Van Dyke Parks - Clang of the Yankee Reaper LP boxset but also because it further

but also because it further demonstrates that songs for kids don't have to be cloying or sanitized

He decided on the orchestration and backing vocals

bouncing around genre borders with glee

"If the idea of an album of instrumentals filled with titles such as First Breath After Coma sounds like heavy going

Van Dyke Parks - Clang of the Yankee Reaper LP boxset but also because it furtherBELLAV345 Release date (re release): 18 June 2012 180g Vinyl Includes CD The follow up to legendary American eccentric Van Dyke Parks Discover America, Clang of the Yankee Reaper further delves into his obsession with Caribbean calypso music. Again, the selection of songs (save for a couple), are re imaginings of public domain calypso classics, but here Parks panders slightly more to contemporary pop sounds than he did on the records predecessor.