mento - jamaican calypsoes (1950's)

2 tapes

01 - bedasse - walk and talk
02 - count lasher - calabash
03 - lord power - special amber calypso
04 - louise lamb - cutting wood
05 - the ticklers - advice to men
06 - lord lebby - sweet jamaica
07 - hubert porter - miss daisy and brown skin girl
08 - lord power - mambo la-la
09 - count lasher - dalvey gal-parson
10 - lord lebby - etheopia
11 - the ticklers - what a hard time
12 - louise lamb - give me a perfect love
13 - bedasse - night food
14 - arthur knibbs - soldier man
15 - lord fly - whai, whai, whai

01 - cobra man - my brother calamity
02 - bedasse - rough rider
03 - lord fly - the little fly
04 - count lasher - trek to england
05 - lord flea - irene & yo' fr'en'
06 - baba motta - susie
07 - lord fly - medley of jamaican mento
08 - cobra man - maintenance
09 - bedasse - no money, no music
10 - lord fly - mabel
11 - count lasher - water the garden
12 - lord flea - ol fowl
13 - baba motta - she 'pon top
14 - arthur knibbs - banana
15 - count lasher - cinemascope.mp3

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calypsos from jamaica

01 the wigglers - linstead
02 hubert porter - old lady you mashed my toe
03 the wigglers - jamaica mermaid
04 lord lebby - mama don't want no peas
05 hubert porter - ten penny nail
06 hubert porter - miss goosie
07 hubert porter - rum and coconut water
08 harold richardson - limbo
09 denzil lanig trio - not me
10 lord flea - solas market
11 lord lebby - dr. kinseys report
12 hubert porter - mary's lamb

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caribbean dances (1953)

8"

1 - orchestre de group folklorique - videe (martinique)
2 - orchestre de group folklorique - mazurka (martinique)
3 - mighty zebra - medley of old calypso (trinidad)
4 - orchestre de fanfant gilbert - vals guadeloupienne
5 - brute force steel band - mambo no 5 (antigua)
6 - padu del caribe - bula waya tumba (curacao)
7 - mebobo's quintet - seven step (virgin islands)
8 - padu del caribe - aura waltz (curacao)
9 - mebobo's quintet - fourth figure of lanceros (virgin islands)

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music to awaken the ballroom beast (1957)

1 - say si si
2 - take me take me
3 - teach me tonight
4 - take her to jamaica where the rum comes from
5 - beastly meringue
6 - now is the hour
7 - perfidio
8 - carnival
9 - pierconela
10 - man smart, woman smarter
11 - steelband invention
12 - gloria
13 - green faced man

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calypso cross-section (1957)

1 - young killer - carolina
2 - the mighty bomber - the motion
3 - the mighty wrangler - thelma
4 - small island pride - calypso chachacha
5 - the mighty wrangler - gamecock
6 - the mighty bomber - old mans darling
7 - the mighty bomber - mamaguy
8 - the mighty wrangler - soda water
9 - small island pride - country girl
10 - the mighty bomber - celita
11 - small island pride - bad payment
12 - young killer - baptist funeral
 
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kaiso - calypsoes recorded in trinidad and new york (1935-1945)

4 mc

01 - the lion - fall of man
02 - atilla - women will rule the world
03 - keskidee trio - congo bara
04 - lord invader - ochra and rice
05 - the lion - sally, sally water
06 - king radio & the tiger - milly
07 - lord beginner - mama me belly ah hurt me
08 - kaskidee trio - don't le' me mother know
09 - the growler - old lady you mashing my toe
10 - atilla - meet me at sangre granda
11 - king radio, the lion, the tiger - ask no questions
12 - the lion - nora darling
13 - lord beginner - don't tickle me dorothy
14 - lord invader - monkey

01 - lord beginner - m.m.c. v west indeans
02 - atilla - history of carnival
03 - lord beginner - anacaona
04 - atilla - duke and duchess of kent
05 - the lion - advantage mussolini
06 - king radion & the lion - we ain't 'fraid nobody
07 - atilla - roosevelt in trinidad
08 - atilla - intercolonial tournament
09 - wilmoth houdini - roosevelts opens world's fair
10 - king radio - germany invades poland
11 - lord beginner - run your run hitler
12 - young pretender - policeman
13 - the lion - three blind mice
14 - lord beginner - black market

