Calypsography

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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