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