Friday, June 3, 2016

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


Thursday, June 2, 2016

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

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Muriel's Treasure, Vol. 1

Now available thru iTunes, Amazon, and everywhere else. Volumes 2, 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 Lord Kitchener - Muriel And De Bug
02 The Lion - Trinidad, Land Of Calypso
03 Mighty Sparrow - The Slave
04 Duke & the Jamaica 5 - Bloodshot Eyes
05 Wilmoth Houdini - Bobby Sox Idol
06 George Symonette - Coconut Water, Rum And Gin
07 McClevertys - Don't Blame It On Elvis
08 Duke of Iron - Fifty Cents
09 Mighty Zebra - Man Smart, Woman Smarter
10 Duke & the Jamaica 5  - Hungry Woman
11 Lili Verona - Massa Johnny
12 Duke of Iron - The Music Lesson
13 Duke Errol & the Lords - Mama Look'a Boo Boo
14 Lord Brynner - Hang Them High
15 Lord Kitchener - Smoke A Cigarette
16 Count Lasher & Williams - Mufradite
17 Talbot Bros - Too Much Rock & Roll
18 Duke Errol & the Lords - Shame And Scandal
19 Mighty Dougla - Split Me In Two
20 Mighty Zebra - We Like Ike
21 Duke Errol - Back To Back and Belly To Belly
22 Lord Christo - Trip To Mars
23 Two Gun Smokey - Vacation
24 Nap Hepburn - The River
25 Mike Alexander & the Pott Steelers - You Are My Sunshine

Saturday, January 9, 2016