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Desperadoes "Sa Sa Yea"

Posted by Pan Times on October 26, 2009 at 6:12am

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Panorama Finals 1969 Live in the Queen's Park Savannah

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merrytonestothebone October 31, 2009 at 12:13pm

What a pity we don't have "The Bull" by Starlift...I wasn't involved in Panorama just yet but I heard it once or twice in the radio over the years. If it beat "Sa Sa Yea" it had to be good.
Glenroy R Joseph October 31, 2009 at 11:50am

For some reason, the winning performance by Starlift wasn't recorded. Thats too bad, I would have liked to hear it again.
Glenroy R Joseph October 31, 2009 at 11:48am

Unfortunately, in '69 we didn't even have cassette recorders yet(8 tracks were still popular) ,and the VCR was at least ten years in the future.

Panorama wasn't televised, we just had radio broadcasts.

This is probably the only commercial panorama recording from that era.
Keith Maynard October 29, 2009 at 3:23am

@Ian Franklin: Starlift won the 1969 Panorama with the Bull. Cavaliers placed second with Mas in Brooklyn and Harmonites third with Bongo... Can't say what Despers placed...
Keith Maynard October 29, 2009 at 2:48am

Awesome arrangement and performance!!! This was year 7 of panorama and the musical creations were already at that high level
Val Serrant October 26, 2009 at 11:26pm

Sat-Nam....Sweet.Anybody got Starlift's Panorama 'Bull'?
C. Dalrymple October 26, 2009 at 10:25pm

Greetings to the Pan Fraternity,it is noteworthy, that some medium can reproduce the GEMS of the earlier time so the new enthusiasts can appreciate what went before and for most of us to reminisce and relive that era.I will be grateful to hear 1963 finals when all bands were in the same class.
RVLjr October 26, 2009 at 9:57pm

Great music. Unfortunately not good enough to win. Starlift won that year with 'The Bull'. Cavaliers was second with ' Mas in Brooklyn and Harmonites third with 'Bongo'.
angela October 26, 2009 at 4:49pm

this pan music is great, post some more like that, love it
Kenny Wallace October 26, 2009 at 3:34pm

Thanks for the memories. What a wonderful arrangement. What I am really impressed by is the tempo at which this great Sparrow calypso was played! The players kept up that fast tempo throughout, accurately carrying the harmonies and modulations.