Favoriting Muriel's Treasure with Irwin: Playlist from October 5, 2005 Favoriting

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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. (Visit homepage.)

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Favoriting October 5, 2005: Debut of Muriel's Treasure: An Hour of Calypso and Soca

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Artist Track Album
Lord Kitchener  Muriel and de Bug   Favoriting Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP) 
Lord Cristo  Dumb Boy and the Parrot   Favoriting The Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD) 
Lord Invader  New York Subway   Favoriting Kings of Calypso (CD) 
Duke of Iron  The Music Lesson   Favoriting Calypsos Too Hot to Handle (LP) 
Baron  Doh Rock It So   Favoriting B's Calypso Classics Vol. 1 (CD) 
Arrow  More Bills   Favoriting Calypso Hits Vol. 2 (CD) 
Crazy  Rosie   Favoriting On De Loose (CD) 
Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5  Push-Ka-Pee-Shee Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)   Favoriting Cole Slaw 1947-1952 (LP) 
Nora Dean  The Valet   Favoriting The Trojan Calypso Box Set (CD) 
Lord Kitchener  Body Argument   Favoriting Mr. Kitch (LP) 
Poser  Tell Her   Favoriting Calypso Hits Vol. 2 (CD) 
Lord Melody  The Creature From the Black Lagoon   Favoriting Calypso Kings and Pink Gin (LP) 
Trinidad Bill  Back to School   Favoriting Calypso Hits Vol. 2 (CD) 
Lord Invader  Mahalia, I Want Back My Dollar   Favoriting Kings of Calypso (CD) 


Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38am
groucho:

So glad I've found this.
  7:19pm
Listener Robert:

Here I am commenting from the far future -- over a decade! I'd forgotten about this segment of your program. It aired during a time when the combination of work schedule, pirates in the Bronx (ironically playing Caribbean music) cutting off reception, and lack of the facilities to receive stream or archive, would've made it hard to listen.

Then another listener-supported program I chanced to hear that was all-calypso -- recent stuff, mostly -- reminded me of the genre, and I went looking for it at the FMA & WFMU, and came up dry. Then a commenter on Ken's program pointed me to this archive, so now I'm catching up.
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