RCA

RCA first established a recording studio in Trinidad at the St. James Theatre in Port of Spain in the late 30s and issued calypso releases on the Bluebird label.

In 1957, Leslie “Lucky” Samaroo obtained a license to issue RCA recordings in Trinidad, established a pressing plant, and recorded local music. He would later establish the Tropico label. More information can be found in Andreas Vingaard’s interview with Samaroo on othersounds.com.

The majority of the discography below was compiled by Dmitri Subotsky (Calypso Archives).

357 records.

Label Artists Title Year Format
RCA 7-1030
 Mighty Duke Tribute to My Mother / Buy Savings Bonds 1961 45
RCA 7-1033
 Conqueror Take Example / Teenage Girl 1962 45
RCA 7-1034
 Lord Brynner The Budget / Happy Birthday 1961 45
RCA 7-1049
 Mighty Sparrow Panama Woman / Police Get More Pay 1961 45
RCA 7-1050
 Lord Caruso Don't Give Them / Too Much of Them 1961 45
RCA 7-1051
 Lord Superior Collie Smith’s Death / Artifical Girls c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1052
 Lord Creator Christmas Time Is Near / Merry Christmas To You c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1054
 Cyril Diaz You'll Never Walk Alone / Hawaiian Wedding Song c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1057
 Joey Lewis Oh Carol / Moonlight Sonata 1961 45
RCA 7-1059
 Joey Lewis Besame Labios / Silencio c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1060
 Joey Lewis Dream Of Olwen / Monica Doo Doo c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1061
 Ebonites Steel Orchestra La Cumpansita / Please c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1062
 Joey Lewis Chenita / Mi Cafetal 1961 45
RCA 7-1069
 Lord Superior Men Make Women Bad / Pay Later Plan c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1070
 Cyril Diaz Ten to One is Murder / Scratch Me Calypso c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1073
 Southern All Stars Steel Orchestra Greig's Piano Concerto / Joey's Song c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1074
 Southern All Stars Steel Orchestra Black Cat / Mack The Knife c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1075
 Joey Lewis Theme From "A Summer Place" / Melvina c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1078
 Ebonites Steel Orchestra Kathleen / La Mento Gitano 1961 45
RCA 7-1081
 Cito Fermin Vereda Tropical / Mack The Knife 1961 45
RCA 7-1082
 Cito Fermin Theme From "Picnic" / Beat Their Hearts So True 1961 45
RCA 7-1091
 Naya Zaman Orchestra Zara Sam Nay / Tayra Jadoo c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1092
 Tarran Persad & Naya Zaman Orch May Nashay May Hoo / Na Karaitana Pyar 1961 45
RCA 7-1094
 Nap Hepburn German Blonde / Tribute to Sparrow 1961 45
RCA 7-1095
 Lord Superior, Bentley Jack Barbara / Saga Ting 1961 45
RCA 7-1096
 Lord Superior Drive-In / Monica 1961 45
RCA 7-1098
 Cito Fermin The Breeze And I / Chiribiribin c. 1961 45
RCA 7-1099
 Joey Lewis Teensville / Stairway to the Sea c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2002
 Errol Ince Run Sampson Run / He'll Have to Go c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2003
 Errol Ince Sweet And Lovely / Anniversary Waltz c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2004
 Errol Ince La Macarena / El Merecumbe 1961 45
RCA 7-2005
 Cito Fermin C'est Magnifique / Romance c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2006
 Cito Fermin Chipi Chipi / For Your Love c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2007
 Roderick Borde Madam Dracula / Dance Saga Dance 1961 45
RCA 7-2008
 Roderick Borde This Love of Mine / The Princess & The Cameraman 1961 45
RCA 7-2009
 Joey Lewis Oiga Mi Piano / Hole Me Close Tonight c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2010
 Mighty Sparrow Save the Last Dance / Yes I Will Know 1961 45
RCA 7-2011
 Dixieland Steel Orchestra Agnus Dei / Benwood Dick 1961 45
RCA 7-2012
 Ebonites Steel Orchestra Silencio / Pesa 1961 45
RCA 7-2013
 Ebonites Steel Orchestra Liebesfreud / Inch Worm 1961 45
RCA 7-2014
 Roderick Borde Jigger Foot / Las Muchachitas 1961 45
RCA 7-2016
 Cyril Mitchell, Roderick Borde, Nap Hepburn Saga Girl Jean / Ugly Mildred 1961 45
RCA 7-2018
 Cyril Mitchell, Nap Hepburn Elsie / Life Begins at 84 c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2019
