Behind the recording

New York Subway — Lord Invader: session musicians and earlier issues

“New York Subway” is documented as a Lord Invader performance with Felix and his Internationals, recorded in New York around January 1946. The session notes name both its clarinet and cuatro players.

Who plays on this recording?

Gregory Felix plays clarinet and Patrick McDonald-Macbeth plays cuatro. The trumpet, fiddle and bass players remain unnamed in this source. Its approximate month should not be converted into an exact recording day.

Recording and credit reference
DetailSource information
Recording dateApproximately January 1946
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.A.
vocalLord Invader
clarinetGregory Felix
cuatroPatrick McDonald-Macbeth
Players not identifiedtrumpet, fiddle, bass
MatrixD2136
Earlier catalog referencesDisc5009 album614; Arco1228; Folkways RBF13

Sources: Smithsonian Folkways — Calypso in New York booklet

Find the documented performance

The booklet supplies matrix D2136 and references Disc, Arco and Folkways issues. Those catalog references are useful for tracing this performance through earlier releases; the 2000 compilation date describes its later presentation.

Smithsonian edition
DetailSource information
AlbumCalypso in New York
Edition year2000
Catalog numberSFW40454
Track position5
Label track titleNew York Subway

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

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