Various Artists
Discover Calypso (CD)

EUCD2598

An enjoyable album with an amusing collection of timeless classic hits and modern calypso songs. 23 songs from the 1950s till today, over 70 minutes of entertaining, laid-back music with often very humorous lyrics. Information about each of the pieces in the booklet.

Track listing:

Calypso Eddie: Matilda (Norman Span) - 2:08
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Africa (trad., arr. King Selewa & his Calypsonians/C. Diaz) - 3:38
Blind Blake: Brown Skin Gal / Mary Ann (Blake Alphonso Higgs) - 2:47
CALYPSO MAMA: Court House Scandal (Maureen DuValiera) - 2:58
STEELASOPHICAL: Mary Ann (Gilyson/Miller/Dehr) - 3:23
Blind Blake: Gin & Coconut Water (Blake Alphonso Higgs) - 2:43
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Trinidad is the Place for Me (King Selewa) - 3:16
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Jumbie Jamboree (H. McNair) - 2:56
Brownie: The Bedbug Song (Irving Brown/Alwyn Richards) - 2:25
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Leon Morgan (De Crozals) - 3:13
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Back to mi Home (De Crozals/Abourrakha) - 4:10
STEELASOPHICAL: Island in the Sun (Burgess/Belafonte) - 3:31
Blind Blake: De Pig an’ Goat (Blake Alphonso Higgs) - 2:00
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Calypso Invasion (C. Anderson) - 2:45
Calypso Mama: De Peas ‘n’ de Rice (Maureen DuValiera) - 3:14
STEELASOPHICAL: Pan Solo (Gary Trotman) - 2:50
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: J’ouvert Barre Oh (H. R. Charles) - 3:47
AndrÉ Toussaint: Hold ‘em Joe (Roy Thomas) - 1:25
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Osine o Dé (H. R. Charles) - 3:42
Peanuts Taylor: Lizzie Carry Basket (John Berkley Taylor) - 2:05
STEELASOPHICAL: Fever (Aldwyn Roberts) - 2:55
KING SELEWA & HIS CALYPSONIANS: Mami Watta (King Selewa) - 3:59
AndrÉ Toussaint: Yellow Bird (Luboff/Bergman/Keith) - 3:10

Published: 2015

Genre: Middle & North America & Tango
Label: Arc Music