Advice to Ed Wood

Don't Touch Me Nylon by The Charmer

Chinese Baseball, Who's on First?

I managed to miss this classic when it was first posted many months ago, which will surely offend those of you who think it's only acceptable to post something here before the ink on the original blog post is barely dry, for chrissake, blogging's not a pissing contest, is it? whatever. Anyway, I'm sure I can offend many many more of you by selecting this song off the album, called Chinese Baseball.

Canary to Parents: Leave the Hippie Beatniks alone!

Really this album with Canary/Duke/Fighter/Blakie should be called This is Soca! instead of This is Calypso! And this song about the misunderstood Beatnik Generation refers to hippies. Musta been a hell of a party depicted on the album cover to cause such excessive metaphor-mixing.

Canary - Beatnik Generation

Sparrow 1959

Classic calypso from the Mighty Sparrow from Global Groove.

Re-upped Tomato

The link has expired from the first time I posted this album on this blog in 2007, but fortunately you can get this great album with saucy calypso by The Charmer, Lord Kitchener, and the Duke of Iron at listentoyourears.

Duke of Iron - Parakeets

Car Park

I would have never thought that there was a problem finding a place to park a car in 1950s Jamaica, but if Monty Reynolds and his Silver Seas Orchestra had to write a song about it, well, then it must have been quite an issue.Unless I'm missing some well hidden innuendo, which I suppose is entirely possible.

Kannst du schon den Calypso

Bibi Johns 1957

Songs The Virgins Love

Bill Fleming - Mills of Old St. Croix


From Manic Mark!

"There's A Brown Girl In The Ring"

A little Lord Invader (not to be confused with Lord Intruder). Perfect for these gray winter daze.



via: boyjohn

The Creature From the Black Lagoon is Your Father

Real vintage island music, not the tourist stuff, featuring Lord Melody, the Mighty Sparrow, and the appropriately named Brute Force Steel Band.

The Creature From the Black Lagoon Is Your Father - Lord Melody


From Cook Music's Calypso Jazz  sampler

Growling Tiger

The Parrot - Growling Tiger (Neville Marcano) from Black Star Liners 

Spade Cooley! Spade Cooley! Spade Cooley!

Kay Cee Jones and the Cooley Chicks do a tribute - calypso style - to Spade Cooley on his show.


And here is Spade cruising on the countryside in his most cool and romantic mood in 'The Kid from Gower Gulch'. That was 11 years before he beat his wife to death.
Well, " a most unusual man", as Kay Cee Jones sang.

Both vids uploaded by mrdantefontana666

Hot Dogs Made Their Name

Zorch's Inner Sanctum has just posted a wonderful collection of early calypso music by Wilmoth Houdini including a song I've been looking for (for the title alone, but it's a great tune anyway):

Hot Dogs Made Their Name - Wilmoth Houdini

Shut Your Mouth, Go Away....

Anyone else need a smooth samba version of Lord Melody's calypso classic "Mama Look a Boo Boo"? I sure as hell did.



From Abracadabra-LPs do Brasil 2.

ska-motion in ska-lip-so

lazy mood ... sunny day ... really don't want to work today ... you shouldn't listen to this album!

"The Hiltonaires were named for Kingston's Hilton Hotel, where they were the house band. Though not necessarily the best mento group ever recorded, The Hiltonaires may have been the most prolific, recording six LPs during mento's middle period. They also toured North America.
this LP adds an electric guitar ska chop to some tracks, but the music is really still mento in both instrumentation and repertoire (even if the word "Ska" is worked into some of the titles of familiar mento songs, like "Ska and Fall Back" instead of "Dip and Fall Back")". via mento music

The Hiltonaires - ska-motion in ska-lip-so
available thanks to Sixties Fever!

PS: i hope Baikinange didn't already shared this one here!

Grace Chang - Oh Calypso (1959)

from the movie "Air Hostess" (空中小姐 - Kong zhong xiao jie) (Wen Yi, Hong Kong 1959) also featured in "The hole" (Tsai Ming Liang, Taiwan/France 1998) see it here

uploaded by antropofobo

Sparrow and the Girl in the Bikini

It's always a happy day when I find some good calypso I don't already own, so thanks Global Groove for making me happy.

Sir Lancelot and Zombies

Since I spent so much time playing duck and cover in the back room of my house to avoid freeloading children on Halloween, I still have a lot of catching up to do and am just now discovering some swell Halloween related (sort of) posts. Including this collection by Sir Lancelot from Zorch's Inner Sanctum which was thrown in with a bunch of zombie-themed 78s which are interesting as well.

Calypso Twist

Calypso AND twist, my double major in college. Thanks to my Facebook pal Kawentzmann Kahuna for the link, and apologies for the crappy sound.

Fashion side note, those male midriff tops are all the rage here at PCL, the boys look SO cute in them....

Island Elevator Music

Is it possible to Limbo in an elevator? Hooked on Stereophonic presents the pre-chewed sounds of Leo Addeo performing such calypso faves as "Man Smart Woman Smarter" and "Zombie Jamboree", why not give it a try.