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C.W. Stoneking: King Hokum

1 CD / Ais / 2008-03-11

Artists: C.W. Stoneking

He plays guitar like a demon, wears natty threads, sings catchy tunes and mutters to himself. The idiosyncratic c.w. stoneking is a true entertainer who...continue...

Harry Belafonte: The Greatest Hits of Harry Belafonte

CD / BMG (distributor) / 2007-12-11

Tracks: Try To Remember; Midnight Special; Day-O (Banana Boat Song); Mr. Bojangles; Angelina; Island In The Sun; Cocoanut Woman; Venezuela; Matilda!; Angelique-O; Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma; When The Saints Go Ma...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte: Encore of Golden Hits

CD / Musicpro / 2007-10-30

Tracks: Day-O (Banana Boat Song); Matilda, Matilda; Jamaica Farewell; Man Smart (Woman Smarter); Will His Love Be Like His Rum; I Do Adore Her; Dolly Dawn; Jack-Ass Song, The; Come Back Liza; Brown Skin Girl...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

2007 release of compilation of great hit songs by the legendary singer and activist from his heyday of popularity. Let The Good Times...continue...

Mighty Sparrow/Byron Lee: Only a Fool

1 CD / VP / 2007-09-25

Tracks: Maria; No Money, No Love; More and More Amour; Born Free; Sandra; Walk Away; Peace and Love; Only a Fool; Theme from Dr. Zhivago; More; Make the World Go Away; Try a Little Tenderness
Artists: Mighty Sparrow/Byron Lee

& The Dragonaires....continue...

Mighty Sparrow: Again!

1 CD / VP / 2007-09-25

Tracks: Dragon Dance; Let Me Try Again; Sad Sweet Dreamer; Obeah Wedding; And I Love Her So; Hustle, The; My Way; No Kind of Man at All; If; Again
Artists: Mighty Sparrow

Mighty Sparrow: G. Mendoza (guitar); D. Bowen (piano); U. Belfast (organ); M. Wilson (bass guitar); J. Smorth.

Personnel: J. Smorth (saxophone); L. Williams (trumpet); Jerome Francisque (trombo...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Deep as the River

CD / Hallmark / 2006-12-19

Artists: Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was one of the first performers to bring worldbeat rhythms to the U.S. charts in the postwar era. Born in Harlem, but spending a good part of his childhood in his mother's native Jamai...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Island in the Sun: 20 Golden Songs

1 CD / Remember Records (Netherlands) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair); Jamaica Farewell; Mary's Boy Child; Banana Boat Song, The (Day-O); Mama Look at Boo Boo; Island in the Sun; Cocoanut Woman; Bamba, La; Jump in the Line; Darling Corri...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Budget priced collection of chart topping hits from the multi-talented singer and activist. Includes hits like The Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Mary's Boy Child, Scarlet...continue...
ISLAND IN THE SUN is a well-chosen 20-track anthology of calypso legend Harry Belafonte's hits, including "Jamaica Farewell" and "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)."

Liner Note Author: William Hogel...continue...

Mighty Sparrow/Byron Lee: Only a Fool

1 CD / Reggc / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Maria; No Money, No Love; More and More Amour; Born Free; Sandra; Walk Away; Peace and Love; Only a Fool; Theme From Dr. Zhivago; More; Make the World Go Away; Try a Little Tenderness
Artists: Mighty Sparrow/Byron Lee

& The Dragonaires.

Personnel: Wallace Wilson , Keith Jackson, Hux Brown (guitar); Ossie Scott (saxophone); Winston Graham, Lester Sterling, Lester Williams (trumpet); Sammy Johnson (trombone); ...continue...

