HARRY BELAFONTE- Jump Up Calypso- RCA Mono VG $12 or VG- $2
HARRY BELAFONTE- Calypso- RCA Mono VG $12
HARRY BELAFONTE- Sings Of The Caribbean- RCA Mono VG $12 or VG- $2
BERMUDA STROLLERS- At The 40 Thieves- (Live) Canada Edmar VG $12
BLIND BLAKE- A 3rd Album Of Bahamian Songs- (Original 1952 pressing w/ The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra. Includes "Go Down Emanuel Road" & "Sly Mongoose") Art Mono VG- $22
DENNIS BROWN- Foul Play- (Rasta Rock, w/ Sly Dunbar; Robbie Shakespeare; Willie Lindo, & backing vocals by The Professionals. Errol Thompson & Joe Gibbs production. Comes in special DJ ONLY oversized outer sleeve, & has lyric innersleeve) A&M M- $22
THE CALYPSO CARNIVAL- (w/ King Flash ("Zombie Jamboree"); Sammy Hayward (3); Irene Lusan (3); Lord Zebedee (3); Massie Patterson (2) Columbia (6-eyes) Mono DJ EX+ $48 Scarce!
CALYPSO JOE- Same- (Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica w/ The Boris Gardiner Happening) Jamaica / Dynamic Sounds / Tiger (SLP-001) EX+ $9
JIMMY CLIFF- Can't Get Enough Of It- Veep M $55
JIMMY CLIFF- Unlimited- (gatefold w/ The Heptones; Rita Marley; Zoot Simms) Reprise M- $43
DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES- The Israelites- (The Aces are: Easton Barrington Howard & Wilson James) Uni M $48
DILLINGER- CB 200- (Recorded & mixed at Channel One Recording Studio, Jamaica w/ The Aggrovators. Produced by Jo Jo Hokim) Mango SS $45
ESSO STEEL BAND- Your Bermuda Souvenir (Debut LP w/ Hubert Smith Jr) Bandstand Mono M- $30
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ESSO STEEL BAND- On Top- (autographed by Kelvin Dove & Neville Paynter) Bermuda O.U.R. Mono M $30
ESSO STEEL BAND- Front Street- O.U.R. M $14
ESSO TRINIDAD STEEL BAND- July 1971 (gatefold from the collection of Lester Bangs w/ BANGS written on back cover!) Warner Bros DJ M- $35
ODILIO GONZÃLEZ- El Jibarito De Lares- (Ni De Madera Son Buenas, from Puerto Rico) Ansonia Mono SS $25
ODILIO GONZÃLEZ- El Jibarito De Lares- (Vol. 2) Ansonia Mono SS $25
THE INVADERS STEEL BAND- Same- Ansonia SS $26
KING PRINCE & THE ISLANDERS- Let's Do The Limbo Rock- Spinorama M $28
KING SCRATCH & THE BAY STREET BOYS- Let's Go Calypso- (King Scratch does 5 songs & The Bay St. Boys do 7) Somerset Mono EX+ $22
KEN LAZARUS- Lazarus- (Only solo LP by lead singer of Byron Lee's Dragonaires. Dr. John & Alvin Taylor guest. w/ lyric innersleeve) Midsong International M $55
BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES- Carnival In Trinidad- (Calypso-Ska Live in Spain) Jamaica Dynamic M- $38
MAGIC- Magic In St. Kitts- (West Indies Reggae, Soca & Calypso Steel Drum music fronted by Magic, aka Vincent Parris. AUTOGRAPHED by entire band! Vincent Parris; Alfredo Bartley; Gary Cobbs; James Gulliver; Carlos Prado) Parris Mono M- $18 (Scarce!)
THE MERRYMEN- Go From Dusk Till Dawn- (Upbeat Calypso, Latin, Funk, Tuk & spouge musical styles, featuring the vocals & whistling of Emile Straker, w/ gatefold) Barbados / Merry Disc EX $45 Rare!
