Muriel's Treasure with Irwin | WFMU
by Irwin and WFMU
An hour of vintage calypso, soca, mento, pan, and related Caribbean genres - and NO reggae (or Belafonte). Sexy and saucy, ribald and raunchy recordings from the 1920s to the 1980s, and occasionally later. Hear tropical and topical chunes from the Duke of Iron, Lord Kitchener, Wilmoth Houdini, The Mighty Sparrow, Lords Invader and Nelson, Atilla the Hun, Terror, Executor, King Radio, and other colorfully named calypsonians of yore. Hosted by the mythical Muriel and a white Jewish guy from the Jersey suburbs. Click here to visit the Muriel's Treasure blog.
Episodes
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Mommie Out de Light from May 23, 2007
Marie Bryant - "Mommie Out de Light2" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP) artist unidentified - "Lemme Go Melda Marcy" - and More Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP) Innocentay - "Gimme de Rum" - Trinidad Calypso Kings (Monogram 10" LP) Johnny Attila - "Rock Cum Babe" - Trinidad Calypso Kings (Monogram...
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Bei Mir Bist du Schoen from May 16, 2007
Muriel Gaines with Sam Manning's Orchestra - "You Got to Have Power" - National Records 78 disc 8001-B Lord Kitchener - "Kitch" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Monogram LP) Hayden - "He Like It, She Like It" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Monogram LP) Duke of Iron - "Creole Girl" - and More Calypsos...
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Hair in Your Teeth from May 2, 2007
Lord Messam & His Calypsonians - "Take Her to Jamaica" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11) The Brons - "Calypso Mama" - Trojan Records 45 TR-7735 B Lloyd Simmons - "Hair in Your Teeth (a.k.a. Mango Vert - comp. Sparrow)" - Calypso Party (Bandstand BLP 102) Mighty Sparrow - "New York Blackout '77"…
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You're a Real Operator from Apr 25, 2007
Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander) - "One Gone" - Sagomes 78 SG-107-10A Casablanca Steel Orchestra - "Last Train to San Fernando" - Sagomes 78 SG-102-2A Harold Richardson & The Tickler - "Glamour Gal" - Mento Madness (CD) Boysie Grant with Eddie Brown & Reynolds' Calypso Clippers - "Solas Market" -...
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Nothin' But a Double Barrel Shotgun's Gonna Keep Me Away From You from Apr 18, 2007
John L. (Nichols) - "Stay Up!" - Stay Up! (LP) John L. (Nichols) - "Iceberg Mazie" - Stay Up! (Virtu LP) Count Owen - "Hula Hula Calypso" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD) artist unidentified - "Love and Love Alone" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD) Zebra (Charles Harris) - "Carnival…
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Talking Parrot from Apr 11, 2007
Denzil Laing Trio - "Not Me" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD) Denzil Laing Trio - "Mary Ann, Papa's Going Away" - Voyager: Jamaican Melodies (CD) Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 - "De Laff's On You" - Let the Good Times Roll (CD) Sir Galba (George McSween) - "Too Many Fires" - Sagomes 78 SG-138-27...
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Keep Calypso Clean from Mar 21, 2007
The Mighty Terror - "Keep Calypso Clean" - Pan Poetry (CD) Harold Richardson & The Ticklers - "Healing in the Balmyard" - Mento Madness (CD) The Mighty Terror - "Calypsonians" - Pan Poetry (CD) Two Gun Smokey - "Vacation" - Calypsos from Panama (LP) Wonder (Victor Atwell) - "Ah Tony" - Sagomes 78...
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Concrete and Clay from Feb 28, 2007
Tony Johnson - "Linstead Market" - Port of Spain Shuffle (LP) Mighty Terror - "TV Calypso" - Kings of Calypso (CD) Los Silvertones - "Old Buzzard" - Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk 1965-75 (CD) Sampson the Lark - "Undemocratic Rhodesia" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD) Sparrow's Troubadours - "Sa Sa...
