Muriel's Treasure with Irwin | WFMU
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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.
Location:
United States
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Mommie Out de Light from May 23, 2007
7/7/2008
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 10" LP)
Ben Bowers & the Baba Motta Orchestra - "Brown Skin Gal" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11)
Ben Bowers & the Baba Motta Orchestra - "Kitch" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11)
Mighty Sparrow -...
Duration:01:00:18
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen from May 16, 2007
6/30/2008
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 Too Hot to Handle (LP)
Lord Messam & His Calypsonians - "Monkey" - Hart Records 10" (Hart 11)
Lord Creator - "Archie Buck Them Up" - Jamaica All-Stars Vol. 1 (LP)
Sam Manning - "Lita" - Sam...
Duration:01:02:01
Hair in Your Teeth from May 2, 2007
6/23/2008
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" - N.Y.C. Blackout (Charlie's Records LP)
John L. (Nichols) - "Meshuggener" - Stay Up! (Virtu LP)
The Grant-Lyttelton Paseo Jazz Band - "King Porter Stomp" - The Other Parlophones 1951-1954 (CD)
The...
Duration:00:57:43
You're a Real Operator from Apr 25, 2007
6/16/2008
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" - Mento Madness (CD)
Hubert Porter - "Ten Penny Nail" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP)
Hubert Porter - "Miss Goosie" - Calypsos from Jamaica (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "You Don't Love Me" - The Mighty...
Duration:00:59:57
Nothin' But a Double Barrel Shotgun's Gonna Keep Me Away From You from Apr 18, 2007
6/9/2008
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 Proclamation" - Sagomes 78 SG-133-18
Lord Invader (Rupert Grant) - "The Sport Pool" - Sagomes 78 SG-107-34
Duke of Iron - "Potato" - Jungle Calypso (LP)
Sam Manning - "Camilla" - Sam Manning, Vol. 1...
Duration:00:58:24
Talking Parrot from Apr 11, 2007
6/2/2008
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
Skipper (Robert Stafford) - "Talking Parrot" - Sagomes 78 SG-138-30
Young Tiger (R.I.P.) - "I Was There (At the Coronation)" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London,...
Duration:00:52:21
Keep Calypso Clean from Mar 21, 2007
5/26/2008
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 SG-105 (side A)
Wonder (Victor Atwell) - "Heal Me, Healer" - Sagomes 78 SG-105 (side B)
Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra - "Manassa With the Tight Foot Pants" - Mento Madness...
Duration:00:57:01
Concrete and Clay from Feb 28, 2007
5/19/2008
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 Ay" - Hot & Sweet (LP)
Kobo Town - "Corbeaux Following" - Independence (CD)
Lord Kitchener - "My Landlady" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Unit 4 +...
Duration:00:58:46
Michael Remove Your Face from Feb 14, 2007
5/12/2008
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 Kitchener - "My Pussin" - Mr. Kitch (LP)
Lord Beginner - "Victory Test Match" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Lloyd Simmons - "Hair in Your Teeth (a.k.a....
Duration:01:01:18
One Pant Man from Feb 7, 2007
5/5/2008
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)
Percy Dixon & His Merry Boys - "Balimbo" - Sue Records 45 single 64-SU-4
Alfred St. John's Trinidad & Tobago Steelband - "Samba de Orfeo" - Caribbean Romance (CD)
Duke of Iron - "Duke of the...
Duration:01:00:23
Sound of the Witch Doctor from Jan 31, 2007
4/28/2008
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 the Witch Doctor" - Hot & Sweet (LP)
Mighty Sparrow - "Who She Go Cry For" - Hot & Sweet (CD)
The Mighty Duke - "Rooksin" - Tribute to Maestro (LP)
Gay Flamingoes Steelband - "Caterpilla" -...
Duration:00:59:43
Pussy Laughing At Me from Jan 24, 2007
4/21/2008
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" - London is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (CD)
Wilmoth Houdini - "Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat" - Poor But Ambitious (CD)
Lord Melody - "Canada So Cold" - Lord Melody Sings...
Duration:00:58:29
They Talk About Nora's Badness from Jan 17, 2007
4/14/2008
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 Nora's Badness" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Atilla the Hun - "Love Me Emily" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Mighty Terror - "Jamaica Girl" - Kings of Calypso...
Duration:00:59:11
One-Foot Cock from Jan 10, 2007
4/7/2008
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 Orchestra - "Linda Vista" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Growler - "Too Botheration" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Lord Kitchener - "Best Things in Life Are Free" -...
Duration:01:01:28
Mama Don' Want No Rice No Peas No Coconut Oil from Jan 3, 2007
3/31/2008
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 Lion - "Mamy Mine My Baby For Me" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
The Lion - "African War Call" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Al Philip Iere Syncopators - "Play Mass,...
Duration:00:57:32
Severe Licking from Dec 27, 2006
3/24/2008
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 Agree" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Milo and the Kings with Lord Spectacular - "New York Situation" - Cab Records 45 single 103
unidentified ensemble - "Calypso in Drums" - Drums...
Duration:01:00:42
The Beautiful Land of Iere from Dec 13, 2006
3/17/2008
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 (Bear Family Box Set)
The Lion - "Ancient Carnival" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set)
Sir Jablonski with Gean Jefferson and the Kings - "More Pork" - Duque Records 45 single...
Duration:01:00:49
Bobby Sox Idol from Nov 29, 2006
3/3/2008
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 Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Lord Kitchener with the Art DeCoteau Orchestra - "Miss Bay Belle" - Tourist in Trinidad (LP)
artist unidentified - "Limbo Bug" - World Music: Caribbean...
Duration:01:01:03
Jack's Broth from Dec 6, 2006
3/3/2008
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 Trinidad (LP)
Codallo's Top Hatters Orchestra - "Bastardy" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box Set)
Harmony Kings Orchestra - "Don't Touch Me" - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family 10-CD Box...
Duration:00:59:05
Nobody Wants to Grow Old from Nov 15, 2006
2/25/2008
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 From Panama (LP)
The Andrews Sisters - "Money Is the Root of All Evil" - V Disc Recordings (CD)
Blueboy (a.k.a. Superblue) - "Superman" - Superman (LP)
Sparrow's Troubadours - "Levey Macco" -...
Duration:01:01:24