Referencing his time at Belgium’s 1956 World Fair, his touring experiences and the rise of Fidel Castro.
He took his name from a suggestion from his tailor: “you should call yourself Lord Invader so when you go up to the city you be invadin’ the capital.”
Calypso Travels saw Lord Invader focusing his attention on contemporary affairs of the time, referencing everything from the rise of Castro to the arrival of the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of the American public school system.
Calypso Travels was the final album Lord Invader recorded before his death, and was produced during the 1960s in New York City, by Smithsonian Folkways’ founder Moses Asch. The LP has been remastered from its original tapes for this new reissue, featuring replica liner notes.
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Calypso Travels, an intellectual masterpiece and a historical treasure.
Thanks Pan Times.