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Michael Remove Your Face from Feb 14, 2007
Percy Dixon and His Merry Boys - "Bloodshot Eyes" - Sue Records 45 single 64-SU-3 Mighty Terror - "Millie and the Centipede" - Pan Poetry (CD) Lord Christo - "Hurricane Janet" - Authentic Calypso with Lord Christo (LP) E.T. Mensah & The Tempos - "St. Peter's Calypso" - All For You (CD) Lord...
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One Pant Man from Feb 7, 2007
Lord Christo - "Jacob from Panama" - Authentic Calypso with Lord Christo (LP) E.T. Mensah & The Tempos - "John B. Calypso" - All For You (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Fowl Thief Melo" - Sparrow the Conquerer (LP) Sparrow's Troubadours - "Mas in Madison" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP)…
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Sound of the Witch Doctor from Jan 31, 2007
Alfred St. John's Trinidad & Tobago Steelband - "Brazil" - Caribbean Romance Vol. II (CD) Lord Caresser - "Carnival is Bacchanal" - Calypso and Merengues (Folkways LP/Smithsonian CD) Lord Invader - "Mary Anne" - Calypso and Merengues (Folkways LP/Smithsonian CD) Sparrow's Troubadours - "Sound of...
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Pussy Laughing At Me from Jan 24, 2007
Mighty Sparrow - "English Diplomacy" - Hot & Sweet (CD) The Mighty Zebra with the La Motta Brothers - "English Diplomacy" - Calypso from the Virgin Islands (LP) Sparrow's Troubadours - "Pussy Laughing At Me" - Jump-Up Time With Sparrow's Troubadours (LP) Lord Kitchener - "Kitch in the Jungle" -...
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They Talk About Nora's Badness from Jan 17, 2007
Lord Kitchener - "The Wrecker" - Play Mas' With Kitch (LP) Trinidad Bill (Trotman) - "Monkey See, Monkey Do" - Hardness is Badness (LP) The Duke of Iron - "Wide Screen" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP) Lord Kitchener - "Sweet Pan" - The Roots of Soca (LP) Lord Executor - "They Talk About...
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One-Foot Cock from Jan 10, 2007
The Mighty Duke - "Play Them" - Tribute to Maestro (LP) Crazy - "One-Foot Cock" - CD single Mighty Sparrow - "Congo Man (1980)" - Calypso Season (LP) Desperados - "Somebody" - Calypso Season (LP) The Duke of Iron - "Under Cover Man" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP) Codallo's Top Hatters...
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Mama Don' Want No Rice No Peas No Coconut Oil from Jan 3, 2007
Duke of Iron - "Miss Constance" - More Calypsos by the Duke of Iron (LP) Lord Kitchener - "Chinese Never Had a VJ Day" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD) Lord Lebby - "Mama Don' Want No Rice No Peas No Coconut Oil" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP) Tony Ricardo - "West Indian Women" - WB Records 12" The...
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Severe Licking from Dec 27, 2006
Baron with Ed Watson and Brass Circle - "Severe Licking" - Antillana Records 45 single 962B Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "The History of Man" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set) The Caresser - "Theresa" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set) Joe Coggins - "Me and My Neighbor Don't...
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The Beautiful Land of Iere from Dec 13, 2006
Robert Mitchum - "Tic Tic Tic" - Calypso ... Is Like So (CD) The Mighty Prince Galloway and Milo and the Kings - "Confusion Men" - Cab Records 45 single 105B Zeda - "Captain, Put Me Ashore" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set) Joe Coggins - "Give Me Back Me Ring" - West Indian Rhythm...
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Bobby Sox Idol from Nov 29, 2006
The Lion - "Emmalene" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set) Lord Executor - "My Troubles With Dorothy" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set) Joe Coggins and Zeda - "Will Dispute" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set) Harmony Kings Orchestra - "Jack's Broth" - West...
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Jack's Broth from Dec 6, 2006
Milo and the Kings with Lord Spectacular - "Lazy Man" - Cab Records 45 single 103 artist unknown - "Brown Skin Gal" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP) Mighty Gypsy with Ed Watson and Brass Circle - "Succker [sic]" - Antillana Records 45 single 985B Lord Kitchener - "Twenty to One" - Tourist in...