Harry Belafonte: My Lord What a Mornin'

1 CD / BMG Special Products / 2006-02-21

Tracks: Wake up Jacob; My Lord What a Mornin'; Ezekiel; Buked and Scorned; Stars Shinin' (By 'N by); Oh Freedom; Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?; Oh Let Me Fly?; Swing Low; March Down to Jordan; ...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

With this album, Belafonte moved into his most artistically productive period. The albums he made into the mid-60s were all concept albums zeroing in on specific folk music themes. My Lord What A Morn...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Original

1 CD / Xtra / 2005-12-06

Tracks: I'm Just a Country Boy; John Henry; Shenandoah; Man Smart, Woman Smarter; How Green Was My Valley; Forgive Me; Deep as the River; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Farewell to Arms; Acorn in ...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Includes "I'm Just A Country Boy" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"....continue...
THE ORIGINAL features the vocal stylings of calypso singer Harry Belafonte, including "I'm Just A Country Boy," "John Henry," and "Forgive Me." Soldier."...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Scarlet Ribbons [Remaster]

1 CD / Pegasus (Pinnacle) / 2005-09-19

Tracks: Whispering; Close Your Eyes; Matilda!; Simple, Simple, Simple; Farewell to Arms; Annabella Lee; How Green Was My Valley; Deep as the River; I Still Get a Thrill; Recognition; (There's) Only One Like ...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

18 digitally enhanced tracks including "Whispering", "Simple, Simple Simple", "Farewell To Arms", "Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)" and many more....continue...

Various Artists: Stranded in the USA: Early Songs of Emigration

1 CD / Trikont / 2005-07-26

Tracks: I'm Leaving Tipperary (Ich Verlasse Tipperary) - Pat White; Lannen Lokari (The Western Logger) - Hiski Salomaa; Ponoc Kad Dodje (When Midnight Comes) - Braca Kapudji; M' Ekapses Ameriki (America, You...
Artists: Various Artists

An outstanding encapsulation of the immigrant experience. Raise a glass to the obsessive compulsive, music lover. On a trip to Rockford, Illinois, archivist Christoph Wagner...continue...
This compilation features the music of European emigrants to America, including such classics as "I'm Leaving Tipperary," "Poor But Ambitious" and "Irish Farewell."

Personnel: Lydia Schaschko, ...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Live in Concert at the Carnegie Hall

1 CD / RCA / 2005-05-17

Tracks: Introduction / Darlin' C; Sylvie; Cotton Fields; John Henry; Take My Mother Home; Marching Saints; Day O; Jamaica Farewell; Man Piaba; All My Trials; Mama Look a Boo Boo; Come Back Lisa; Man Smart (W...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Remastered reissue, part of RCA's Living Stereoseries, for the esteemed vocalist's 1959 live concertrecording. 19 tracks: 'Introduction/ Darlin' Cora', 'Sylvie''Cotton Fields', 'John Henry', 'Take My...continue...
This 2-CD set from the "King of Calypso" was recorded live at Carnegie Hall in New York City. It includes the songs "Day O", "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)", and "Cotton Fields".

Although an initia...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Love Songs

1 CD / BMG Heritage / 2005-01-11

Tracks: Hallelujah, I Love Her So; And I Love You So; Angelina; My Angel (Malaika); Marianne; Bess, You Is My Woman; Try to Remember; There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York; Summertime Love; I Do Ado...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Personnel: Harry Belafonte (vocals).

Arrangers: Hugo Montenegro; Robert Freedman; Marty Manning; William Eaton.

Harry Belafonte's stylistic range is vast, encompassing pop, jazz, folk, a...continue...

Kindred: Awakening

1 CD / Kindred / 2004-07-13

Tracks: Drive, The; Thinkers & Dreamers; Closer; Hey You; Welcome Home; Sojourner; Early to Bed; Happy Ever After; Livin' in the City; Life Was Good; Long Haul, The; Let Me In
Artists: Kindred

Chin's Calypso Sextet: Chin's Calypso, Vol. 2

1 CD / Chin's CD 2 / 2004-06-29

Tracks: Rough Rider; Uniform Madness; Big Boy and Teacher; Big Sid; Money Is King; Jamaica Gal; Rock and Roll Calypso; Rent Worries; True Friendship; Jamaica Folk Tune # 1; Hog Love; Reap What You Sow; I Vis...
Artists: Chin's Calypso Sextet

The Belafonte Folk Singers/Harry Belafonte: Platinum & Gold Collection

1 CD / BMG Heritage / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair); Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me); Hold 'Em Joe; I'm Just a Country Boy; Jamaica Farewell; Mary's Boy Child; Banana Boat Song, The (Day-O); Mama Look a Boo Boo; Island in the S...
Artists: The Belafonte Folk Singers/Harry Belafonte

Producers include: Hy Grill, Dave Kapp, Joe Carlton, Bob Ballard, Andy Wiswell.

