***Stag-O-Lee present the second volume of their Caribbean Audio Odyssey 10" series. Calypso in the Caribbean includes a range of genres, including: the benna genre of Antiguan and Barbudan music; mento, a style of Jamaican folk music that greatly influenced ska and reggae; ska, the precursor to rocksteady and reggae; spouge, a style of Barbadian popular music; cadence-lypso, which mixed calypso with the cadence rampa of Haiti and Dominican traditional music; and soca music, a style of kaiso/calypso, with influences from cadence-lypso, soul, funk, and Indian musical instruments. Features: Ruben McCoy & The Hamiltonians, Lord Kitchener, Anatol's Cubans, Charlie Binger & His Quartet, Orchestre Combo Zombie, Noro Morales Y Su Orchestra, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, Duke Of Iron, The Charmer, and Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra.