December 6, 2002: A little old jazz, some calypso, ska, mento, rockabilly, Jamaican gospel, R&B, and other things.
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Track |
Album |
Label |
Format |
Comments |
Year |
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Mound City Blues Blowers
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Hello Lola
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Early Jazz Greats
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Jazztone
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LP
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reissue of their 1929 recording
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Slim & Slam
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Ah Now
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Swingtime Jive
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Stash
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LP
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reissue of their 1941 recording
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Betty Carter
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Bab's Blues
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Out There with Betty Carter
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Peacock
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LP
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1956-57
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Sarah Vaughan
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Doodlin'
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No 'Count Blues
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Mercury
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LP
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+/-1960
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Ella Fitzgerald w/Chick Webb & Orch.
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A-Tisket A-Tasket
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Ella and her Fellas
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Decca
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LP
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reissue of her 1938 hit
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Ed Harper Quintette/Quartet
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Madeleine Ahoy
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Trinidad Folk Music
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Vitadisc
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LP
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Trinidad press
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1960s?
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Music behind DJ:
Milt Buckner
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Count's Basement
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Capitol
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45
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Toots & the Maytals
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Heaven Declare
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Life Could Be a Dream
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Studio One
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LP
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Jamaica press, reissue of early 1960s recording
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Evangelist Higgins
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Jamaica Needs a Revival
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Death Is a Police
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Higgins
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LP
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Jamaica press
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prob. 1970s
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Wailing Wailers w/Soul Brothers
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Lonesome Feeling
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Wailing Wailers
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Studio One
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LP
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reissue of early 1960s recording of group later known as Bob Marley & the Wailers
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Talent Singers
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Jesus Is Alright
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Tabernacle
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45
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Jamaica press
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Spirit of Memphis
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Surely, Surely, Amen
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Peacock
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45
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ca. 1953
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Music behind DJ:
Lloyd Lambert
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Heavy Sugar
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n/a
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45
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Jamaica press, reissue of 1955 recording on U.S. Specialty label
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Gene Simmons
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Drinkin' Wine
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Sun
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45
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1958
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Jeff Daniels
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Switch Blade Sam
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Big Howdy
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45
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1958
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Andy Starr
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Round and Round
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MGM
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45
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1956
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Frank Starr
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Dirty Bird Song
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Lin
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45
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1958
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Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys
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The Golden Rocket
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RCA
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45
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1950
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Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys
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I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
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RCA
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45
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1950
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Music behind DJ:
Bill Doggett
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Quaker City
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King
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45
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Tito Puente
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Vibe Mambo
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Tico
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78
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1952
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Celedon
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Vuelve
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Remo
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45
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1992
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Wilfrido Vargas y Los Beduinos
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Asi, Asi
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Karen
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45
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Los Duros de Guayacanes de Marcial Soto w/Kenny Sanchez, Tony Marero, Chaguin Garcias & Georgie "Cuiro" vcls
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El Vicioso
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Marso
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7"
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1950s
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Guitar Orchestra
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Liebling Waltz
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Columbia
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78
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ca. 1932
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Lani McIntyre's Hawaiians
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Kaleponi Hulu
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Perfect
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78
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1936
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Hawaiian Serenaders
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Back to Hawaii and Me
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Jewel
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80
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1927-28
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Music behind DJ:
Lee Allen
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Walkin' with Mr. Lee
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Ember
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45
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1950s
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Little Sylvia w/Buddy Lucas O.
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A Million Tears
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Jubilee
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45
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early Sylvia Vanderpool, later of Mickey & Sylvia, later of Sugar Hill Records
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1953
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Dinah Washington
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Postman Blues
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Slick Chick on the Mellow Side
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Mercury
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LP
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reissue of her 1949 recording
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Chuck Willis
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Need One More Chance
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Chuck Willis Wails the Blues
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Epic
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LP
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late 1950s
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Lightnin' Hopkins
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Had a Gal Called Sal
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Herald
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78
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1954
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
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It Won't Be Long
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Checker
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45
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Duet, possibly with Etta James
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early 1960s?
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Louise Bennett
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Independence Hair-Do
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Listen to Louise
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Federal
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LP
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Jamaica press
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prob. mid-1960s
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Music behind DJ:
Earl Bostic
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Cherokee
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King
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45
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prob. 1950s
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The Charmer
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Is She Is, or Is She Aint
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Calypsos, Too Hot to Handle
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Monogram
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LP
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"The Charmer" is Louis Farrakhan
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1950s
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Derrick Harriott w/Audley Williams Combo
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John Tom
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I'll Remember Jamaica
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WIRL
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LP
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Jamaica press
|
1960s
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Count Lasher
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Talking Parrot
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Meet Me in Jamaica
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Monogram
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LP
|
reissue of 1950s recording
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Derrick Harriott w/Audley Williams Combo
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Hard Times
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I'll Remember Jamaica
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WIRL
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LP
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Jamaica press
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Duke of Iron
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Music Lesson
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Calypsos, Too Hot to Handle
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Monogram
|
LP
|
reissue of 1950s recording
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Ed Harper Quartet/Quintette
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Pearl of Port of Spain
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Trinidad Folk Music
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Vitadisc
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LP
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Trinidad press
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1960s
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Don Lee
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Echo
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Blue-Chip
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45
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Pebbles
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Hey Bo Diddley
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Eat the Pebbles
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Sexcite
|
CD
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Japan press
|
1997
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Sammy Masters
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Some Like It Hot
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4 Star
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45
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1956
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Rufus Shofner & Joyce Songer
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Orbit Twist
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American Artist Records
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45
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1960
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El Mexicano
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Comprate un Perro
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Comprate un Perro
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Musart
|
CD
|
Mexico press
|
2000
|
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Aldus Roger & Lafayette Playboys
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Mardi Gras Dance
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Feature
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78
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1955
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Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers
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New Steel Guitar Rag
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Bluebird
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78
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prob. 1940s
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Music behind DJ:
no music
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Tommy Duchesne
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Un Vieux Cotillon Candien
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Starr
|
78
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Canada press
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1941
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Carlos y Jose
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Joven Despierta
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bego
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45
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Las Nortenitas w/Conjunto Rogelio Gutierrez
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Mi Virgen Ranchera
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Falcon
|
45
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Griffin Brothers feat. Margie Day
|
The Clock Song
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Dot
|
45
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1952
|
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Johnny Dodds
|
Blue Washboard Stomp
|
Early Jazz Greats
|
Jazztone
|
LP
|
reissue of 1928 recording
|
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Music behind DJ:
Youngpeople
|
Back to School
|
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Truth
|
45
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Ronnie McIntosh
|
Shaking It
|
Calypso Season
|
Mango
|
LP
|
a various artists LP
|
1989
|
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Carmen Costa
|
Casinha da Marambaia
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Victor
|
78
|
Brazil press
|
1940s-50s
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