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Nobody Wants to Grow Old from Nov 15, 2006
The Mighty Duke - "Calypso Will Never Die" - The Roots of Calypso (CD) The Deacon - "The Stranger" - The Roots of Calypso (CD) Mona Baptiste - "Calypso Blues" - London is the Place for Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (CD) Lord Panama - "Gumbo Calypso" - Calypsos…
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Big Confusion from Nov 8, 2006
Sir Jablonski - "Big Confusion" - Calypsos from Panama (LP) Mighty Dougla - "Laziest Man" - Trinidad All-Time Calypso Hits - 1961 (LP) Neville Marcano (Growling Tiger) with Lady Iere - "The Train Blow" - The Growling Tiger of Calypso (CD) Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Good" - Dr. Bombodee (CD) Marty...
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Money Is King from Nov 1, 2006
Neville Marcano (Growling Tiger) - "Getting Along With the Calypso Music" - The Alan Lomax Collection: Portraits - The Growling Tiger of Calypso (CD) Neville Marcano (Growling Tiger) - "Money Is King" - The Growling Tiger of Calypso (CD) Calypso Rhythm Kings - "Breakaway" - Caribbean Connection...
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Man Centipede from Oct 25, 2006
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Computer" - Dr. Bombodee (CD) The Island Champions - "My Advice to Men" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 3 (LP) Lord Beginner - "Mix Up Matrimony" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD) Preston Epps - "Divorce" - Preston Epps Calypso (LP) Lord...
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Jerk from Oct 18, 2006
The Tiger - "Gold in Africa" - Where Was Butler? (LP) Lord Kitchener - "Sweet Jamaica" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD) Atilla The Hun - "Mr. Nankivell's Speech" - Where Was Butler? (LP) Lord Invader - "Aguiti" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian...
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Come Back With Me Wife Nighty from Oct 11, 2006
Brownie - "The Bedbug Song" - Legends of Calypso (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Rufus" - Sparrow at the Hilton (LP) Wrangler - "Bongo Man" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Leslie Scott & Irene Williams - "Scratch Me Back" - Legends of Calypso (CD) Scrunter - "She Wants Me To Sing in the...
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Don't Touch Me Tomato from Oct 4, 2006
Swallow - "Ramajay on the Parkway" - The Hitman (LP) Andre Toussaint - "Watermelon Spoilin'" - Legends of Calypso (CD) Calypso Mama - "Don't Touch Me Tomato" - Legends of Calypso (CD) Black Czar - "Rookoombey" - Calypsos from Panama (LP) Black Czar - "Bamboo Dance" - Calypsos from Panama (LP)…
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Donkey Must Wear Pants from Sep 27, 2006
Lord Melody - "Michael Remove Your Face" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Lord Melody - "Long Time Story" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Lord Beginner - "Rum, More Rum" - Caribbean Connection (LP) Lord Beginner - "The Dollar and the Pound" -...
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West Indian Weed Woman from Sep 20, 2006
King Fighter - "They Ballin' Me Name" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Wrangler - "Chinese Wife" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Lord Melody - "Canada So Cold" - Lord Melody Sings Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Lord Melody - "Peddlers" - Lord Melody Sings...
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Vim, Vigor and Vitality from Sep 13, 2006
Small Island Pride - "Calypso Cha Cha" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Wrangler - "Gamecock" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) The Mighty Bomber - "Old Man's Darling" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) The Growler - "Too Botheration" -...
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Dog is Better Than Man from Sep 6, 2006
The Mighty Bomber - "The Motion" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Lord Kitchener - "Leave Them in Jail" - Mr. Kitch (LP) King Fighter - "He Na Dead Yet" - Hellish Calypso (Cook Records/Smithsonian CD) Small Island Pride - "Bad Payment" - Calypso Cross-Section (Cook...
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Grine Um from Aug 30, 2006
Mighty Sparrow - "One Hand Man" - Calypso Carnival (LP) Shurwayne Winchester - "Can't Wait" - Evolution (CD) Baron - "Tell Me Why" - The Very Best of Baron (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Oriental Touch" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 2 (Ice Records CD) Macbeth the Great - "Oh, Lady You're Mashin' My Toe"…
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Breakfast in a Flying Saucer from Aug 23, 2006
Baron - "Melosian Rhapsody" - The Very Best of Baron (CD) Crazy - "Rosie" - On De Loose (CD) Pandigenous - "Granny" - Pan Woman - Steel Bands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD) The La Motta Brothers and the Virgin Islanders with Bill Fleming (vocal) - "Breakfast in a Flying Saucer (Lunch in a Hot...
