Gaylords Power Union - Dreams of Africa - Afro Calypso Reggae 7"
7"

Gaylords Power Union - Dreams of Africa


Trex Records / West Indies Records
B301
1973
record is VG+
West Indies Pressing
West Indies Records cover is VG+

side A

Gaylords Power Union - Dreams of Africa

Side B
Gaylords Power Union - Dreams of Africa ( instrumental version


With some of the most powerful Caribbean Classics of Calypso,Creole, soul, pop, spouge and reggae.

one of the most scintillating show bands ever to grace a Caribbean stage.
The reggae tune "HIT ME WITH MUSIC" remained at the top of the charts for many weeks in Jamaica and Barbados in the 1970's..


Recordings
They recorded three albums, Love, Peace and the Caribbean (WIRL,1972), Karybian Explosion(Antillana, 1970) and To Dominica with Love (Antillana,1969), as well as several singles (45rpm), the most popular of which was "Hit Me With Music". With the exception of four 'covers' and the modification of two Dominican traditional 'street songs', all their material was original, written predominantly by Dennis Joseph and Clayton Guiste with contributions from Walter Cooke ("Reflections, Part1"), Greg Breaker ("Unforgettable Susan"), Crispin Seaman ("Sugar Cane Fields") and Fitzroy Williams ("Hit Me With Music") and collaboration on "Ma John" and "Lovely Dominica" with Chris Seraphine.

[edit] Tours
They toured the entire Caribbean, working the hotels in Barbados, Antigua, St. Lucia and the Virgin Islands, sharing bills with Jimmy Cliff and the Mighty Sparrow, then the Caribbean's premiere calypsonian. Then in 1971, they played Brooklyn in New York (where they recently made a nostalgic comeback appearance in 2004), and Montreal in Canada.

In 1973, they toured the United Kingdom together with John Holt (the 1,000 volts of Holt tour and appeared in Edmonton, with Bob Marley, when they re-recorded Hit Me With Music on the Spark label, produced by Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five. They returned to the UK in 1974 for another tour, and split up in September 1974, when founder member and lead singer, Greg Breaker decided to go solo.