01 - bill rogers - daddy gone to cove & john
02 - houdini - harlem alley cats
03 - atilla - female of the species
04 - keskidee trio - dingo lay
05 - macbeth - man smart, woman smarter
06 - the growler - i don't want no calaloo
07 - the caresser - home sweet home
08 - billy rogers - jimmy black pudding and souse
09 - wilmoth houdini - married life in harlem
10 - atilla - modern girl
11 - beginner & atilla - young girl's touch
12 - macbeth - my donkey want water
13 - wilmoth houdini - johnny take my wife
14 - peters - why me neighbour vex

01 - caresser - madam khan
02 - growler - harold change your mind
03 - tiger - try a screw to get through
04 - lion - i am going to buy a bungalow
05 - growler - the coldness of the water
06 - bill rogers - jordanites routey feast
07 - beginner - st. peters's day at teteron bay
07 - keskidee trio - marian le' go me man
08 - caresser - the more they try to do me bad
09 - growler - in the morning
10 - wilmoth houdini - monkey swing
11 - lion - i sent my wife to the market
12 - growler - don't hide behind the door
13 - bill rogers - sugar, cent a pound

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cortijo y su combo (1961)

1 - maria teresa
2 - borinquen
4 - el mantequero
7 - chongolo
9 - juan jose
3 - micaela
8 - el pilon de tomasa
5 - amarra la cadena
6 - que coco
10 - conoci a tu papa

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calypso pioneers (1912-1937)

1 - loveys band - mango vert
2 - belascos band - germaine
3 - julian whiterose - iron duke in the land
4 - monroses string orchestra - old lady
5 - phil madison - caroni swamp
6 - merricks orchestra - married to you
7 - sam manning - sly mongosse
8 - wilmoth houdini - caroline
9 - belascos orchestra - caroline
10 - sam manning - lieutnant julian
11 - gerald clark and his night owl - carmelita
12 - bill rogers - west indian weed woman
13 - wilmoth houdini - war declaration
14 - the executor - my reply to houdini
15 - atilla the hun - graf zeppelin
16 - keskidee trio - congo bara

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history of carnival (1933-1939)

1 - atilla the hun - history of carnival
2 - wilmoth houdini - way down sobo
3 - king radio and the tiger - millington
4 - atilla the hun - archie boulay
5 - the lion - hojoe
6 - the atilla - zingue talala
7 - john buddy williams & his blue rhythm orchestra - barre-a-oh
8 - lord invader - demasbar
9 - king radio - matilda
10 - the lion - buddy abraham
11 - the caresser - madame khan
12 - al philip iere syncopators - play mass don't do me that
13 - lionel belasco & his orchestra - juliane
14 - the executor - christmas is a joyful day
15 - the lion - netty netty
16 - lord beginner - christmas morning the rum had me yawning

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black music in britain (2): caribbean connections

early 1950's

01 - lord kitchener - nora
02 - lord beginner - i will die a bachalor
03 - lord beginner - rum, more rum
04 - calypso rhythm kings - breakaway
05 - the lion - mary ann calypso
06 - bill rogers - weed woman
07 - young tiger - calypso be
08 - tony johnson - mattie rag
09 - lillie verona - massa johnnie
10 - shake keane - fire, fire
11 - the lion - trinidad, the land of calypso
12 - trinidad all stars steel band - trouble in arima
13 - george brown - trinidad
14 - grant-lyttelton paseo jazz band - mike's tangana
15 - shake keane - baionga
16 - the lion - kalenda march
 
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black music in britain (1): port of spain shuffle

early 1950's

01 - lord kitchener - the underground train
02 - lord beginner - the dollar and the pound
03 - lord beginner - genearl election
04 - cyril blake's calypso band - iere
05 - cyril blake's calypso band - man smart and woman smarter
06 - lord beginner - federation
07 - calypso rhythm kings - port of spain shuffle
08 - the lion - ugly woman
09 - the lion - tick tick
10 - grant lyttelton pasco jazz band - king porter stomp
11 - grant lyttelton pasco jazz band - fat tuesday
12 - billy rogers - daddy gone
13 - grant lyttelton pasco jazz band - london blues
14 - billy rogers - sightseeing in the uk
15 - george brown - mamzelle josephine
16 - tony johnson - linstead market
 
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brute force steelbands (1955)

