Muriel's Treasure, Vol. 2

Now available thru iTunes, Amazon, and everywhere else. Volumes 1, 3 and 4 also available, with more to come. Meticulously digitally remastered from vinyl—which means they ain't perfect, but they're as good as you'll find them in the absence of master tapes.

Track list:

01 Percy Dixon - Bloodshot Eyes

02 Duke of Iron - Calypsonian Invasion

03 Lord Kitchener - The Wrecker

04 Marie Bryant - Don't Touch Me Tomato

05 Fabulous McClevertys - Landlady Want de Rent

06 Mighty Sparrow - Castro Eating Banana

07 Lord Christo - Boy Days

08 Lord Creator - Mr Rake and Scrape

09 unknown - Brown Skin Girl

10 Lord Nelson - I Got The Itch

11 Duke of Iron - Undercover Man

12 Lord Spectacular - Lazy Man

13 Mighty Gypsy - Sucker

14 Mighty Prince Galloway - Confusion Men

15 Count of Monte Cristo & Congo Bey - Run Joe

16 Sir Jablonski - More Pork

17 George Symonette - Camilla

18 Lord Creator - Race Track (mono)

19 Talbot Brothers - Atomic Nightmare

20 Tony Johnson - Linstead Market

21 Lord Invader - Reincarnation

22 Telco Orchestra - Belmont Jackass

23 Mighty Zebra - The Bedbug

24 The Sparrow - Donkey Want Water (Hold 'Em Joe)

25 Mighty Duke - Play Them

The Avalanches - "Frankie Sinatra"

The Great calypsonian Wilmoth Houdini takes uncredited vocal turns in this video by the Avalanches for their single, "Frankie Sinatra." The sampled song is "Bobby Sox Idol," which Houdini recorded in the early 1940s to celebrate the young crooner who made female hearts flutter on concert stages, over radio airwaves, and on 78 rpm platters.

HT: Mike Noble