 Nap Hepburn Sam Cooke Show / The Accident c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2021
 Joey Lewis Joey's Merengue / Garrot Bounce 1961 45
RCA 7-2022
 Joey Lewis Madam Dracula / One Of The Boys c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2023
 Cyril Ramdeo And His Orchestra Sam Cooke Show / Life Begins At 84 c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2037
 Mighty Sparrow Hucklebuck / Hither, Thither and Yon 1961 45
RCA 7-2038
 Mighty Sparrow Don't Touch Me / Maude 1961 45
RCA 7-2041
 Mighty Sparrow Veronica / Mr. Rake and Scrape 1961 45
RCA 7-2042
 Mighty Sparrow The Pudding / Roy Sweeter Than You 1961 45
RCA 7-2042
 Mighty Sparrow Madam Dracula / The Pudding c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2043
 Mighty Sparrow Plenty Style / Darling You Don't Know 1961 45
RCA 7-2044
 Mighty Sparrow Nice Senorita / Drink Your Balisier 1961 45
RCA 7-2045
 Mighty Sparrow Gloria / Princess and the Cameraman 1961 45
RCA 7-2047
 Roderick Borde Plenty Style / Gloria 1961 45
RCA 7-2047
 Will Thomas La Cucuracha P.D. / Meditation 45
RCA 7-2049
 Mighty Sparrow Royal Jail / Freezing in New York 1961 45
RCA 7-2055
 Mighty Sparrow My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own / If I Had a Girl 1961 45
RCA 7-2059
 The Offbeats Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha / Tammy 1961 45
RCA 7-2066
 Mighty Sparrow Race Track Scandal / Police Get More Pay 1961 45
RCA 7-2067
 Mighty Sparrow Wear Your Balisier / Panama Woman 1961 45
RCA 7-2068
 Lord Brynner Gang War / Nightclub Brawl 1962 45
RCA 7-2072
 Mighty Duke Know Your Friend / Highlights Of 1960 c. 1961 45
RCA 7-2073
 Dutchy Brothers Moonglow / Pepe c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2074
 Dutchy Brothers Look For A Star / Caramelos 1962 45
RCA 7-2076
 Cyril Diaz Portrait Of My Love / Frenesi Cha Cha 1962 45
RCA 7-2077
 Mighty Dougla I Ain't Travelling Again / Sports Pools 1962 45
RCA 7-2083
 Lord Brynner We Want The Queen / Jamaica Why You Run c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2084
 Lord Brynner Anita / The Twist Calypso 1962 45
RCA 7-2089
 Joey Lewis, Errol Ince Acapulco / My Home Town c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2092
 Mighty Duke The Duke's Twist / Live Good c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2093
 Mighty Duke Dorothy / City Girl 1962 45
RCA 7-2096
 Fitz Vaughan Bryan Fitz's Twist / Moon River c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2096
 Mighty Duke Sign of the Pagan / Blakie Live Nice 1962 45
RCA 7-2097
 Fitz Vaughan Bryan Peanut Vendor-Calypso-El Manicero / Blue Moon 1962 45
RCA 7-2098
 Mighty Duke, Lord Blakie Sign of the Pagan / Live Nice c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2099
 Hawk Boldface Tenant / Why Worry 1962 45
RCA 7-2100
 Dutchy Brothers Stormy Weather / Blue Malibu 1962 45
RCA 7-2102
 Fitz Vaughan Bryan Take Five / Afrikaan Beat 1962 45
RCA 7-2103
 The Conqueror Dog Eat Dog / Women and Money 1962 45
RCA 7-2104
 Mighty Sparrow Federation / Roy Sweeter Than You 1962 45
RCA 7-2105
 Bonaparte Brothers Orchestra La Novia / El Cachin Cachumba 1962 45
RCA 7-2106
 Fitz Vaughan Bryan Norman / I'll Be There c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2107
 Fitz Vaughan Bryan Sucu Sucu / Young Ones 1962 45
RCA 7-2108
 Dutchy Brothers Crazy Crazy / Majorca c. 1962 45
RCA 7-2110
 Mighty Duke Immigration Bill / I Don't Care 1962 45
RCA 7-2112
 Hawk Bribe / Consent 1962 45
RCA 7-2113
 Hawk No Favours / Willing But Weak 1962 45
RCA 7-2116
 Lord Brynner Trinidad & Tobago Independence / Ozzanna 1962 45
RCA 7-2117
 Dutchy Brothers Anita / Creole Tempo 1962 45
RCA 7-2118
 Various Aye Aye Ya Karoo Mye Kya Fookoo Sookoo / Ehsaan Tayra Hoga Mujpar 1962 45
RCA 7-2121
 Mighty Sparrow Suzie Jumbie / Angelina and the Yankee 1962 45
RCA 7-2122
 Mighty Sparrow Hangman's Cemetary / B. G. War 1962 45
RCA 7-2123
 Mighty Sparrow Robbery with V / Renegades 1962 45
RCA 7-2124
 Mighty Sparrow Take Your Bundle and Go / Wahbeen and Grog 1962 45
RCA 7-2125
 Mighty Sparrow Vincentian / Fool And His Money 1962 45
RCA 7-2126
 Mighty Sparrow Our Model Nation / English Society 1962 45
RCA 7-2128
 Lord Brynner Come With Me / My Doolahin 1962 45
RCA 7-2129
 Lord Brynner Wedding in November / Michael 1962 45

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