VA - Sounds Of The Caribbean Islands - Calypso, The Authentic Sound From Trinidad & Tobago, A History 1912 - 1962 [2016] (10 x CDs)

CALYPSO

VA - Sounds Of The Caribbean Islands - Calypso, The Authentic Sound From Trinidad & Tobago, A History 1912 - 1962 [2016] (10 x CDs)

When people hear of Calypso today, they just as likely think of the sea nymph in Greek mythology, as of the musical fad of the late 50s to which she lent her name. With his rise to superstardom, especially Harry Belafonte garnered the genre increased attention. In the music assembled in this collection one can easily hear that Belafonte "borrowed" from many of the early performers and that some of his most successful titles had been popular a few years prior to his versions already.

In the early days Calypso was a medium of communication, spreading messages of all kinds - the daily newspaper of the little man in song. Many residents of the "Islands in the Sun" took the contents of these songs, which often dealt with politics and topics of daily life-love, the adversities of fate, sex, lies, and alcohol-, as reliable message. The songs created space for free expression. Over time the music was mostly consumed as pure entertainment, especially in the late 1950s. This 10-CD BOX documents this "Folk music of the Caribbean", which eventually gave rise to Ska and Reggae, from its origins via the highlights of the genre up to the decay of the Calypso boom. (The Intense Media, back cover)

This 202 track box set is a collection of 10 CDs that features various artists and songs from the Calypso genre, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago. Calypso is a style of music that combines West African Kaiso, French Creole, and Caribbean influences, and often features witty and humorous lyrics that comment on social and political issues. The box set covers the history of calypso from 1912 to 1962, and includes some of the most famous and influential calypso singers, such as Lord Kitchener, Mighty Sparrow, Lord Melody, and Harry Belafonte. The box set also contains some rare and obscure recordings, as well as some examples of how calypso influenced other genres, such as rock & roll, folk, and ska. The box set is divided into thematic discs, each with 20 tracks (except CD09 which has 22 with two very rare track included), and has a total running time of about 10 hours. The box set was released in 2016 by The Intense Media, a label that specializes in historical and archival music compilations.  (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Wau Wau 4:32

02 Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree 3:38

03 Viper - Better Than Man 3:06

04 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Blackbird 3:05

05 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Love In The Cemetery 3:29

06 Carlos Malcolm; His Afro Jamaican Rhythm - Elena 2:22

07 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Georgie Porgie 2:53

08 Harry Belafonte - Did You Hear About Jerry 2:57

09 Young Growler - Pussy Galore 2:32

10 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Bong, Bong, Bong 3:50

11 Count Zebra; The Seasiders - Cat-O-Nine 2:07

12 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Donkey Race 3:07

13 Lord Hummingbird (Albert M. Ribeiro) - Teenage Bossa Nova Girl 2:45

14 Harry Belafonte - Tongue Tie Baby 3:58

15 King Fighter Sherlan Wilson - He No Dead Yet 3:22

16 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - The Seagull And The Mule 2:54

17 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Jamaican Woman 2:28

18 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Melo's Twist 3:42

19 Harry Belafonte - I'm On My Way To Saturday 2:49

20 Wrangler - Bongo Man 2:47

CD02

01 Islanders - When The Yankees Are Gone 3:11

02 Harry Belafonte - Sweetheart From Venezuela 3:33

03 Mighty Dougla - Exchange No Robbery 4:09

04 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Romeo 3:15

05 Islanders - Lie Stone Dead In The Market 2:04

06 Harry Belafonte - Go Down Emanuel Road 3:11

07 Charlie Binger; His Quartet - Jamaica Is The Place To Go 2:52

08 Wrangler - Neighbour Jaqueline 3:09

09 Islanders - The Donkey Song 2:49

10 Harry Belafonte - Gloria 3:14

11 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Belmont Jackass 4:19

12 Islanders - Mary Walk 2:51

13 Harry Belafonte - These Are The Times 3:20

14 Islanders - Tomorrow Man 2:17

15 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Teresa 4:47

16 Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line 3:43

17 Charlie Binger; His Quartet - Country Gal 2:29

18 Harry Belafonte - Kingston Market 3:18

19 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Alexander The Murderer 3:30

20 Harry Belafonte - Angelina 3:57

CD03

01 Wrigglers - Mary Ann 2:39

02 Count Lasher (Terence Perkins) - Talking Parrot 2:59

03 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Black Pudding 2:34

04 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry) - Calypso War 2:15

05 Brownie (Irving Brown) - Bed Bug Song 2:25

06 Wrigglers - Biggest Maracas 2:03

07 Lord Ivanhoe; His Caribbean Knights - The Water Gobbler 3:12

08 Cyril Diaz Orchestra - Voodoo 3:51

09 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Drink-A-Rum 2:44

10 Azie Lawrence - West Indians In England 2:13

11 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Reply To Melody 3:54

12 Lord Ivanhoe; His Caribbean Knights - Africa, Here I Come 2:58

13 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry); His Calypsonians - Heading North 2:53

