Behind the recording

Cousin Family — Lord Invader: the Felix ensemble recording

Lord Invader’s “Cousin Family” appears with Felix and his Internationals on Calypso in New York. The booklet distinguishes it from a different Destroyer song bearing the same title.

An approximate 1947 session

The notes place this performance in New York around July or August 1947. Gregory Felix is named on clarinet; the cuatro, trumpet, fiddle, bass and chorus performers are not individually identified.

Recording and credit reference
DetailSource information
Recording dateApproximately July–August 1947
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.A.
vocalLord Invader
clarinetGregory Felix
Players not identifiedcuatro, trumpet, fiddle, bass
Additional ensemble creditchorus, individual singers not identified
Matrix(D)695
Earlier catalog referencesDisc5080 album640; Folkways FP8; FW6808

Sources: Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York booklet

Find the documented performance

The title alone is not a reliable way to choose between these songs. For the performance documented here, use track 3 of the Smithsonian compilation and the Disc matrix reference (D)695.

Smithsonian edition
DetailSource information
AlbumCalypso in New York
Edition year2000
Catalog numberSFW40454
Track position3
Label track titleCousin Family

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Sources: Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York booklet · Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York tracklist

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