation. But the way in which BYRON LEE and his Dragonaires present it is just more than that. For one thing his music doesn't sound "played" – it's unleashed. It explodes like the hot tropical sun in Jamaica in abrupt, brassy colored sounds accentuated by sizzling percussion.
It is no wonder then, that people hunting for a different sound have come from all over the United States and Canada to hear this refreshing music and to partake in dancing to the varying rhythms. And so it is at the Towers Hall in Lake George where BYRON and his boys perform for their many fans who have become accustomed to dynamic performances from him and who are never disappointed with THE SOUNDS OF JAMAICA.
It is no wonder then, that people hunting for a different sound have come from all over the United States and Canada to hear this refreshing music and to partake in dancing to the varying rhythms. And so it is at the Towers Hall in Lake George where BYRON and his boys perform for their many fans who have become accustomed to dynamic performances from him and who are never disappointed with THE SOUNDS OF JAMAICA.
Leave My Man Alone - Traditional
Island In The Sun - Belafonte / Burgess
Empty Chair - Trevis / Stryker
Linstead Market - Traditional
Gold Finger - Barry
Guns Of Navarone - D. Tiomkin
Al-Di-Da - Donida / Mogol / Drane
Carmille - Lee / Ismay
Yellow Bird - Luboff / Keith / Bergman
And I Love Her - Lennon / McCartney
The Captain Say
Archie
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