CALYPSO
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1-George Symonette Don't Touch Me Tomatoe 2.Calypso Mama Yes, Yes, Yes 3.The Jolly Boys Take Me Back to Jamaica 4.Leslie Scott & Irene Williams Crazy Like Mad 5.Blind Blake & His Royal Victorians Peas and Rice 6.Lord Composer Linstead Market 7.King Sparrow No More Rocking and Rolling 8.Percentie Bros. Goombay Drum 9.Lord Beginner Fed-A-Ray 10.Lord Shorty Kim 11.Andre Toussaint Little Nassau/Bahama Mama 12.Mighty Panther Barbados Carnival 13.Percentie Bros. J.P. Morgan 14.Frankie Anderson The Limbo Song 15.Delbron Johnson Always Springtime in Nassau. Putumayo presents Calypso, a collection of classic Caribbean songs and Calypso-influenced popular music from the golden age of island music. In the 1950s, calypso and other Caribbean folk music experienced a global surge in popularity after Harry Belafonte's 1956 album Calypso became one of the best-selling records of all-time. Artists from Barbados, Trinidad, the Bahamas, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands began recording lively, upbeat music aimed at this newfound audience. The spirited rhythms, engaging melodies, and wry, double-entendre lyrics of Caribbean music made their way onto the record players of millions of American homes. The fad was a fleeting one, however, and much of the great music of this era remains unreleased on CD. Putumayo's Calypso features a cache of classic songs from the legendary ART Records library, as well as a few other gems from various periods in Caribbean music history. Most of the songs on Calypso have been remastered from the original reel-to-reel masters, and are unavailable on CD. The liner notes feature photos of the original album covers and images of the bands that give a sense of the era. The music on Calypso will transport you back almost 50 years to a romantic era in the Caribbean that has been lost in time.
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