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1	Very Best of Harry Belafonte [RCA] (2001) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist see all copies from $8.08! new only from $8.08!
2	Calypso (1956) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist This is the album that made Harry Belafonte's career. Up to this point, calypso had only been a part of Belafonte's focus in his recordings of folk music styles. But with this landmark album, calypso not only became tattooed to Belafonte permanently; it had a revolutionary effect on folk music in the 1950s and '60s. The album consists of songs ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $6.83!
3	Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist The granddaddy of all live albums, this double-LP set captures the excitement of a Harry Belafonte concert at the height of his popularity. Sampled from two consecutive performances of identical material, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall was an anomaly at a time when only comedy albums were recorded outside of the studio environment. It wasn't the first ... see all copies from $2.83! new only from $3.76!
4	All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1978) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist All Time Greatest Hits collects most of Harry Belafonte's biggest calypso hits, including "Banana Boat (Day-O)." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide see all copies from $1.99!
5	An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends (1997) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist An Evening With Harry Belafonte & Friends is an album to accompany the live performance of the same shown on PBS television stations in 1997. It is a remarkable album, especially considering Belafonte's longevity. The album contains multiple songs dealing with oppression and freedom, as it is one of Belafonte's major endeavors. There are some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99!
6	Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist On May 2, 1960, Harry Belafonte returned to Carnegie Hall for what was supposed to be one of the last concerts in the venerable hall's last season. Carnegie was scheduled to be torn down, although this was an edict that was thankfully short-lived. The hall was instead renovated and remains one of New York's premier showplaces. The first Carnegie ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $4.75!
7	16 Carnival Hits (1992) more music like this by Mighty Sparrow & Lord Kitchener add to wishlist Two of Trinidad's greatest calypsonians -- both of whom excelled into the age of soca -- on one disc? It's like heaven. After all, these two dominated Trinidad's Carnival Road March from 1956-1972, and a number of those winning songs are here, from Sparrow's "May May" to Kitchener's "Miss Tourist." But simply, there's not a single dud among the 16 ... see all copies from $11.58! new only from $11.58!
8	Island in the Sun: 20 Golden Songs (2000) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist see all copies from $9.99! new only from $9.99!
9	The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist Harry Belafonte's influence on pop music is much more far reaching then many realize, as he was one of the first performers to bring worldbeat rhythms to the U.S. charts in the postwar era. Born in Harlem, but spending a good part of his childhood in his mother's native Jamaica, Belafonte grew up straddling cultures and musical styles, and ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $15.32!
10	The Many Moods of Belafonte/Ballads, Blues and Boasters (2004) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist Issued in the British Isles, this CD combines the contents of two Harry Belafonte LPs: The Many Moods of Belafonte, released in November 1962, and Ballads, Blues and Boasters, released in September 1964. The two albums were not consecutive releases; in between, Belafonte put out the 1963 collection Streets I Have Walked. The logical question, then ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $10.99!
11	Afro-Caribbean Chants (2005) more music like this by Boni Raposo y la 21 Division add to wishlist see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.74!
12	Banana Boat Song (2002) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist A three-disc box set, this anthology might be too much material for the casual Harry Belafonte fan, although there are some wonderful rare recordings included here for the collectors. The first disc is essentially a greatest-hits sequence, including his most famous Caribbean-based songs like "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" and "Jump in the Line." The ... see all copies from $17.91! new only from $17.91!
13	Pure Gold (1975) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist A straight-up budget reissue of a '70s golden hits package (minus the fake electronic stereo), this brings together all of Harry's early calypso hits. Highlights include "Matilda," "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)," "Jamaica Farewell," and the obligatory "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)." Belafonte was the first great popularizer of calypso music in America, ... see all copies from $4.29! new only from $4.75!
14	Jump Up Calypso (1961) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist Belafonte was an established all-around entertainer and actor by the time of this album, so it could be seen in a sense as a return to "roots" styles. In any case, it's all-out calypso, with backing by the Trinidad Steel Band, and qualifies as one of his most energetic albums, even getting rambunctious at times. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $217.88!
15	First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection (2005) more music like this by Mighty Sparrow add to wishlist True calypso masks hard, unflinching social commentary in bright melodies and rhythms, and although it is very much a dance music, its infatuation with sexuality, cultural inequities, street gossip, violent situations, and eye for an eye revenge scenarios coupled with its full use of bravado, humor, inflated rhetoric, and private metaphors means ... see all copies from $9.08! new only from $13.74!
16	Only a Fool (1998) more music like this by Mighty Sparrow/Byron Lee add to wishlist see all copies from $9.49! new only from $9.49!
17	Hanapepe Dream (2003) more music like this by Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues add to wishlist Recorded in the year 2000 in Bremen and in Hawaii, Hanapepe Dream is ethnomusicologist, guitarist, and composer Taj Mahal's own gumbo of Caribbean, Polynesian, African, and American folk roots styles done up in the glorious dress of "song," for anyone who has ears to hear, feet to shuffle, and an ass to shake. Featuring a large band replete with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.19!
18	Platinum & Gold Collection (2004) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist see all copies from $2.47! new only from $2.47!
19	Caribbean Voyage: Caribbean Sampler (1999) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist This is the first entry in a multi-volume set exploring the Caribbean side of recordings made by Alan Lomax on his explorations for songs the world over, this batch emanating from 1962. When Lomax went song collecting in the Lesser Antilles -- the chain of small islands that form the southeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea -- these islands were all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.75!
20	Legendary Performer (1978) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist An otherwise fine retrospective of many of Harry Belafonte's best-known performances from the 1950s is spoiled by RCA producer Ethel Gabriel's insistence upon using the disastrous "electronic reprocessing" system (tinny high end on one channel, muffled low end on the other) that destroyed so many reissues in the 1960s and '70s. Although most of ... see all copies from $1.99!
21	Folk Standards (1998) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist As a budget-line introduction to the artistry of Harry Belafonte, Folk Standards does its job -- while more definitive collections are certainly available, this brief ten-track compilation still manages to include many of the singer's biggest hits, among them "Cocoanut Woman" and the seminal "Banana Boat (Day-O)." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide see all copies from $3.08! new only from $3.08!
22	Calypso Hits (2006) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist see all copies from $5.48! new only from $5.48!
23	3 Originals (2001) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist Curiously, given the title of this repackaging of three European Harry Belafonte CDs, none of them is precisely an "original" release. And, in fact, they cover material from four, not three LPs, plus a couple of other stray tracks. But such qualifications are only to suggest that 3 Originals actually contains more music than you might expect. At a ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $9.99!
24	Best of Harry Belafonte [BMG] (2001) more music like this by Harry Belafonte add to wishlist RCA's Very Best of Harry Belafonte fulfills the title in fine fashion, compiling 20 of his best-known hits onto a single CD (though it cheats slightly by adding a pair of unreleased tracks, "Bam Bam Bamba" and "Two Brothers"). Fans of his breakout Calypso LP from 1956 will find several tracks here -- the obvious "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" plus ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $7.99!
25	Again! (2007) more music like this by Mighty Sparrow/Byron Lee add to wishlist The original release of Again! in 1975 was a reunion of sorts for Trinidad's Slinger Francisco (known to most of the world as Mighty Sparrow) and Jamaica's Byron Lee, who had first marketed themselves together on 1967's Only a Fool. Marketed is the right word here, since the two don't really collaborate but sort of do their respective things side ... see all copies from $9.49! new only from $9.49!

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