Anglo-Caribbean (Reference)

Folk and pop music from the English-speaking Caribbean, excluding Jamaica (ska, reggae). Most notably, calypso and soca from Trinidad and Tobago.

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Arrow (1955– )

• Instant Knockout [1980, Charlie's]
• Hot Hot Hot [1983, Arrow]
• Soca Savage [1984, Arrow], U
• Hot Soca Hot [1990, Arrow]

Bally

• Bally with Love [1988, Love People]

Baron

• Full of Fire [1987, B's]

Becket

• Gal Ah Rush Me [1990, Cocoa]

Black Stalin

• Roots, Rock, Soca [(1991), Rounder], A
• Rebellion [1994, Ice], B+

Blinky and the Roadmasters

• Crucian Scratch Band Music [1990, Rounder]

Blueboy (Superblue)

• Soca in the Shaolin Temple [1980, Charlie's]

Burning Flames

• Me Na Freard [1989, BF]

Calypso Rose

• Trouble [1984, Straker's]
• Soca Diva [1993, Ice], U

Chalkdust

• Total Kaiso [1989, Straker's]

Charlie's Roots

• The Hammer [1986, Charlie's Roots]
• Total Party [1992, Charlie's Roots]

Crazy

• Nani Wine [1989, Trinity]
• Crazymania [1992, JW Productions]

Drupatee (Ramgoonai)

• Mr. Bissessar [1988, KPS]

Duke

• Calypso Forever [1983, Straker's]
• Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [1987, Lem's]

Explainer

• Positive Vibrations [1989, Vista]

Eddy Grant (1948– )

• Walking on Sunshine [1979, Epic], A–
• My Turn to Love You [1980, Epic], A–
• Killer on the Rampage [1982, Portrait], B+
• Going for Broke [1984, Portrait], B
• Walking on Sunshine: The Very Best of Eddy Grant [(1989), Parlophone], A–

Gypsy

• The Action Too High [1986, MRS]

Lord Creator

• Don't Say Out Late: Greatest Hits [(1997), VP]

Lord Kitchener (1922–2000)

• Klassic Kitchener, Volume One [(1993), Ice], A
• Klassic Kitchener, Volume Two [(1994), Ice], B+
• Klassic Kitchener, Volume Three [(1994), Ice], U

Lord Melody

• Precious Melodies [1994, Ice], A–

Mighty Sparrow (1935– )

• Hot and Sweet [1974, Warner Brothers]
• First Flight [1957–59, Smithsonian Folkways], A–
• 25th Anniversary [1980, Charlie's]
• King of the World [1984, B's]
• A Touch of Class [1986, B's]
• Volume One [(1992), Ice], A+
• Volume Two [(1992), Ice], A
• Volume Three [(1992), Ice], A–
• w/Lord Kitchener: 16 Carnival Hits [(1992), Ice], A–
• Volume Four [(1992), Ice], A–
• Party Classics [1989, Gutu], B–
• Hot Like Fire [1992, Ice], B+

Mighty Spoiler

• Unspoilt [(1995), Ice], U

Mighty Terror

• Pan Poetry [(1995), Ice], A–

Marcia Miranda

• Come Fly with Me [1991, Straker's]

Machel Montano

• Too Young to Soca? [1986, Macho]

Our Boys Steel Orchestra

• Our Boys Steel Orchestra [Mango]

Andy Palacio

• Wátina [2007, Cumbancha], B+(***)

Ken "Professor" Philmore

• Pan by Storm [1990, Straker's]

Protector

• Total Protection [1990, Straker's]

Roaring Lion (1910– )

• Sacred 78's [(1994), Ice], A–

David Rudder (1953– )

• Haiti [1988, Sire]
• 1990 [1990, Sire]
• Beloved [1998, JWP], U

Shadow (1942– )

• Columbus Lied [1988–90, Shanachie]

Joseph Spence (1910–84)

• The Complete Folkways Recordings 1958 [1958, Smithsonian/Folkways], A–
• Living on the Hallelujah Side [1987, Rounder], B+
• w/The Pinder Family: The Spring of Sixty-Five [1992, Rounder], B+

Swallow

• First Take [1984, Charlie's]
• Swallow on the Streets of Brooklyn [1988, Charlie's]

Tambu

• Culture [1988, Sire]

Tiger (1960– )

• Knockdown Calypsos [1979, Rounder]
• Me Name Tiger [1987, RAS]
• Bam Bam [1988, RAS]

Various Artists

• Calypso Breakaway [(1990), Rounder]
• Calypso Carnival [1936–41, Rounder], A–
• Calypsos: Afro-Limonese Music of Costa Rica [Lyrichord]
• Calypsos from Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue and Violence in the 1930s [(1991), Arhoolie]
• Calypso Pioneers: 1912–1937 [1912–37, Rounder]
• Calypso Season [(1989), Mango]
• Carnival in Trinidad [(2001), Cooking Vinyl/SpinArt], B+
• Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up [(2005), Numero Group], B+(***)
• From Bakabush: The First Ten Years of Stonetree [1995–2005, Stonetree], A–
• Heat in De Place: Soca from Trinidad [(1990), Rounder]
• Kneelin' Down Inside the Gate: The Great Rhythming Singers of the Bahamas [(1995), Rounder]
• Lif Up Your Leg An Trample [2004, Honest Jons], B+
• London Is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London [1950–56, Honest Jons], A–
• Rebel Soca: When the Time Comes [1988, Shanachie], B–
• The Rough Guide to Calypso & Soca [(1999), World Music Network], B–
• Saucy Calypsos, Volume One [(2003), Ice], B+
• Say What? Double Entendre Soca [(1990), Rounder]
• Shango, Shouter and Obeah: Supernatural Calypso From Trinidad 1934–1940 [1934–40, Rounder], B+
• A Taste of Soca [(1994), Ice], U
• Trojan Box Set: Calypso [1956–75, Sanctuary/Trojan, 3 CD], B+
• Tumba, Cuarta and Ka'l [(1986), Original Music]
• Under the Coconut Tree: Music from Grand Cayman and Tortola [1984, Original Music], B
• Wind Your Waist: The Ultimate Soca Dance Party [(1991), Shanachie]