O, Babylon! > Studio Cast


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Show
O, Babylon!
Music
Galt MacDermot (92)
Lyrics
Derek Walcott (6)
Book
Derek Walcott (6)

Recording Details

Date
1980
Type
Audio / Studio Cast
Method
Studio
Language
English
Producer
Galt MacDermot (92)
Music Director
Galt MacDermot (92)
Orchestrations
Galt MacDermot (92)
Performer
Cheryl Barnes (6), Sheila Gibbs (7), Carl Hall (5), David Johnson (8), Mel Novik
Notes
"O, Babylon" was originally performed in Derek Walcott's theatre workshop in Trinidad in 1976, and at the Jamaican Carrifest the following summer. The music presented here is fifteen songs performed by New York singers and musicians. The story takes place in Jamaica and concerns the Rastafarian predicament of living and projecting a spirit centered life in a world that measures the worth of all things and actions by their convertibility into coin, namely Babylon.
Shortcode
[r18740]

Releases

Format
LP
Label
Kilmarnock KIL-72030
Released
1984
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# Tracks
15
Lists
17 collectors / 11 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl27662]
1. Jerusalem, That Is All
2. My Locks Are Holy
3. Green For The Pastures
4. You Go A Little Way
5. Bounounous Woman
6. Come With Me To The Mountain
7. How I Love Thee
8. Don't Tell Me About Eden
9. How Beautiful Are The Brethren
10. Hold Hard
11. In My Youth
12. Me-A-Strollin'
13. Unjust City
14. Zion A Come
15. Mabrak

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