MIGHTY SPARROW- Calypso Time- (aka Slinger Francisco, w/ The Troubadours. Produced by Byron Lee. Has original 'clock' cover design by Izzy Sanabria) Barbados / Recording Artists EX $55 or VG $40 (Write for more Mighty Sparrow)
THE PLAYMATES- Calypso With The Playmates- (The Bahama Islands West Indies serve as inspiration) Roulette (original deep groove black & silver label) Mono VG $28
EDMUNDO ROS & HIS ORCHESTRA- Ros Album Of Calypsos- (includes: "One At A Time"; "Brown Skin Gal"; "Queen Of Tonga"; "London Is The Place For Me") London ffrr Mono VG $14
EDMUNDO ROS & HIS ORCHESTRA- Edmundo Ros Plays The Limbo- (Calypso dance sensation) London ffrr Mono VG $15
HUBERT SMITH & THE CORAL ISLANDERS / WE THREE- Bermuda Is Another World- (Back cover is Autographed!) Edmar M- $30
SPARROW'S TROUBADOURS- Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours- (selections by Willie Bobo; Sparrow & Kitchener) Recording Artists SS $40
SPARROW'S CALYPSO TROUBADOURS- Caribbean Pepperpot Vol II- (Includes: "Sell The Pussy"; "Dutch Romance"; "Chinese Love Affair"; Pan Man"; "Sweeter Than You"; "Wilhemina"; "Margie"; "Saturday Night"; "Pan Man"; "Simple Calypso" There was no Vol 1 as far as I know) Barbados / Ra (2023) VG $9 Scarce!
ROSS TALBOT- The New Sound- (golf theme cover art suitable for framing. Includes song "Bermuda Is Paradise") On The Green Records VG+ $35
THE TALBOT BROTHERS OF BERMUDA- Same- ABC Paramount Mono M- $26
THE TALBOT BROTHERS OF BERMUDA- Volume 2- (self-released) Talman Record Company Mono EX $28
THE TALBOT BROTHERS OF BERMUDA- Calypsos- (w/ fantastic original, "Atomic Nightmare" & only known cover of "Is She Is Or Is She Ain't", the calypso classic by 'The Charmer' aka Louis Farrakhan) ABC Paramount Mono VG+ $28 or VG $22
TOMMY TEDESCO- Calypso Soul- (The Guitar of Tom Tedesco can be heard on many hits of the 1960s due to his association w/ Elvis Presley; Phil Spector; Brian Wilson, et al) Imperial Mono M- $44
THE THIRD WORLD- America The Beautiful- (w/ lyric innersleeve) RCA EX+ $15
JIMMIE THURSTON & HIS ORCHESTRA- On A Caribbean Cruise- (Latin calypso jazz, recorded in Nassau, Bahamas w/ Jimmy Thurston, George Moxey & Lord Rad) Decca (8601) Mono M- $38
TROJANS STEEL BAND- Same- (1958 St. Croix Champions) Puerto Rico Balseiro (deep groove) Mono M- $60
WINSTON TURNER QUINTET- At The Jamaica Hilton In The Jippa Jippa Lounge- Federal NM- $40
STAN WILSON- Ballads & Calypso- (obscure entry into the mid-50s calypso craze) Verve Mono M $28
YOUR MUSICAL HOLIDAY IN THE WEST INDIES- A Calypso Carnival w/ WILMOUTH HOUDINI & His Royal Calypso Orchestra ((2 cuts); LORD BEGINNER (1 cut); LORD BEGINNER w/ Cyril Blake's Calypso Seranaders (3 cuts); LORD KITCHENER w/ Cyril Blake's Calypso Seranaders (1 cut); THE LION w/ Fredrico's Calypso Band (2 cuts); THE LION w/ Gerald Clark & His Calypso Seranaders (1 cut); THE IRON DUKE w/ Cyril Blake's Calypso Band (1 cut) Decca Mono VG $12
