Forty Years of Steel

The first book of its kind, this discography covers the history of steel band and pan music on recordings. In more than 775 entries, it comprises all known recordings on phonograph records, cassettes, and compact disks in which one or more steel pans is featured or used in an accompanying role. For each entry, information is provided on the location of the recording session, release date, record company catalog number, and complete contents. Indexes facilitate access to artists, arrangers/conductors/musical directors, record titles, years of release, and compositions; and appendices provide information on record companies, calypsonians, and sources. A reference bibliography completes the work. While serving as a guide for locating these recordings, this discography also will function as a research tool for investigation into other aspects of the steel pan movement, a history largely undocumented except in audio recordings.