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  Glenroy R Joseph October 18, 2012 at 3:51pm

  And one cannot remember Bertie Marshall and Hylanders without the mention of "Let Every Valley be Exalted".

  .Few tunes in the history of the sound of pan had such an impact on the public consciousness.

  An unforgettable bomb tune!
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  Glenroy R Joseph June 13, 2012 at 10:39pm

  Handel,s "Every Valley Shall be Exalted" is a fitting tribute to the memory of  Mr. Franklin Ollivierra, who was featured on the amplified tenor in Hylanders revered classic Bomb tune.

  R.I.P. Franklin Ollivierra.
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  Glenroy R Joseph March 23, 2012 at 11:10pm

  here it is,Michaele
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  Glenroy R Joseph December 31, 2011 at 6:05pm

  "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."

   This was the prophet Isiah's way of describing the preparations for the coming of our Lord, The Messiah.

  This musical interpretation from Handel's Messiah is most appropriate at this time of year.
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  Hameed Shaqq October 4, 2011 at 12:37am

  Music Synthersizers were not even invented when this pioneering development was taking place in Trinidad. The synthersizers stated sample steelpan tones long before the PHI and E-Pan. Bertie Marshall was a visionary. 
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  Glenroy R Joseph July 22, 2011 at 4:39pm

  Today while driving I'm listening to this classic Hylanders Bomb tune , and it made me wish time travel was possible.

   

  I know that this recording does not do it justice, and I wished I could go back in time, and experience Hylanders coming down with full force, as they dropped that Bomb in the streets of Port of Spain that J'ouvert morning so many years ago. .

   

  The thought almost brought tears to my eyes!!
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  Steve "Carter" K. April 15, 2011 at 11:35pm

  GRJ I surely do. Her name is Heloise Steele aka Ray. If you check on WST blog on women in Pan you would see there what I wrote about her. You were also right in her being the Managers' daughter. He was Mr. Danley Steele a former Mayor of San Fernando.
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  Glenroy R Joseph April 15, 2011 at 11:05pm

  Yes Steve, Allan and Errol Moore worked together.

  BTW, I often stated that one of the first girls I remember seeing in a steelband was in Texaco West Stars. Do you remember her?
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  Steve "Carter" K. April 15, 2011 at 10:55pm

  GRJ when you speak of SilverTones you are referring of the Sweet Pan Band for remember that they had their own resident tuner, Moore who also worked with Allan .
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  Glenroy R Joseph April 15, 2011 at 9:54pm

  Please do not judge the sound of the steelbands of the sixties by these recordings, some of which are of poor quality.

  Particularly in the case of Hylanders, these records do not do them justice, especially since they were experimenting with amplification.

  If one would like to choose a reference point, I  suggest going back to the fifties.

  These bands of the mid sixties were big, powerful bands with repertoires geared for performances on the road.

  They had fine arrangers and the pans were well tuned .Some of the best arrangers and tuners back then did outstanding work, and many are still active today.

  On a personal note, in the sixties I played in bands whose pans were tuned by Burch Kellman (Scarlet Symphony of Marabella)and Allan Gervais (Silvertones), both of whom can be considered among the best tuners ever, and I can assure you that those pans were of the highest tonal quality..