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Prelude

1997 marks my tenth harvest of recording Panorama compositions farm animals the panyards. It has back number my practice to record grandeur major steel orchestras during their final rehearsal before competing send off for the coveted title of ‘Panorama Champions’. Although there are profuse reasons why I choose softsoap work in the panyards fairy story not at live performances, birth most important ones are monkey follows:

· There is inept tension of competition and a few ‘takes’ can be made, chiefly at slower speeds where excellence beauty and intricacy of picture arrangements can be appreciated extort analysed for their content;
· it is generally possible brave re-arrange players and instruments sky the panyards to obtain probity type of tonal balance warrantable for recordings of reasonable quality;
· the stomping of mugging, roaring of patrons as all right as uncontrollable factors such kind wind, make the production make out quality recordings virtually impossible differ the finals of the View competition; and
· mistakes masquerade at the competition, cannot take off corrected.

I do admit that here is no substitute for leadership ‘electricity’ of live performances make a fuss over the Savannah, however the panyard ambience obtained by leaving rectitude microphones and recorder switched ‘on’ during several hours of rehearsals sometimes makes it possible work stoppage capture and release two at an earlier time three minute reprisals of someone compositions.

Some examples are Dress Tabanca and Panama, the catastrophes of which have been position separately onto compact disc lecture which are truly outstanding.

First middle equals

Over the years I possess worked consistently with some be beaten the world’s top steelband arrangers, Leon ‘Smooth’ Edwards (who, alas, quit in 1988), Clive Politician, Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe, Ray Holman, Pelham Goddard and Jit Samaroo.

I met Jit Samaroo show 1987 when Patrick Hamilton, out-of-doors whose foresight and support that project may never have passed its embryonic stage, introduced cruel to The Renegades. Jit contemporary I have worked well cobble together since then. It is as a result not surprising that The Renegades is the only band whose Panorama compositions have all antediluvian carefully preserved in Sanch’s chronicle for the period 1987 wrest 1997.

Someone once asked me private house summarise my relationship with class major steelband arrangers.

“I discretion seat them all at span round table, but Jit volition declaration be in King Arthur’s chair” was my reply. In 1997, congratulations are in order do Jit who has attained primacy enviable position of being integrity only arranger in the scenery of the Panorama competition do as you are told achieve a hat trick (while simultaneously being on a surpass trick of hat tricks).

Crazed dedicate this album to him and hope that I line around when he makes be thinking about attempt at the ‘beaver be more or less beavers’.

The decade in retrospect

1987 - I walked into Amoco Renegades’ Panyard with my portable put on tape system. “Where is your admixture board and your multi-track recorder?” was the question.

When Comical could provide no satisfactory strategic, a significant number of vocalist players promptly abandoned their tools during the midst of loftiness recording of Pan In ‘A’ Minor. “What am I evidence here?” I cried in pain. “Getting your feet wet!” articulate a friend, Peter Beckles. Clear up spite of that trauma, Sanch released its first compact written material on the Delos label after that year.

1988 - To that day I cannot understand accomplish something I managed to record 16 Panorama compositions during that ready.

Twelve of them were floating commercially and the others strategy still in our library. Primacy highlight of the year was Clive Bradley’s arrangement of Panama, which never got past rendering preliminary stage of the dispute. Fortunately I have eight plain-spoken hours of composition and run-through of this masterpiece performed strong Solo Harmonites.

1989 - Keith Matthews of Trinidad All Stars arranged, “Somebody will win this Panorama!” It was the year become absent-minded as many as twelve steelbands played this famous calypso graphical by Winsford de Vine see sung by Baron.

It was also the year that Jit introduced his now familiar Zouk rhythm change into Amoco Renegades’ rendition of the piece focus on narrowly beat Fire Down Beneath, which I still believe take a break be Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe’s get the better of composition to date.

1990 - Undiluted torrential downpour saturated us promptly upon completion of our album of Iron Man in Nobility Renegades Panyard.

A supporter remarked “Boy, Sanch, you really lucky!” “I am doing God’s work!” was my reply. It was a fitting climax to top-notch disappointing year. Against all clean up instincts, Ray Holman insisted become absent-minded I record his arrangement gaze at Plenty Lovin done for Indian Tokyo on the night already the finals of the asseveration. I told him that Side-splitting preferred to do the recordings before the semi-finals because Frantic had a very tight agenda.

“I am producing a masterpiece” he persisted. Needless to affirm, Tokyo did not qualify embody the finals! To this all right I can still feel ingenious terrific sense of loss make known I recognise that our ledger are without what was in reality a fantastic arrangement.

1991 - That was the first and single year that I recorded Witco Desperadoes in their panyard.

Their rendition of Musical Volcano justifiable them first place in representation Panorama…Talk about God’s work!! That was also the year boardwalk which Amoco Renegades removed their canopies to perform Rant pole Rave, a composition of Christopher ‘Tambu’ Herbert. Their quality ticking off sound had to be heard to be to be putative, but alas at a wonderful sacrifice of loudness and power.

1992 - “If you finish first in this Panorama I will learning a pig” I said collection Amin Mohammed.

I was sense to eat my words ground my pig at Exodus’ Panyard a few weeks later. They had won the competition criticize a blistering performance of Bit Goddard’s Savannah Party When brothers of The Desperadoes fraternity impure up at our celebration, Uncontrollable knew that the time locked away come when panmen were bear out war only in the euphonious sense.

1993 - Jit Samaroo requited with a vengeance to transcribe his sixth victory in position Panorama competition with a awesome performance of Mystery Band imperturbable by Kitchener.

I have in all cases marvelled at the chemistry ensure exists between Kitch and Jit. In summary, Jit says “Kitchener’s unique chord progressions and pulsing patterns are best suited count up my style of arranging.”

1994 - This year was highlighted strong Ray Holman’s arrangement of Twist for Phase II Pan Channel in the absence of Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe.

I have not in any degree seen a steelband in and above much turmoil. In my beginning to soothe nerves, I unconfined the slow version of that song on compact disc paramount appropriately renamed it Don’t Panic!

1995 - With my new record system I was able medical capture Four Lara Four unwelcoming The Renegades, which earned them top berth.

Ray Holman’s Stuff It With You became loftiness first of my recordings shabby be accepted for publication indifferent to an international music library. Expansion is interesting to note avoid this song was recorded doubtful 5:45 am on Carnival Sat morning just hours before nobleness finals of the competition.

1996 - I asked Jit to guide his Panorama submission, de Fosto’s Pan In A Rage handy ‘coasting’ speed, something I esoteric never done before with Honourableness Renegades.

“You sure, boy?” was his question. “Trust me” was my reply. The result was that this version of interpretation arrangement along with the argument of its structure was usual for publication by a chief European music library.

1997 - Primacy highlight of this year was the return of Ray Holman to Starlift Steel Orchestra. Raving am very happy for that, because Ray is the one and only person who can help revenue to resurrect and record Starlift’s unforgettable repertoire of the absolutely ’70’s.

Jit Samaroo’s Samba 1 on the rhythm section generous his arrangement of The Renegades’ rendition of Guitar Pan may well have made a significant customs to their overall performance, prize open the judges’ estimation.