KALYPSO
RECORDS

Kalypso Records was a sub label of Melodisc Records Limited  based at 12 Earlham Street, London WC2.There were many African bands active in London during the '50s and '60s, mainly from West Africa, and frequently mixing musicians from different coutries. The result was a distinctive highlife sound, frequently quite different from what you would have expected to hear back in Nigeria or Ghana. Many of these bands recorded for the Melodisc label. Melodisc issued an incredibly wide range of music on singles, from merengue by Enrique Aviles to calypso by Mighty Sparrow, from R&B by Louis Jordan to the theme from the Thunderbirds puppet series.  Manufactured By Decca Records And Distributed By Melodisc Records Ltd.

 

58	Calypso Quintet	Walk & Talk	KALYPSO	XX	1
58	Lord Power & Calypso Quintet	Penny Reel	KALYPSO	XX	2
58	Sir Horace & His Merry Knights	Mambo Jamaica	KALYPSO	XX	3
58	Trenton Spence Quartet	Matty Belly	KALYPSO	XX	4
58	Lord Lebby & Jamaican Calypsonians	Sweet Jamaica	KALYPSO	XX	5
58	Not Traced		KALYPSO	XX	6
58	Not Traced		KALYPSO	XX	7
58	Not Traced		KALYPSO	XX	8
58	Not Traced		KALYPSO	XX	9
60	Mighty Sparrow	Carnival Boycott	KALYPSO	XX	10
60	Porter & Calypso Star Band	Cinemascope	KALYPSO	XX	11
60	Porter & Calypso Star Band	Talking Parrot	KALYPSO	XX	12
60	Hepburn & Carribean Band	Gene & Dinah	KALYPSO	XX	13
60	Lord Melody	Rock'N'Roll Calypso	KALYPSO	XX	14
60	Aitken Laurel	Sweetchariot	KALYPSO	XX	15
60	Aitken Laurel	Aitkens Boogie	KALYPSO	XX	16
60	Mighty Sparrow	The Sack	KALYPSO	XX	17
60	Count Sticky	Chico Chico	KALYPSO	XX	18
60	Aitken Laurel	Baba Kill Me Goat	KALYPSO	XX	19
61	Lord Tanamo	Sweet Dreaming	KALYPSO	XX	20
61	Lord Laro	Jamaican Referendum	KALYPSO	XX	21
61	Mighty Sparrow	Mr Herbert	KALYPSO	XX	22
62	Count Zebra & The Seasiders	Bedbug	KALYPSO	XX	23
62	Lord Creator	Peeping Tom	KALYPSO	XX	24
62	Lord Rose & Beachcombers	Independent Jamaica	KALYPSO	XX	25
62	Lord Daniel	Small Island Gal	KALYPSO	XX	26
62	Bryant Marie	Water Melon	KALYPSO	XX	27
62	Bryant Marie	Don'T Touch My Nylon	KALYPSO	XX	28
63	Lord Rigby	The Milkman	KALYPSO	XX	29

 

62	Mighty Sparrow	This Is Sparrow	KALYPSO	XXEP	1
62	Mighty Sparrow	Man Dig This Sparrow	KALYPSO	XXEP	2
62	Mighty Sparrow	A Party With Sparrow	KALYPSO	XXEP	3
62	Mighty Sparrow	This Is Sparrow Again	KALYPSO	XXEP	4
62	Mighty Sparrow	Greetings From Sparrow	KALYPSO	XXEP	5
62	Mighty Sparrow	Sparrow The Conqueror	KALYPSO	XXEP	6
62	Marie Bryant	Calypsos Too Hot To Handle	KALYPSO	XXEP	7
62	Mighty Sparrow	The Mighty Sparrow	KALYPSO	XXEP	8

 

54	A Bedasse & Lord Calypso Quintet	No Money No Music	KALYPSO	C	1001
54	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Money Is King	KALYPSO	C	1002
54	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Sampson & Delilah	KALYPSO	C	1003
54	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Boogu Yagga Gal	KALYPSO	C	1004
54	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Night Food Recipe	KALYPSO	C	1005
54	E. Bedasse*	Honey Bee	KALYPSO	C	1006
54	Count Lasher & Calypso Quintet	Mo-Bay Chinaman	KALYPSO	C	1007
54	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Big Boy And Teacher	KALYPSO	C	1008
54	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Mussu & John Tom	KALYPSO	C	1009
55	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Adam And Eve	KALYPSO	C	1010
55	Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Calypso Pepperpot	KALYPSO	C	1011
55	Not Traced		KALYPSO	C	1012
55	Not Traced		KALYPSO	C	1013
55	Not Traced		KALYPSO	C	1014
55	Not Traced		KALYPSO	C	1015
55	Not Traced		KALYPSO	C	1016
55	A Bedass & Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Guzoo Doctor	KALYPSO	C	1017
55	A Bedass & Chin'S Calypso Sextet	Adina	KALYPSO	C	1018

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