Me: "*There may be 1929 Victor release under a different title and/or band name." These are most likely 78s remastered to 10" LPs: The Weed Song, Bill Rogers, w/Harry Whitaker Combo, Shantos From Guyana, Shanto, LP, Jamaica, trk. A1 (No release date or cat#. Whitaker Combo also performed as The Guyana All Stars. ) Reissued as: The Weed Song, Bill Rogers, B.G Bhagee, Kross Kolor Records, KKRA027, CD, Guyana, trk. 1 Compilations of previously released (?) Parlophone 78s: Weed Woman, Bill Rogers, w/Freddy Grant's Demerarians, Compilation, Calypsos Das Caraibas, Odeon, MODB 90, LP, 10", Brazil Weed Woman, Bill Rogers, w/Freddy Grant's Demerarians, Caribbean Calypso, Parlophone, CPMD 13, LP, 10", UK Track copyright on the following compilation is 1934 but no band name given: West Indian Weed, Bill Rogers, Calypso Pioneers 1912-1937, Rounder Records, 1039, LP, 1989, trk. B4. (also on Rounder CD & cassette.) Bunches of later compilations on one or both or the above.
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