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Clang of the Yankee Reaper is the third studio album by Van Dyke Parks, released in 1976. It continues his exploration of calypso music started in the previous album Discover America (1972). In particular, it contains several songs by Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener, as well as a diverse selection of past and present music in the tradition of ...
Clang of the Yankee Reaper Lyrics: Kibbee-Lawrence-Parks / The sun never set on the empire / Prince Albert came in a can / If you expire before you retire / And finish an "also-ran"...
May 22, 2013 · The Clang Of The Yankee Reaper: Van Dyke Parks Interviewed. Read later. Taylor Parkes talks to the American songwriting legend. Taylor Parkes Published 6:28am 22 May 2013. The clang of the Yankee Reaper, on Salisbury Plain! A music grander – deeper – than many a nobler strain. Will Carleton, great-uncle of Van Dyke Parks, 1873.
Jul 5, 2012 · Genre: Pop/R&B. Reviewed: July 5, 2012. Last year, the seminal American composer and arranger put out Arrangements, Vol. 1 on his Bananastan label. He has now reissued 1968's towering Song Cycle,...
Clang of the Yankee Reaper is the third studio album by Van Dyke Parks, released in 1976 with only one original Parks composition. It continues his exploration of calypso music started in the previous album Discover America (1972). In particular, it contains several songs by Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener, as well as a diverse.