1 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - mambo jambo
2 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - mambo no5
3 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - alec betsa
4 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - del magreto del batey
5 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - hold 'em joe
6 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - jingle bells
7 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - brown skinned gal
8 - the brute force steel band of antigua b.w.i. - under the double eagle march
9 - the hell's gate steel band - cantata
10 - the big shell steel band - meringue
11 - the big shell steel band - leeward island mambo
12 - the big shell steel band - la paloma
13 - the big shell steel band - saturday night

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barbados blues (1926-1931)

01 - sam mannings - sweet mama ring-ding-ding
02 - sam mannings - barbados blues
03 - sam mannings - keep your hands off that
04 - sam mannings - go, i got somebody sweeter than you
05 - sam mannings - bongo
06 - sam mannings - pepper pot
07 - sam mannings - lignum vitae
08 - sam mannings - emily
09 - wilmoth houdini - no mo' bench and board
10 - wilmoth houdini - sweet papa willie
11 - wilmoth houdini - honey i'm bound to go
12 - wilmoth houdini - the cooks in trinidad
13 - wilmoth houdini - arima tonight
14 - wilmoth houdini - black but sweet
15 - wilmoth houdini - i need a man
16 - wilmoth houdini - stop coming and come
 
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calypso lore and legend (1956)

1 - patrick jones - old songs and stories from trinidad
2 - patrick jones - old songs and stories from trinidad
3 - patrick jones - old songs and stories from trinidad
4 - young brigade and the mighty - the ugly one
5 - nn - steel band in carnival
6 - nn - bamboo tamboo session
7 - poposit's old time string ban - bakalia
8 - poposit's old time string ban - spanish waltz
9 - poposit's old time string ban - paseo
10 - poposit's old time string ban - spanish waltz 2

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the real calypso 1 (1927-1946)

1 - the caresser - edward the VIII
2 - the lion - bing crosby
3 - the atilla and the lion - louis schmeling fight
4 - sir lancelot - g-man hoover
5 - executor, caresser, atilla, l - war
6 - attila the hun - five year plan
7 - lord invader - yankee dollar
8 - the lion - four mills brothers
9 - the tiger - money is king
10 - lord beginner - always merry a pretty woman
11 - lord invader - new york subway
12 - the executor - three friends advice
13 - sam manning - let go my hand
14 - the atilla - miss bombilla brown

liner notes included
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abc of the antilles

1 - juan serrano and his caribbean combo - baca flaco
2 - rafael peters - tus ojos
3 - trio los imperiales - peruchi
4 - norman moron - georgina
5 - the shell steelband - the shell steelband broke away
6 - trio los vigilantes - mi ta di bo so
7 - edgar palm and his combo - pepe sana
8 - grupo folklorico rincón - pal'i flamboyan
9 - conjunto tipico santa rosa - feli cabe limpi
10 - tony thyssen - dalia
11 - grupo tipico santa martha - yvette
12 - juan serrano and his caribbean combo - china
 
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belly to belly (1960)

01 - tom charles & orch. - creole licks
02 - fitz vaughn bryan orch. - pepe
03 - fitz vaughn bryan orch. - 3 in 1 saga
04 - clarence curvan orch. - rip van winkle
05 - vin cardinal combo - the continental
06 - johnny gomez - pa deupe de moin
07 - clarence curvan & calypso orchestra - 610 saga
08 - clarence curvan & calypso orchestra - portrait of my love
09 - clarence curvan & calypso orchestra - delicado
10 - clarence curvan & calypso orchestra - clair de lune
11 - clarence curvan & calypso orchestra - mattinata
12 - clarence curvan & calypso orchestra - royal jail


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king sparrow's calypso carnival (1959)

1 - teresa
2 - reply to melody
3 - mad bomber
4 - short little shorts
5 - eve
6 - paye
7 - no more rocking and rolling
8 - country girl
9 - russian sattelite
10 - stella
11 - dorothy
12 - postcard to sparrow

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mighty panther: calypso magic (1956)

1 - chinese children
2 - blood thicker than water
3 - me mama tol' me don't give
4 - barbados carnival
5 - nora, nora
6 - the big bamboo
7 - mama hol' de light
8 - mary ann
9 - zoop zoop zoop
10 - mister give me de rent

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lord melody: again! (1957)

1 - antiguan girls
2 - crazy love
3 - my baby
4 - cowboy sparrow
5 - mr melody
6 - so long
7 - hi nigger
8 - doctor make your love
9 - mama wan' me
10 - the managment
11 - sparrows sister
12 - marjorie

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