Compilation producer: Gretchen Brennison.

Recorded between 1952 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Scott Schi...continue...

Various Artists: Explorer Series: Trinidad - The Sound of the Sun the Westland

CD / Nonesuch (USA) / 2003-07-15

Tracks: Sixty-Nine - Westland Steel Band; Patsy - Westland Steel Band; Co-Che-Oh-Co - Westland Steel Band; Erica - Westland Steel Band; Landlord - Westland Steel Band; Mama, This Is Ma's - Westland Steel Ban...
Artists: Various Artists

Carnival music was carried to Trinidad in the late 1700s by French planters and over time, bands grew together and lounder. There are countless stories...continue...
Audio Remasterer: Robert C. Ludwig.

Liner Note Author: Jane Sarnoff.

Recording information: Trinidad (1967).

Nothing evokes the Caribbean sun like the sound of a steel band, and t...continue...

Various Artists: Explorer Series: West Indies - An Island Carnival

1 CD / Nonesuch (USA) / 2003-07-15

Tracks: Merengue; Masouc; Lizard, The (Calypso); Mr. Walker (Calypso) (Calypso); La Rose, La (Song); Aguinaldo; Somebody, Oh Mouchay; Shango; Spiritual Baptists; Story of Marrdevirain, The; Tassa; Reel
Artists: Various Artists

The Lesser Antilles has been host to a continuous ebb and flow of human migration that has left a kaleidoscope of cultural hybrids. The musical...continue...
Audio Remasterer: Robert C. Ludwig.

Liner Note Authors: Dan Sheehy; Krister Malm.

Recording information: Dominica (1969-1971); Grenada (1969-1971); Guadeloupe (1969-1971); Lesser Antille...continue...

Irving Burgie: The Father of Modern Calypso *

1 CD / Valley Entertainment (USA) / 2003-05-20

Tracks: I'm a Candy; Jamaica Farewell; Angelina; Kingston Market; Mellow Gal; Yellow Bird; Love Will Come By; Wheel and Turn; Land of Sea and Sun; Gamblin'; Island in the Sun; River Come Down; Nassau Crystal...
Artists: Irving Burgie

Personnel: Monica Patton (vocals); Eugene Grey (guitar); Jerry Silver (banjo); Herb Levy (pennywhistle); Kim Burgie (recorder, trumpet); Preston Vismale (keyboards); Mauricio Smith (marimba).

A...continue...

Desperadoes Steel Orchestra: Classical Transcriptions *

1 CD / EMI Classics Special Import / 2003-03-04

Tracks: Orphée aux enfers, operetta: Overture; Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Dance of the Hours, La; Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezz...
Artists: Desperadoes Steel Orchestra

Personnel: Fitzroy "Lord Melody" Alexander (guitar); Cain Martin, Kevin Holder (tenor saxophone).

Liner Note Authors: Lorraine O'Connor; Julian Haylock.

Recording information: The Carrib...continue...

Duke "Mighty Duke": 21st Century Man *

1 CD / Ice Records / 2003-02-11

Tracks: Wildness; Pitbull; All Ah Dis; Wake Up Kitchener; Things Change Up; I Do Pray; Liquor License; Memories of 2000; Permission Please; All I Need Is Your Love; 21st Century; Man in the Boat
Artists: Duke "Mighty Duke"

Personnel: Duke (vocals); Eddy Grant (arranger, keyboards, synthesizer, drums); Tony Voisin (guitar); David Phillip (saxophone); Clyde Mitchel (trumpet); Pelham Goddard (keyboards, bass, drums); Alber...continue...

