The late Sixties was the time Calypso flourished the most in my opinion.
This LP sounds a bit like a fireside recording ( lot’s of cracks )
but still, it’s the best calypso I’ve ever heard,
Lord Kitchener is the Master.

tracks;

1 ’67
2 Panorama night
3 Grenadian May
4 Take you’ meat out me rice
5 Get up and get
6 Tobago lollipop
7 Yankee gone
8 No more calypsong
9 Cricket champions
10 Don’t come back again

A fine piece of samba by ‘Os Originais do Samba’,
these guys are atthe peak of there career on this album.
As Justin Thyme says, RCAVictor’s from the early to mid 70’s
just sound perfect, I rest my case.

tracks;

1 É preciso cantar
2 Casca de côco
3 Saudoso maloca
4 Você esqueceu
5 Frevo do saberé
6 Ultima folia
7 Os sucessos de Erasmo e Roberto Carlos
8 Ao velho poeta Pixinguinha
9 Falador passa mal
10 Mulher
11 Ilusao maior
12 Carnaval

When I was searching for records in Rio de Janeiro
a couple of years ago, I discovered this little recordshack.
It is hidden in a backroom somewhere in Rua 7 de Setembro
in the old centre, I was so happy to find this
rare LP. These recordings were all made between 1935
and 1942. Aracy de Almeida is famous in Brazil for her
interpretations of the work of Noel Rosa, this album
however doesn’t contain one of those songs.

tracks;

01 Amanha eu dou
02 Vai trabalhar
03 Engomadinho
04 Você me paga o que fez
05 Vais te cansar
06 Dizem por aí
07 Chave de Ouro
08 O passarinho do relógio
09 Ele vem chorando
10 Tem tempo
11 Quebrei a jura
12 A mulher do leiteiro
13 Bate, bate coraçao
14 Contentamento

Part 3 of 6, series of vinyl rips of favorite
tracks from the eighties. A funtrack here is
M.Jackson’s ‘Billy Jean’ by Shinehead, a killer.

tracks;

1 Oku Onoura – Wat a situashan
2 The Twinkle Brothers – Miss labba labba
3 Mikey Dread – Barbersaloon
4 The Itals – Brutal
5 Lacksley Castell – Leaving
6 Papa Tullo – Straight to the government
7 Shinehead – Billy Jean
8 U Roy – Chalice in the palace
9 Tapper Zukie – My god is real
10 Prince Far I – Throw away your gun
11 Israel Vibration – Universal father
12 Don Carlos – Ride on Cristine
13 Kotch – In the hills
14 Israel Vibration – Friday evening
15 Winston Jarret and the Righteous Flames – Jungle collie
16 Horace Andy – Eating mess
17 Junior Reid – Original foreign mind
18 Horace Andy – Money money
19 Israel Vibration – Highway robbery

My little ripping station in action.

Mario Munoz is his real name and he used to be bongoplayer
with La Sonora Matancera. Papaito has great voice too.
Pay attention to the warm sound of the cuban ‘tres’ on this
fine piece of Son. Talking about ‘sunny’.
This one goes out to Pepanito
where you find fantastic Latin,
a lot on SAR too.tracks;1 Mi chiquita quiere
2 Caramelo a kilo
3 Que no muera el son
4 En mi triste agonía

Today we had lots of sunshine in Holland, it made
me feel like having a Calypso post, this one is for
miss Baikinange of SchadenfreudianTherapy ,
thank you for the loads of Calypso you gave us.

tracks;

1 Mighty Duke – Grenada girl
2 Mighty Power – Is Sparrow really dead
3 Lord Blakie – Souccouyant
4 The Richard “Boyie” Lewis Orchestra – Road march recipe
5 Calypso Princess – Bye bye Blakie
6 Lord Campanero – Children’s games
7 Solid “7” Combo – Go go calypso
8 Mighty Composer – Child training
9 Mighty Power – The millionaire
10 Mighty Cypher – Papers

These tracks are 7″ and 10″ singles and some songs from LP’s.
It was made in sept. ’04, 5 years later than number 1 which
is posted below.

tracks;

1 Sugar Minott – No vacancy
2 Little John – Smoke ganja hard
3 Purpleman – Rum punch fe mi lunch
4 Unknown artist – It a fe boom
5 Dean, Nambo & Madden – Sharp razor
6 Sugar Minott – Babylon
7 Sammy Dread – Rude boy
8 Sammy Dread – Talk it over
9 Don Carlos – Fight fight
10 Patrick Andy – Tired fe lick it in a bush
11 Courage – Sister in law
12 Lee van Cliff – Rock it to me twice
13 Barrington Levy – Teach me culture
14 Sugar Minott – Four wheel wheelie
15 Raymond Naptali – Automatic boom
16 Raymond Naptali – Gimme gimme sensemillia
17 Yellowman – Mr. Chin
18 Yellowman & Fathead – Bam bam
19 Johnny Ringo – Don’ know much
20 Ranking Joe – Clarks booty style

Bezerra da Silva always guarantees a solid piece of samba.
Samba as sweet as Guarana and pancakes,
according to this nice cover.

tracks;

1 A necessidade
2 Malandro demais vira bicho
3 Coisa da antiga
4 Cobra criada
5 Gato com bronca
6 Chico chora
7 O Ricardao
8 Dona Maria Baiana
9 Dedo duro
10 Cara de boi / O trambiqueiro}
11 O pinel
12 Ja falei com voce

Like to dance in a trance ?
Congolese Soukous is the
stuff to do it on.
Often thought to be rivals but these two
giants worked together excelently.
A Congolese
Classic from the early 80’s.

Tracks;

1 Ngungi
2 Omona wapi
3 Lisanga ya ba nganga
4 Kabassele in memoriam

If you like samba here’s a gift for you.
Brazilian music will be found here regulary,
mostly Samba, if you are
a Bossa Nova lover I want to recommend Loronix ,
Zecalouro is the master in that territory, his page guides
you to all the beauty’s you were looking for so long,
thanks Zeca for showing us !

tracks;

1   Chico Bondade – Agua boa é no meu poço
2   Darcy da Mangueira – Samba do trabalhador
3   Aparecida – Boa noite
4   Sabrina – Nao tem veneno
5   Rubens Mathias – Venho de longe
6   Ary Araujo – Desafio
7   Sidney da Conceiçao – Cantei a noite
8   Sabrina – Sá Dona
9   Luiz Wanderley – Samba do tatu
10   Rubao – Madeira de Jequitibá
11   Pedro Paulo – Nao é mole
12   Luiz Wanderley – O couro come