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Music of Haiti, Vol. 2: Drums of Haiti
1950
Traditional Music of Peru
1958
Indian Music of Mexico
1952
Musics of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Instruments
1955
The Topoke People of the Congo
1959
Old Harp Singing
The Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee
1951
Lord Melody Sings Calypso
Lord Melody
1958
Calypso: Through the Looking Glass
Lord Melody
1959
Hot Jazz, Cool Blues and Hard-Hitting Songs
Barbara Dane
2018
Calypso Awakening from the Emory Cook Collection
2000
The Music of New Orleans, Vol. 3: Music of the Dance Halls
1958
Jazz, Vol. 11: Addenda
1953
Folk Dances of Austria, Vol. 2
Karl Kubat and His Brass Folk Dance Band
1959
King Sparrow's Calypso Carnival
Mighty Sparrow
1959
Martinique: Un Ti Bo and Other Pleasures
1958
Burlesque Uncensored
1954
Mariachi Music of Mexico
1954
Footnotes to Jazz, Vol. 3: Rehearsal Vol. 1
Mary Lou Williams, Hylton Jefferson
1950
The Music of New Orleans, Vol. 5: New Orleans Jazz: The Flowering
1959
Jazz, Vol. 7: New York 1922-34
1953
Religious Songs and Drums in the Bahamas
1953
The Glory of Negro History
Langston Hughes
1955
Folk Dances of Austria, Vol. 1
Karl Kubat and His Brass Folk Dance Band
1959
Calypso Cross Section
1957
Música de Cuba pre-Castro
1955
Blowout at Mardi Gras
1955
A Night at the Tropicoro
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
Dirty Jazz from Down South
1958
Calypso in New York
Lord Invader
2000
First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection
The Mighty Sparrow
2005
Jazz, Vol. 9: Piano
1953
Moans and Blues
Lizzie Miles
1956
Hot Songs My Mother Taught Me
Lizzie Miles
1956
Calypso Kings and Pink Gin
1957
Meringue!
Ensemble Aux Calebasses
1958
Cook's Tour of Stereo
1958
Jazz, Vol. 3: New Orleans
1950
Jazz, Vol. 8: Big Bands
1953
Music of St. Lucia
1953
South Jersey Band
South Jersey Band
1957
Calypso Atrocities
1959
Dance Calypso!
1956
Torchy Lullabies My Mother Sang Me
Lizzie Miles
1956
The Music of New Orleans, Vol. 4: The Birth of Jazz
1959
Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 3: Instrumental Music from the Bahamas Islands
1959
Mariachi Águilas de Chapala
Mariachi Águilas de Chapala
1960
Haiti Confidential
1958
Urban Holiness Service
Elder Charles D. Beck
1957
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Vaccines
Bamboo-trumpet players
1950
Collas Dance Music (cont.)
Villagers playing Andean flutes, drums, conch shell trumpet
1958
Tzotzil: Fiesta Song
Tzotzil trumpet and reed-flute players, drummer
1952
Benin: Music in Praise of Oru Suru (excerpt)
Baatonu orchestra of drums and kakaki (trumpets)
1955
Signalling on Slit Log Drum / Signalling with the Voice / Horn Signalling / Mouth Signalling in Imitation of Trumpet / Mouth Signalling in Imitation of Flute
Log drum player
1959
Morning Trumpet (No. 99)
Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee
1951
Turn Back Melody
Lord Melody
1959
Really the Blues
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
1953
Der Haxenschmeisser (The Leg Thrower)
Karl Kubat
1959
Gipper Gate Blues
Barbara Dane
2018
Turn Back, Melody
Lord Melody
2000
Pedlers
Lord Melody
1958
Das Spinnradl (The Little Spinning Wheel)
Karl Kubat
1959
Der Neubayrische (The New Bavarian Dance)
Karl Kubat
1959
Der Waldjäger (The Forest Huntsman)
Karl Kubat
1959
Corrine Corrina
Kid Clayton
1958
Stella
Mighty Sparrow
1959
Original Dixieland One Step
Miff Mole and His Little Molers
1953
Part II- The Glory: Organ Grinder's Swing
Ella Fitzgerald
1955
From Monterrey: La Calandria
Monterrey mariachi band
1954
Nickelsdorfer-Schottisch
Karl Kubat
1959
Ba ma un ti bo
Ploum Ploum Tra-la-la
1958
Strip Tease
Patti Waggin
1954
I Can't Get Started with You
Hylton Jefferson
1950
Bucket's Got a Hole in It
Punch Miller
1959
Church of God Congregation, Nassau
Church of God Congregation (Nassau, Bahamas)
1953
Short Little Shorts
Mighty Sparrow
1959
Russian Satellite
Mighty Sparrow
1959
My Salty Sin
John Buddy Williams' Band
1958
Maple Leaf Rag
The New Orleans Feetwarmers
1953
Tango
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
No, Doctor No
Mighty Sparrow
2000
New York Subway
Lord Invader with Felix and His Internationals
2000
Part II- The Glory: I'm Not Rough
Louis Armstrong
1955
From Monterrey: Guadalajara
Monterrey mariachi band
1954
Jean Marabunta
Mighty Sparrow
2005
Studentenpolka (Students’ Polka)
Karl Kubat
1959
Calypso Cha Cha
Small Island Pride with the Roderick Borde Orchestra and March of Dimes
1957
Jawbone of an Ass
Ritmo y Frutas de Cuba
1955
You Tell Me Your Dream
Sid Davilla, Freddie Kohlman, Red Camp and Thomas Jefferon
1955
Once upon a Time
The Chocolate Dandies
1953
El Carretero
Basilio García and Band
1954
La Madrugada
Basilio García and Band
1954
Didn't He Ramble
Bunk's Brass Band
1950
Knockin' a Jug
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
1953
Copenhagen
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
1953
Bogalusa Strut
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
1953
Rheinländer (Rehnish Dance)
Karl Kubat
1959
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