Various Artists: Steel Drums of the Caribbean, Vol. 2: Calypso Classics

1 CD / Legacy / 2003-01-07

Tracks: Island in the Sun; Banana Boat Song, The (Day-O); Red, Red Wine; Aloha; Guantanamera; Lambada; Jamaican Farewell; Kingston Town; Islande; Pedro; Tocame; Peanut Vendor; Volare; Volcano; Brazil; Yellow...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Legends of Calypso

1 CD / Arc Music / 2002-12-10

Tracks: Calypso Island - Andre Toussaint; Court House Scandal - Calypso Mama; Lizzie Carry Basket - Peanuts Taylor; De Pig an' Goat - Blind Blake; Brown Skin Gal / Mary Ann - Blind Blake; Crazy Like Mad - Le...
Artists: Various Artists

A collection licensed from the Goombay Life archives featuring some of the greats of calypso's early days. Andre Toussaint, Calypso Mama, Blind Blake, and Mighty Panther all hand in a number of perfor...continue...

Various Artists: London is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956

1 CD / Honest Jon's / 2002-11-12

Tracks: London Is the Place for Me - Freddy Grant/Lord Kitchener; I Was There (At the Coronation) - Young Tiger/Cyril Blake/Young Tiger; Mix Up Matrimony - Calypso Rhythm Kings/Lord Beginner; My Landlady - F...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes a 40-page illustrated booklet.

Personnel: Wally Fawkes (clarinet); Freddy Grant (saxophone).

Recording information: 01/30/1950-11/23/1956.

Director: Denis Preston.
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Harry Belafonte: Folk Standards

1 CD / Collectables / 2002-11-05

Tracks: Day O; Cocoanut Woman; Pastures of Plenty; Gotta Travel On; This Land Is Your Land; Island in the Sun; Midnight Speical; Cotton Fields; Dolphin, The; Four Strong Winds
Artists: Harry Belafonte

As a budget-line introduction to the artistry of Harry Belafonte, Folk Standards does its job -- while more definitive collections are certainly available, this brief ten-track compilation still manag...continue...

Various Artists: Carnival One

1 CD / Ice Records / 2002-06-25

Tracks: Bacchanal Time - Superblue; Paul Yer Mudder Cum - Crazy; More the Merrier, The - Mighty Sparrow; Dus in Dey Face - David Rudder; Netty, Netty - Roaring Lion; Roll Your Abdomen - Lord Kitchener; Jump ...
Artists: Various Artists

Harry Belafonte: Island in the Sun: His Greatest Hits [Box]

5 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2002-06-11

Tracks: Lean on Me; Recognition; How Green Was My Valley; Deep as the River; They Didn't Believe Me; Close Your Eyes; Whispering; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of Y...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Finally, a comprehensive 6CD boxset of one of the greatest artists of all time. Digitally remastered, annotated with a special book, the Bear Family label...continue...
ISLAND IN THE SUN includes the complete RCA albums MARK TWAIN, BELAFONTE, CALYPSO, AN EVENING WITH BELAFONTE, and SINGS OF THE CARIBBEAN and tracks recorded for Roost and Jubilee.

The German-ba...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Island in the Sun: His Greatest Hits [Box]

5 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2002-06-11

Tracks: Lean on Me; Recognition; How Green Was My Valley; Deep as the River; They Didn't Believe Me; Close Your Eyes; Whispering; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of Y...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

ISLAND IN THE SUN includes the complete RCA albums MARK TWAIN, BELAFONTE, CALYPSO, AN EVENING WITH BELAFONTE, and SINGS OF THE CARIBBEAN and tracks recorded for Roost and Jubilee.

The German-ba...continue...

Harry Belafonte: 3 Originals

1 CD / Ariola Express / 2002-06-07

Tracks: Wake up Jakob; My Lord What a Mornin'; Ezekiel; Buked and Scorned; Stars Shinin' (By 'N by); Oh Freedom; Were You There When They Cruzified My Lord; Oh Let Me Fly; Swing Low; Mrch Down to Jordan; Ste...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

Four albums on three CDs includes My Lord What A Morning, Golden Records Vol. 1 & the 2 on 1 Jump Up Calypso & The...continue...
This box set from calypso singer/political figure Harry Belafonte contains three albums from the early-1960s, MY LORD, WHAT A MORNING, GOLDEN RECORDS, and JUMP UP CALYPSO, and includes his hits "Banan...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Banana Boat Song

3 CD / Golden Stars (Netherlands) / 2002-06-02

Tracks: Scarlet Ribbons; Mary's Boy Child; Banana Boat Song; Mama Look a Boo Boo; Jamaica Farewell; Matilda, Matilda; Sylvie; In That Great Gettin' up Morning; Close Your Eyes; Sometimes I Feel Like a Mother...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

This 3-CD set contains one disc each of GREATEST HITS, IN CONCERT and RARE RECORDINGS.