14 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Woman's Figure 3:11

15 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas); His Calypsonians - Magic Composer 2:17

16 Hubert Porter - Old Lady You Mash Me Toe 2:50

17 Count Lasher´s Seven (Terence Perkins) - Breadfruit Season 3:06

18 Wrigglers - Limbo 2:10

19 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - My Wife's Nightie 2:34

20 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry); His Calypsonians - Little Jeannie 2:58

CD04

01 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Marjorie's Flirtation 3:36

02 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - No More Rocking And Rolling 5:16

03 Lance Hayward - Montego Bay 2:36

04 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry) - TV Calypso 2:57

05 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Nosey Mother-in-Law 2:37

06 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Russian Satellite 5:03

07 Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore) - Steel Band War 3:27

08 Lord Ivanhoe; His Caribbean Knights - Lift The Iron Curtain 2:37

09 Talbot Brothers Of Bermuda - Out'a Me 2:32

10 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Short Little Shorts 5:47

11 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Rhumba Anna 3:11

12 Lord Ivanhoe; His Caribbean Knights - Belinda 2:47

13 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry) - Jamaica Girl 2:41

14 Talbot Brothers Of Bermuda - Old Time Cat O'nine 3:06

15 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Mad Bomber 3:54

16 Wrigglers - Don't Touch Me Tomato 3:15

17 Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore) - Labor Day Carnival (Jump In The Line) 2:00

18 Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - No, Doctor, No 3:01

19 John “buddy” Williams Band - Gee Bongo Lay 3:19

20 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas); His Calypsonians - Out De Fire 2:13

CD05

01 Harry Belafonte - Cocoanut Woman 3:19

02 Robert Mitchum - Mama Look At Boo Boo 2:57

03 Beauty; The Brute Force Steel Band - Fire Down Below 2:20

04 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas); His Calypsonians - The Naughty Little Flea 2:40

05 Young Tiger (George Browne) - Trinidad 2:37

06 Harry Belafonte - Haiti Cherie 3:19

07 Enid Mosier; Her Trinidad Steel Band - Boys Days 3:06

08 Hubert Smith; His Coral Islanders - Green Ticket 2:27

09 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Creature From The Black Lagoon 3:23

10 Harry Belafonte - Scratch, Scratch 2:44

11 Ben Bowers - Donkey City 2:18

12 Robert Mitchum - Jean And Dinah 2:43

13 Hubert Smith; His Coral Islanders - College Holiday 2:41

14 Harry Belafonte - Cordelia Brown 2:55

15 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas); His Calypsonians - Shake, Shake Senora 2:24

16 Josephine Premice - Chicken Gumbo 1:35

17 Harry Belafonte - Angelique-O 2:42

18 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas) - Donkey Bray (The Jack Ass Song) 2:16

19 Laurel Aitken - Nebuchadnezzar 2:35

20 Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun 2:48

CD06

01 Harry Belafonte - Matilda 3:14

02 Eric Hayden - Give Her The Number One 2:39

03 Wrigglers - Linstead Market 3:00

04 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry) - Patricia Gone With Millicent 2:54

05 Harry Belafonte - Day-O (Banana Boat Song) 3:05

06 Al Harris; His Calypso Band - Landlady 3:10

07 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas) - Solas Market 3:19

08 Harry Belafonte - Will His Love Be Like His Rum 2:34

09 Timothy - Bulldog Don't Bite Me 2:08

10 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry) - Women Police In England 2:44

11 Al Harris; His Calypso Band - Taxi 2:42

12 Harry Belafonte - Man Smart, Woman Smarter 3:35

13 Reuben Mccoy; The Hamiltonians - Calypso Twist 2:35

14 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Life In Brazil 3:11

15 Harry Belafonte - Jump Down, Spin Around 2:00

16 Roaring Lion (Rafael De Leon) - Kalenda March 3:00

17 Harry Belafonte - Come Back Liza 3:06

18 Young Tiger (George Browne) - She Like It, He Like It 2:57

19 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry); His Calypsonians - Chinese Children 2:37

20 Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell 3:04

CD07

01 Young Tiger (George Browne) - Calypso Be-Bop 2:58

02 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Kitch In The Jungle 3:17

03 Hubert Porter; The Tower Islanders - Bargie 3:14

04 Charmer (Louis Farrakhan) - Female Boxer 2:27

05 Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - Can Can 2:54

06 Roaring Lion (Rafael De Leon) - Trinidad The Land Of Calypso 2:42

07 Mighty Terror (Fitzgerald Henry); His Calypsonians - No Carnival In Britain 3:02

08 Lord Flea (Norman Thomas); The Blue Mountain Caroleers - Irene & Yo' Fr'en 3:20

09 Roaring Lion (Rafael De Leon) - Wash Your Hands 2:53

10 Count Lasher´s Seven (Terence Perkins) - Mango Time 2:56

11 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Is Trouble 2:50

12 Louise Bennett - Day Dah Light 1:27

13 Harry Belafonte - The Drummer And The Cook 2:06

14 Island Champions - My Advice To Men 2:18

15 Charmer (Minister Louis Farrakhan Muhammad Sr.) - Is She Is, Or Is She Ain't 2:18

16 Harry Belafonte - Lord Randall 2:27

17 Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Brown Skin Girl 4:12

18 Island Champions - River Den Come Down 2:25

19 Harry Belafonte - Man Piaba 2:30

20 Louise Bennett - Hosanna 3:32

CD08

01 Lloyd Thomas - Cold In De Winter 0:53

02 Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) - Hol' Em Joe (My Donkey Wants Water) 2:55

