VA - Calypso Time, 75 Calypso Classics (A Butterboy Compilation) REPOST

CALYPSO

VA - Calypso Time, 75 Calypso Classics (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3          REPOST

Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and eventually spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.

It is characterized by highly rhythmic and harmonic vocals and is most often sung in a French creole and led by a griot. As calypso developed, the role of the griot became known as a chantuelle and eventually, calypsonian. As English replaced "patois" (Antillean creole) as the dominant language, calypso migrated into English, and in so doing it attracted more attention from the government. It allowed the masses to challenge the doings of the unelected Governor and Legislative Council, and the elected town councils of Port of Spain and San Fernando. Calypso continued to play an important role in political expression, and also served to document the history of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

Calypso in the Caribbean includes a range of genres, including: the Benna in Antigua and Barbuda; Mento, a style of Jamaican folk music that greatly influenced ska and reggae; Ska, the precursor to rocksteady, and reggae; Spouge, a style of Barbadian popular music; Dominica Cadence-lypso, which mixed calypso with the cadence of Haiti; and soca music, a style of Kaiso/calypso, with influences from chutney, soul, funk, Latin and cadence-lypso. (Wikipedia)

Here are 75 Calypso Classics for your enjoyment.

=====================================================================

1     2     3 

====================================================================

Track list 1
01    Harry Belafonte - The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)    :03:05
02    Mighty Shadow - Bassman    :05:06
03    Calypso Rose - Calypso Blues    :04:20
04    Lord Kitchener - London is the Place for Me    :02:43
05    Nina Simone - Liberian Calypso    :02:59
06    George Browne - Calypso Mambo    :02:23
07    George Symonette - Dont Touch Me Tomato    :02:28
08    Duke of Iron - Man Smart, Woman Smarter    :02:36
09    Lord Composer & the Silver Seas Hotel Orchestra - Gal a Gully, Matilda    :03:04
10    Lord Beginner - Fed-A-Ray    :02:39
11    Mighty Sparrow - Big Bamboo    :05:49
12    Mighty Terror & His Calyps    Calypso War    :02:17
13    Alerth Bedasse & Chin's Calypso Sextet - Guzoo Doctor    :03:23
14    Lord Cristo - Dumb Boy and the Parrot    :03:58
15    Mona Baptiste - Tabu    :02:50
16    Lord Composer - Hill and Gully Ride Mandevil Road    :03:07
17    Lord Fly With Dan Williams & His Orchestra - I Don't Know    :03:07
18    Mighty Zandolie - Iron Man    :03:34
19    Charlie Binger & His Quartet - Jamaica is the Place to Go    :02:50
20    Count Zebra and the Seasiders - Cat-O-Nine    :02:07
21    Kobo Town - Joe the Paranoiac    :03:47
22    Quavers - Kitch    :02:38
23    Lord Composer - Linstead Market    :02:12
24    Lord Ivanhoe & His Caribbean Kings - Lift the Iron Curtain    :02:38
25    Lord Cobra Y Los Pana Afros - Man on the Moon    :02:52

Track list 2
26    Robert Mitchum - Coconut Water    :02:48
27    Sam Cooke - Everybody Likes to Cha Cha    :02:36
28    Chubby Checker - Love is Strange Calypso    :02:47
29    Lord Kitchener - Bee's Melody    :05:24
30    Viper - Dog Better Than Man    :03:07
31    Wilmoth Houdini - Mama Call the Fire Brigade    :02:36
32    Lord Blackie - Maria    :05:58
33    Growling Tiger - Money is King    :03:07
34    Lord Flea - Wheel and Tun Me    :03:06
35    Alliandro Clarke & Chin's Calypso Sextet - Come to Jamaica    :03:21
36    Harold Richardson & the Ticklers - Parish Gal    :02:57
37    Lord Hummingbird - Teenage Bossa Nova Girl    :02:43
38    King Radio - Its the Rhythm We Want    :03:11
39    Frankie Anderson - The Limbo Song    :02:49
40    Ben Bowers & Bertie King's Roy - Naughty Little Flea    :02:42
41    Mighty Sparrow - Jean and Dinah    :03:46
42    Lord Creator - Pussy Cat    :05:01
43    Lord Cobra Y Los Pana Afros    Negro Heart    :03:02
44    Lord Pretender - Never Ever Worry    :05:38
45    Mighty Sniper - Portrait of Trinidad    :03:49
46    Percentie Brothers    J.P. Morgan    :02:20
47    Duke of Iron - Meringue Jenny    :02:59
48    Jb Williams Band - Gee Bongo Lay    :03:19
49    Kobo Town - Kaiso Newscast    :02:55
50    Lord Invader - Rum and Coca-Cola    :04:13

Track list 3
51    Lord Flea & His Calypsonians - Out De Fire    :02:12
52    King Fighter - People Will Talk    :03:59
53    Young Growler - Pussy Galore    :02:32
54    David Rudder - Rally Round the West Indies    :05:55
55    Lord Laro    Referendum - Calypso    :02:58
56    Lord Brynner - Rich Man Poor Man    :03:30
57    Lord Blackie - Steelband Clash    :03:02
58    Jolly Boys - Take Me Back to Jamaica    :03:51
59    Hubert Porter - Ten Penny Nail    :02:55
60    Brownie - The Bed Bug Song    :02:26
61    Lord Messam & His Calypsonians - Monkey    :03:30
62    Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad    :02:52
63    Mighty Bomber - Ugly Woman    :03:00
64    Lord Byron & Orquesta Nueva Alegria - Yes Parssin    :03:00
65    Lion - Ba-Boo-La-La    :02:58
66    Mighty Panther - Barbados Carnival    :02:46
67    Lord Melody & the Caribbean All Stars - Mama Look a Boo-Boo    :03:21
68    King Radio - Matilda    :02:51
69    Everart Williams & Chins Calypso Sextet    Reap What You Sow    :03:10
70    Rosendo Ruiz Jr and His Havana Trio - Trinidad Cha Cha Cha    :02:32
71    Mighty Spoiler - Wake Up Christmas Morning    :02:56
72    Lord Kitchener - Jamaica Turkey    :03:19
73    Lord Shorty - Kim    :04:31
74    Les Baxter - Calypso    :02:00
75    Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell    :03:05
=======================================================
=======================================================