A three-disc box set, this anthology might be too much material for the casual Harry Belafonte fan, althou...continue...

Harry Belafonte: Belafonte and Miriam Makeba

CD / BMG International / 2002-05-07

Tracks: Train Song (Mbombela); In the Land of the Zulus (Kwazulu); Hush, Hush (Thula, Thula); To Those We Love (Nongqongqo); Give Us Our Land (Mbayéké); Beware, Verwoerd! (Ndodemnyama); Gone Are My...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

The Grammy award winning "Best Folk Album" of 1966 starring the great singer/activist and the woman who became known as "Mama Afrika". The songs were...continue...
Recording information: RCA Victor's Studio A, New York, NY.

This 1966 Grammy Awardwinning album by two prominent `60s social activists was an opportunity for Harry Belafonte to present the Sout...continue...

Mighty Sparrow: Volume Four

1 CD / Ice Records / 2002-03-12

Tracks: Mae Mae (May May); Simpson (The Funeral Agency Man); Sailor Man; Rose; Dear Sparrow; Man Like to Feel; Steering Wheel; Jook for Jook; Trinidad Carnival; Gunslingers; Russian Satellite; Teresa; Well S...
Artists: Mighty Sparrow

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Personnel: Mighty Sparrow (vocals).

Liner Note Authors: Ray Funk; Anthony Carter.

The Ice series of Mighty Sparrow releases goes back to...continue...

Raffi: Let's Play!

1 CD / Rounder Select / 2002-03-12

Tracks: Let's Play; Swing; Yellow Submarine; Eensy Weensy Spider; What a Wonderful World; Raining Like Magic; Up on Fernhill; Jane Jane; If You're Happy and You Know It; Arbutus Baby; Jiggledy Jill; Roots an...
Artists: Raffi

Personnel includes: Raffi (vocals, guitar); Robbie Steininger, Ron Thompson (guitar); Natalie McMaster (fiddle); Tom Colclough (bass clarinet, saxophone); Michael Creber (piano); Brian Newcombe, Miles...continue...

Mighty Sparrow: Volume Three

1 CD / Ice Records / 2002-03-12

Tracks: Carnival Woman; Boogie Beat; King Kong; Rastamania; Papa Rat; Life Down in Hell; Du Yemi, Du; New York Blackout; Miss Universe; Idi Amin; Pan Tuner, The; Soca Man
Artists: Mighty Sparrow

Personnel includes: The Mighty Sparrow (vocals).

Composers: Winsford Devine; Francisco Slinger.

Personnel: Mighty Sparrow (vocals).

Given calypso's original reputation as "the peo...continue...

Lord Kitchener: Klassic Kitchener, Vol. 3

1 CD / Ice Records / 2002-01-22

Tracks: Jerico; Pan in "A" Minor; Pan in Harmony; Fever; Sugar Bum Bum; Symphony in "G"; Symptoms of Carnival, The; Bee's Melody, The; Gimme the Ting; Spirit, The; Pan in the 21st Century; Jaws; Curfew Time;...
Artists: Lord Kitchener

Includes liner notes by Timothy White.

Personnel: Lord Kitchener (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Timothy White .

Ironically, this set of early soca is the best of the Kitchener colle...continue...