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Collateral Damage from Aug 16, 2006
Mighty Sparrow - "Carnival in '68" - Calypso Carnival (LP) Samuel E. Wright - "Under the Sea" - The Little Mermaid (soundtrack from the motion picture) Lord Kitchener - "Tie Tongue Mopsy" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1 (CD) Lord Kitchener - "Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 1...
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Caroni Swamp from Aug 9, 2006
Lord Creator - "Claudette" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP) Lord Creator - "Race Track" - Pepper Pot: Calypso Songs Me Mama Never Taught Me (LP) Explainer - "Park It" - It's All Inclusive (CD) Count Robin - "Sparrow" - Ah Feel to Party: Best of Straker's (CD) Lord…
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Try a Screw to Get Through from Aug 2, 2006
Lord Kitchener - "Doh Rock Me So" - Tourist in Trinidad (LP) Exodus Steel Band - "Pan Woman" - Pan Woman - Steel Bands of Trinidad and Tobago (Delos CD) The Caresser - "Paramaribo" - Calypsos From Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue & Violence in the 1930s (Arhoolie CD) The Tiger - "Try a Screw to Get...
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Three Friends' Advice from Jul 26, 2006
The Mighty Terror - "T.V. Calypso" - Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD) The Mighty Duke - "Woop Wap" - Caribbean Carnival (LP) Blakie (Carlton Joseph) - "Message to the Police" - Vintage Blakie (CD) Superblue - "Barbara" - This is Soca (Music Club CD) Nap Hepburn - "The River" - Trinidad All-Time…
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Man Is Easy Fish from Jul 19, 2006
Duke of Iron - "Loving Woman Is Waste of Time" - Calypso! (Crowell-Collier LP) Duke of Iron - "Man Is Easy Fish" - Calypso! (Crowell-Collier LP) Sir Lancelot - "G-Man Hoover" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 3 (CD) Executor, Caresser, Atilla & Lion - "War" - Juneberry Ethnic...
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Shame and Scandal from Jul 12, 2006
Lord Kitchener - "Symphony in 'G'" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 3 (CD) Count Lasher with Lyn Tait & Baba Brooks Band - "The Weed" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD) Duke of Iron - "Miss Constance" - More Calypsos from the Duke of Iron (LP) Duke of Iron - "One Gone" - More Calypsos from the Duke of Iron…
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You Don't Need Glasses to See from Jul 5, 2006
Lord Kitchener - "Symphony of the Bees" - Klassic Kitchener Vol. 3 (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Vanessa" - NBS Radio (Trinidad) aircheck 1985 or '86 Lord Creator - "Paint Up, Clean Up Time" - The Trojan Calypso Box (CD) Lord Invader - "You Don't Need Glasses to See" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real...
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Warning to Men from Jun 28, 2006
Lord Brynner - "Mr. Crab" - Roslyn Pussy (LP) Lili Verona - "Massa Johnny" - unknown source (cassette) Roaring Lion - "Rhumba Dance" - Sacred 78s (CD) Lord Kitchener - "Warning to Men" - Mr. Kitch (LP) Mighty Sparrow - "Jane" - Hot + Sweet (CD) Tambu with Charlie's Roots - "Yes Darling" - This is...
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LORD KITCHENER tribute with guest co-host Lane Steinberg from Jun 21, 2006
Lord Kitchener - "Muriel and De Bug" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Monogram comp LP) Lord Kitchener - "My Pussin" - Mr. Kitch (RCA LP) Lord Kitchener - "Big Toe" - Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (Melodisc LP) Lord Kitchener - "Women in New York" - Calypsos With and Without Social Significance…
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Behave Yourself from Jun 14, 2006
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Old Lady" - Dr. Bombodee (CD) Lord Invader - "Yankee Dollar" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD) Lord Invader - "Sly Mongoose" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD) Duke of Iron - "Jam Session" - Jungle Calypso (LP) Blinky & the...
