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Tracklist

A1	The River	4:40
A2	Turn Back Melody	4:12
A3	Hungry Barbers	3:20
A4	Belmont Jackass	4:15
A5	The Letter	3:25
B1	Joseph	5:10
B2	Si Senor	3:40
B3	Alexander The Murderer	3:24
B4	Kathleen	3:51
B5	The Jumbie	4:00

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Cook Caribbean Ltd.
• Published By – Caribbean Music Co. Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Caribbean Music Co. Ltd.

Credits

• Accompanied By – Cook Calypso Combo
• Chorus – The March Of Dimes*
• Composed By – Fitzroy Alexander

Notes

[Front Cover]
Cook Presents Lord Melody

[Back Cover]
Melody's Top Ten
Made in Trinidad

[Spine]
Melody's Top Ten

[Label]
Gold with black detail
Melody's Top Ten
Recorded Sept./Dec. '60
Made in Trinidad

Lord Melody's third album for Cook and fourth overall.

In Trinidad this was called Melody's Top Ten and featured the green cover with smiling Melody. The cover says Lord Melody Presents, but the spine says Melody's Top Ten. Exactly the same cover would be used for his following album More Calypsoes From Lord Melody (Lord Melody 1962 in the US), but with that album's title printed onto the front (Melody's Top Ten is still on the spine).

In the US, it was called Calypso Through The Looking Glass and featured a cover with Melody staring into a mirror, and a donkey looking back at him. To make matters simpler it is often known as Calypso Through The Looking Glass (Melody's Top Ten), combining the two names.

There are subtle differences between the US mono and stereo covers. The shading in the mirror, and the little circle which mentions mono or stereo. Also, the mono version has orange text whereas the stereo has red text.

The mono versions of this have a different track order to the stereo. It is not known what Melody's preference for track order was, or if he particularly cared.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 927A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 927B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
927	Lord Melody	Calypso Through The Looking Glass ‎(LP, Mon)	Cook	927	US	Unknown
927, Cook 927	Lord Melody	Calypso Through The Looking Glass ‎(10xFile, FLAC, Album, Dig)	Cook, Smithsonian Folkways	927, Cook 927	US	2009
927sd, 927	Lord Melody	Calypso Through The Looking Glass ‎(LP, Album, Ste)	Cook, Cook	927sd, 927	US	1961
927, Cook 927	Lord Melody	Calypso Through The Looking Glass ‎(CDr, Album, Ste)	Cook, Smithsonian Folkways	927, Cook 927	US	2009
927	Lord Melody	Calypso Through The Looking Glass ‎(LP, Album, Mon)	Cook	927	US	1961