Bunji Garlin: Revelation

1 CD / VP/Universal / 2002-01-15

Tracks: Intro (Flatliner); Blessings; Let's Get It On; Hands Up; Spontaneous; Interlude (Revelation of a Drunk Driver); More Life; Licks; Send Dem Riddim Crazy; Flex Like This; Ghetto Gyul; Bump; God Is Not ...
Artists: Bunji Garlin

Personnel: Gailann, B George, 3 Canal, Treason (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: Sheldon Benjamin; Brent "Faraoh" Toussaint; Samuel Jack; Peter Coppin.

Recording information: IP Music S...continue...

Various Artists: Calypso Heat

1 CD / Victory World / 2001-11-20

Tracks: Hot Hot Hot - Vybe; Never Ever Worry - Pretender; Journer, The - Tambu; Jump for Joy - Superblue; Steelband Times - André Tanker; Irie Tempo - 3 Canal; Play de Music - Sound Revolution; Spanish ...
Artists: Various Artists

Photographers: Lorraine O'Connor; Anese Hadeed.

Calypso Heat is subtitled "the Definitive Calypso Compilation," which it decidedly is not, being neither definitive nor even calypso most of the ...continue...

The Mighty Terror: Double Gold

1 CD / Ice Records / 2001-11-06

Tracks: Party Time in America; Chinese Panorama; Tribute to Dwight Yorke; Double Gold '97; Reply to Big Belly Man; Bold Face Gul; Monastery Garden Soca; Black With the Pans; Miss Columbia; Terror Yuh Too Hea...
Artists: The Mighty Terror

Personnel: Arnold "Sly" Punnette (guitar); Curtis Lewis, David Phillips , Patrick Spicer (saxophone); Kenny John , Roger Jaggassar, Michael Lindsay (trumpet); Beverly Johnson, Ella Andall, Maria Small...continue...

Harry Belafonte: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte

1 CD / RCA / 2001-06-27

Tracks: Island in the Sun; Mama Look at BuBu; Land of the Sea & Sun; Try to Remember; Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me); Man Smart (Woman Smarter); Scarborough Fair (Canticle); Don't Ever Love Me; Midnight Special; M...
Artists: Harry Belafonte

UK compilation featuring most of the 'calypso kings' most popular recordings alongside some inspired covers. Includes comprehensive sleevenotes. 22 tracks including, 'Island In The Sun'...continue...
Personnel includes: Harry Belafonte (vocals); Henri Rene, Bob Corman, Ralph Hunter (conductor); Millard Thomas, Frantz Casseus, Victor Messer, Laurindo Almeida (guitar); Hugo Winterhalter & His Orches...continue...

Various Artists: Voyager Series: Calypso Passion

1 CD / Columbia River Entertainment Group / 2001-05-01

Tracks: Linstead Market Day-O; Old Lady, You Mash Me Toe; Jamaica Mermaid; Mama Don't Want No Peas; Ten Penny Nail; Miss Goosie; Rum and Coconut Water; Limbo; Not Me; Solas Market Water Come from Me Eye; Dr....
Artists: Various Artists

This is part of Columbia River's Voyager series....continue...

Various Artists: Voyager Series: Caribbean Melodies

1 CD / Columbia River Entertainment Group / 2001-04-03

Tracks: Biriri Bamba; Todos Son Iguales; Detras de la Puerta; Ni Amor Ni Primavera; El Alacran; No Creo en Brujeria; Jaleo; Arco Iris; Dime Carinito; Tu Ausencia; La Brujeria en Accion; Por Dios No Te Vayas
Artists: Various Artists

Mighty Sparrow: Volume Two

1 CD / Ice Records / 2000-11-21

Tracks: Wood in the Fire; Jane; Sparrow Dead; Calypso Boogaloo; Bongo; Oriental Touch; Pan Man; Sell the Pussy; Lion and Donkey; Good Citizen; Miss Mary; Same Time, Same Place; Rope
Artists: Mighty Sparrow

Personnel: Mighty Sparrow (vocals, guitar).

Mighty Sparrow defined modern calypso, completely dominating the scene from the mid-'50s on to the late-'70s arrival of soca, so these Ice compilatio...continue...

