• 1. Tempest
      • 2. Alfredo Boy
      • 3. Coqui
      • 4. Limbo
      • 5. Begin the Beguine
      • 6. Emmy's Tune
      • 7. Island in the Sun
      • 8. Chi Chi
      • 9. Marine's Hymn
      • 10. Wildcat
      • 11. Monkey
      • 12. Cosita Linda
      • 13. Ti Ti
      • 14. River Kwai March
      • 15. Marengo Jenny
      • 16. Anchors Aweigh

      In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the excitable rhythms of calypso, cha cha cha and merengue played by The Invaders Steel Band of St. Croix fill the air. This recording was made in the streets of San Juan, but the recording quality nearly matches that of studio recording.

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