03 Hubert Porter - Iron Bar, Mas Charley Bell [Jamaica Farewell] 2:22

04 Duke Of Iron (Cecil Anderson) - Last Train 2:52

05 Hubert Porter - Not Me (Man Smart - Woman Smarter) 3:07

06 Edric Connor; The Caribbeans - Day Dah Light (Banana Loader's Song) 2:55

07 Ben Bowers; The Baba Motta Orchestra - Brown Skin Girl 2:01

08 Lord Fly (Rupert Lyon); The Dan Williams Orchestra - Donkey City 2:08

09 Harold Richardson; The Ticklers - Don't Fence Her In 2:52

10 Boysie Grant; The Reynolds Calypso Clippers - Noisy Spring 3:19

11 Count Lasher (Terence Perkins) - Island Gal Sally 3:13

12 Cecil Knott; His Joybell Orchestra - Banana 3:09

13 Chin´s Calypso Sextet - Woman Style 2:25

14 Count Lasher (Terence Perkins) - Calypso Cha Cha 2:32

15 Duke Of Iron (Cecil Anderson) - Parakeets 3:00

16 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Kitch's Bebop Calypso 3:05

17 Lord Messam; His Calypsonians - Take Her To Jamaica 2:39

18 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Kitch (Small Comb, Scratch Me Head) 3:08

19 Blind Blake (Blake Alphonso Higgs) - A Conch Ain't Got No Bone 3:13

20 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - Food From The West Indies 2:32

CD09

01 Lord Lion (Rafael De Leon) - Tick Tick (The Story Of The Lost Watch) 2:44

02 Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore) - John Goddard 2:54

03 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - London Is The Place For Me 2:56

04 Duke Of Iron (Cecil Anderson) - Big Bamboo 2:39

05 Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore) - Victory Test Match 2:44

06 Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) - The Underground Train 2:56

07 Edmondo Ros; His Orchestra - Chocolate, Whiskey And Vanilla Gin 2:52

08 Armando Castro; Joe Davis - Mary Ann 2:25

09 Sir Lancelot (Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard) - Old Lady With A Rolling Pin 2:39

10 Duke Of Iron (Cecil Anderson) - Calypsonian Invasion 2:47

11 Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore) - Rum And Coca Cola 3:24

12 Sir Lancelot (Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard) - The Century Of The Common Man 2:31

13 Roaring Lion (Rafael De Leon) - Mary Ann 1:53

14 Sir Lancelot (Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard) - Scandal In The Family 2:33

15 King Radio (Norman Span) - Matilda 3:03

16 Wilmoth Houdini - He Had It Coming 2:44

17 Atilla (Raymond Quevedo); The Lion (Rafael De Leon) - Guests Of Rudy Vallee 2:46

18 Atilla The Hun (Raymond Quevedo) - Roosevelt In Trinidad 2:51

19 Caresser (Rufus Callender) - Edward The Viii. 2:32

20 Hubert R. Charles - Marry An Ugly Woman 3:05

21 Lovey´s Trinidad String Band - Manuelita (Bonus) 3:00

22 Julian Whiterose - Iron Duke In The Land (Bonus) 3:11

CD10

01 Andrews Sisters - Rum And Coca Cola 2:36

02 Ella Fitzgerald - Stone Cold Dead In The Market 3:08

03 June Christy - His Feet Too Big For The Bed 2:42

04 Louis Jordan; His Tympany Five - Run Joe 2:13

05 Nat “king” Cole - Calypso Blues 3:22

06 Eartha Kitt - Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell 3:00

07 Louis Armstrong - High Society Calypso 2:45

08 Johnnie; Jack - The Banana Boat Song 2:14

09 Fred Astaire - Calypso Hooray 2:14

10 Hank Snow - Calypso Sweetheart 2:09

11 Ray Johnson - Calypso Joe 2:21

12 Brothers Four - Yellow Bird 2:34

13 Mike Pedicin Quintet - Calypso Rock 2:25

14 Four Aces - Bahama Mama 2:41

15 Tarriers - The Banana Boat Song 2:59

16 Nat “king” Cole - When Rock And Roll Come To Trinidad 2:56

17 Deep River Boys - Calypso Rock And Roll 2:22

18 Mills Brothers - In De Banana Tree 2:25

19 Rusty Draper - Let's Go Calypso 2:33

20 Terry Gilkyson; The Easy Riders - Marianne 2:22

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