caribbean folk music (1960)

trulla de navidad (puerto rico)
baquiné (puerto rico)
arada dance (carriacou)
kumina dance (jamaica)
hell and toe polka (bahamas)
so them bad minded (san andrés)
stickman (san andrés)
old calypso (trinidad)
bélé dance (trinidad)
seven step (st. thomas)
bamboula dance (st. thomas)
lapli tombé (st. thomas)
down into the village (virgin islands)
one bright summer morning (tortola)
song to chango (cuba)
balilé (haiti)
fignolé (haiti)
nous allons dodo (haiti)
un soir (haiti)
afeduani (black caribs of honduras)
serenade (black caribs of honduras)
ba anansi (surinam)
mazurka (martinique)
vals guadaloupienne (gouadaloupe)
aura waltz (curacao)
corrido de pancho villa (mexico)
 
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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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rupert clemendore & john buddy williams: le jazz primitif (1961)

01 - rupert clemendore - princess charming
02 - rupert clemendore - bomgo mood
03 - rupert clemendore - we mambo
04 - rupert clemendore - one bass hit
05 - rupert clemendore - the fly
06 - rupert clemendore - mambo basse
07 - john buddy williams - alma llanera
08 - john buddy williams - she 'pan top
09 - john buddy williams - man in dey
10 - john buddy williams - last night the landlord nearly killed me

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the westland steelband: the sound of the sun (1967)

1 - sixty-nine
2 - patsy
3 - co-che-oh-co
4 - erica
5 - landlord
6 - mama, this is ma's
7 - mambo lake
8 - love in the mist
9 - linstead market
10 - limbo
11 - highlife
12 - maria

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the native steeldrum band

1 - fire down below
2 - grass skirt
3 - mary ann
4 - out of my dreams
5 - spear dance
6 - zulu chant
7 - la paloma
8 - jungle
9 - native mambo
10 - spur dance

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trinidad panharmonic orchestra (1957/63)

8"

1 - matilda
2 - on parade
3 - west indians take over
4 - master planter
5 - trinidad castilliane
6 - brown skin girl
7 - merry merringue
8 - merengue boom
9 - mama gave you something

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the champion steelbands of trinidad (1957)

1 - the highlanders - cumpanchero
2 - the katzenjammers - the breeze and i
3 - southern all stars - tropical meringue
4 - the katzenjammers - love is a many splendored thing
5 - the highlanders - anna
6 - southern all stars - skokiaan
7 - the katzenjammers - katzberg
8 - the invaders - top cat mambo
9 - southern all stars - meringue minor
10 - girl pat all-girl - grey clouds
11 - casbah - fascinators minor
12 - southern all stars - pp samba
13 - the highlanders - benata

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calimbo steel band

1 - calimbo steel band (henry pachot) - limbo
2 - calimbo steel band - mambo #5
3 - calimbo steel band (chuck wood) - yellow bird
4 - calimbo steel band (bernardo noriega) - bedbug
5 - calimbo steel band - ciribiribin
6 - calimbo steel band (chuck wood) - jamaica fairwell
7 - calimbo steel band - blue danube
8 - calimbo steel band - ice man
9 - calimbo steel band - el taconazo
10 - calimbo steel band (chuck wood) - land of the sea and sun
11 - calimbo steel band - el merecumbe
12 - calimbo steel band - south of the border
13 - calimbo steel band (chuck wood) - island in the sun
14 - calimbo steel band - when the saints go marching in

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percy thomas steel orchestra: the enchanted steelband (1957)

1 - love is a many splendored thing
2 - katzberg
3 - jean and dina
4 - shaver man
5 - off shore
6 - the breeze and i
7 - tiana
8 - wonderful illusion
9 - anna
10 - mama poule
11 - port of spain

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the original trinidad steel band (1960's)

1 - steel meringue
2 - begin the beguine
3 - doris
4 - amarillo
5 - autumn leaves
6 - calypso meringue
7 - mama loves mambo
8 - cheek to cheek
9 - princess charming
10 - amor
11 - puerto rican mambo
12 - sweet and gentle
13 - jamaica fairwell

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bamboo tamboo (1956)

1 - is a burial today
2 - we goin' to cut the wood
3 - calinda
4 - calinda
5 - grand bele
6 - elior eh
7 - mama kilio, kilio
8 - gabitan bombe
9 - douma dance
10 - play young boy, play
11 - noada bone patatate de lingo
12 - give me my top
13 - the water too cold

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east indian drums (1956)

1 - hussaya festival
2 - wedding dance
3 - ceremonial drums
4 - imitation steel band

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epilogue to the string band tradition (1956)

grand curucaye string orchestra of trinidad:

01 - manita octavo
02 - caracas
03 - la tribil
04 - la vaca
05 - el pero
06 - d major, d minor
07 - c major
08 - salutation
09 - entertainment house
10 - cailla
11 - parang
12 - manzanares
13 - aguinaldo
14 - mampo
15 - pecao salao
16 - crucao
17 - we are together as one
18 - the baboon

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cult music of trinidad (1961)

1 - shango oh baba
2 - annual ceremony
3 - annual ceremony
4 - solo to yoruba deity
5 - solo to yoruba deity
6 - annual ceremony in a rural area
7 - annual ceremony in a rural area
8 - bell ringing
9 - singing at shouters service
10 - praying and singing
11 - singing
12 - bell ringing
13 - singing and handclapping
14 - fragment of sermon
15 - singing and handclapping
16 - speakig in tongues

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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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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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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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