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Calypso:
Vintage Songs From the Caribbean
Various
Artists
Published: 2002
Label: Putumayo World Music
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Comment: This admirable compilation
concentrates on recordings
from the '50s, when the toothsome
melodies, infectious rhythms,
and bawdy double-entendres
of calypso and related West
Indian styles were on the
verge of becoming an international
craze. Most of the material
comes from the Bahamas, but
there are also flying visits
to Trinidad, Jamaica, and
Grenada. --Christina Roden
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