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Old Lady You Mashing My Toe from May 31, 2006
Walter Gavitt Ferguson - "Computer" - Dr. Bombodee (CD) The Fabulous McClevertys - "Rookoombay" - Calypso! (LP) Sir Lancelot - "The Young Girls Today" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 2 (CD) Duke Errol and the Lords - "Fire Down Below" - Island in the Sun (CD) Blakie - "Valdez...
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Erasmus B. Black from May 24, 2006
Lord Christo - "Tantie Ernestine" - Authentic Calypso (LP) Duke of Iron - "Rookoobay" - Jungle Calypso (LP) Duke of Iron - "Duke of Calypso" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 2 (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Child Father" - Sparrow the Conqueror (LP) Neal and Massy Trinidad All-Stars…
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Journalist/ethnomusicologist RICHARD GEHR guest programmer from May 17, 2006
3 Canal - "Mud Madness" - The Rough Guide to Calypso & Soca (CD) Sundar Popo - "Nana & Nani" - The Ultimate Sundar Popo (CD) Neeshan "De Hitman" Prabhoo - "Mr. Shankar" - Chutney compilation (CD) Sonny Mann - "Lotayla" - searching for source Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody - "Picong Duel"…
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Woman is Boss from May 3, 2006
Lord Myrie - "Bloodshot Eyes" - Calypso Jamaica (Cook LP) Small Island Pride - "Doggy in the Back Door" - Calypso Atrocities (Cook LP) Atilla the Hun - "Coffee, Coffee" - Juneberry Ethnic Series: The Real Calypso, Vol. 1 (CD) The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "Apeman" - self-titled, prod. by Van…
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SPARROW SPILLOVER! Another hour of The Mighty Sparrow from Apr 26, 2006
Mighty Sparrow - "B.G. War" - Sparrow Come Back (LP) Mighty Sparrow - "Miss Universe" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 3 (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Mr. Walker" - Hot + Sweet (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Congo Man (1980)" - Calypso Season (LP) Mighty Sparrow - "Mae Mae (May May)" - Mighty Sparrow Vol. 4 (CD) Mighty...
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MIGHTY SPARROW tribute with co-host Lane Steinberg and (phone) guest VAN DYKE PARKS from Apr 19, 2006
Mighty Sparrow - "Sparrow Dead" - Hot + Sweet (CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Simpson (The Funeral Agency Man)" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 4 (Ice CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Jack Palance" - Mighty Sparrow, Vol. 1 (Ice CD) Mighty Sparrow - "Castro Eating Banana" - Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories of Passion,...
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What Is This Generation Coming To? from Apr 5, 2006
The Duke of Iron - "The Postman" - Calypsos Too Hot To Handle (LP) Mighty Sparrow - "Take Your Bundle and Go" - Sparrow Come Back (LP) The Lion - "Spanish Calypso" - London Is the Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London 1950-1956 (CD) Tony Alleyne with the Big Bamboo Orchestra - "Junkanoo in...
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Attempt Is As Good As the Act from Mar 29, 2006
Roaring Lion - "I Am Going to Buy a Bungalow" - Sacred 78s (CD) The Mighty Spoiler - "The Funeral Undertaker" - Unspoilt (CD) Small Island Pride - "Doggy in the Back Door" - Calypso Atrocities (LP) The Terror - "Chinese Children Call Me Daddy" - Calypso Cavalcade Vol. 1 (LP) Little Sparrow and…
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About this show
An hour of vintage calypso, soca, mento, pan, and related Caribbean genres - and NO reggae (or Belafonte). Sexy and saucy, ribald and raunchy recordings from the 1920s to the 1980s, and occasionally later. Hear tropical and topical chunes from the Duke of Iron, Lord Kitchener, Wilmoth Houdini, The Mighty Sparrow, Lords Invader and Nelson, Atilla the Hun, Terror, Executor, King Radio, and other colorfully named calypsonians of yore. Hosted by the mythical Muriel and a white Jewish guy from the Jersey suburbs. Click here to visit the Muriel's Treasure blog.
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