Kitchener/Lord Kitchener: Klassic Kitchener, Vol. 2

1 CD / Ice Records / 2000-11-21

Tracks: My Pussin'; Flag Woman; One to Hang; PP99; Panorama Night; Take Yuh Meat Out Muh Rice; No More Calypsong; Handy Man; No Melda; Love in the Cemetary; Mama Dis Is Mas; Road, The; Miss Tourist; '67; Mar...
Artists: Kitchener/Lord Kitchener

Personnel: Lord Kitchener (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Timothy White .

Here is fairly classic Kitchener, with a warm recommendation but also a caveat for the hyper-buffs. ~ John Storm Ro...continue...

Roaring Lion: Roaring Loud: Standing Proud

1 CD / Ice Records / 2000-11-21

Tracks: Nora Darling; Dorothy Went to Barhe; Lost Witch, The (Tik, Tik, Tik); Netty, Netty; Ha'Penny Rice; Mary Ann; J'Ouvert; Caroline; Land of Calypso; Sally Water; I Ain't Gonna Do It No More; Six Feet of...
Artists: Roaring Lion

Personnel: David Rudder, Eddy Grant (vocals); Fitzroy Coleman (guitar); José Jerez, Angel Fernandez (trumpet); Luis Disla, Christopher Washburne (trombone); Len "Boogsie" Sharpe (steel pan); Jane...continue...

Various Artists: Calypso Awakening

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2000-09-26

Tracks: Saturday Night Blowout - John Buddy Williams Band; Carnival Celebration - Small Island Pride; Boo Boo Man - Lord Melody; Federation - Small Island Pride; No, Doctor, No - Mighty Sparrow; Taxi Driver ...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded from 1956 to 1962 in Port Of Spain, Trinidad. Includes liner notes by Kenneth Bilby and Keith Warner.

This is part of Smithsonian Folkways series.

Composer: Kenneth Bilby.
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Lord Kitchener: Classic Kitchener, Vol. 1

2 CD / Ice Records / 2000-09-12

Tracks: When a Man Is Poor; Nora; Trouble in Arima; Tie Tongue Mopsy; Cricket Champions; Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half; Chinese Never a Had a VJ Day; Steel Band Music; If You're Brown; Doctor Kitch; Batty ...
Artists: Lord Kitchener

Includes liner notes by Timothy White.

All songs have been digitally remastered.

Liner Note Author: Timothy White ....continue...

Mighty Sparrow: 16 Carnival Hits

1 CD / Ice Records / 2000-09-12

Tracks: Jean and Dinah; Pay as You Earn; May May; Royal Jail; Road, The; Mama Dis Is Mas; My Pussin'; Obeah Wedding; Sixty Seven; Miss Tourist; Sa Sa Yea; Margie; Mas in Madison Square Gardens; Drunk and Dis...
Artists: Mighty Sparrow

Personnel: Mighty Sparrow (vocals); Lord Kitchener (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Anthony Carter.

Two of Trinidad's greatest calypsonians -- both of whom excelled into the age of soca -- o...continue...

Mighty Sparrow: Volume One

2 CD / Ice Records / 2000-09-12

Tracks: Jean and Dinah; Jack Palance; Robbery With V; Don't Go Joe; Our Model Nation; Dan Is the Man (In the Van); Sparrow Come Back Home; Congoman; Federation; Calypso Twist; Obeah Wedding; No Money No Love...
Artists: Mighty Sparrow

Personnel includes: The Mighty Sparrow (vocals).

Composer: Francisco Slinger.

Personnel: Mighty Sparrow (vocals).

Well, yes, of course, it's run-don't-walk time. This baker's doze...continue...

Club Trini: Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Live

1 CD / Mailboat Records / 2000-05-30

Tracks: Viajero; Club Trini; Soltar; Paradise Garden; Party Time; African Friend; Jimmy's Intro; Come on In; Cairo; New Orleans Medley: Storyville Parade/Ya Ya Yumbo/Shango: Storyville Parade / Ya Ya Yumbo /...
Artists: Club Trini

Club Trini includes: Peter Mayer (vocals, guitar); Nadirah Skakoor (vocals); Michael Utley (keyboards); Jim Mayer (bass, background vocals); Roger Guth (drums); Robert Greenridge (steel drums); Ralph ...continue...