Original LP/CD recordings

This list contains all the original albums from RCA/CBS/EMI with the album numbers they had when they were first released in the USA and in Europe. Many of them were later released in localized versions in other countries  with covers printed in their respective languages. Those albums can be found on each page.


195? Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs LP: CX(S)115
CD: BCD16262

1954 Mark Twain And Other Folk Favorites LP: LPM1022
CD: BCD16262

1955 Belafonte LP: LPM1150
CD: BCD16262

1955 Calypso
The first album in the world that sold over 1.000.000 copies
LP: LPM1248
CD: BCD16262

1957 An Evening With Belafonte LP: LPM1402
CD: BCD16262

1957 Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean LP: LPM1505
CD: BCD16262

1958 Belafonte Sings Of Christmas LP: LSP1887
CD: CD2626

1959
April
Love Is A Gentle Thing LP: LSP1927
CD: RGMCD006

1960
March
Belafonte Sings The Blues LP: LSP1972
CD: LSCD1972

1959 Porgy And Bess
 (with Lena Horne)
LP: LSP2019
CD: CD66115

1959
Sept
Belafonte At Carnegie Hall LP: LSO6006
CD: yes

1960
Feb
My Lord What A Morning LP: LSP2022
CD: 26049-2

1960
Dec
Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall LP: LSO6007
CD: yes

1960
May
Swing Dat Hammer LP: LSP2194
CD: RGMCD071

1961
Sept
Jump Up Calypso LP: LSP2388
CD: yes

1962
May
Midnight Special LP: LSP2449
CD: yes

1962
Nov
The Many Moods Of Belafonte LP: LSP2574
CD: yes

1962 Belafonte Merry Christmas 
(like LPM1887)
LP: LSP2626
CD: yes

1963
July
Streets I Have Walked LP: LSP2695
CD: yes

1964
April
Belafonte At The Greek Theatre LP: LSO6009
CD: no

1964
Nov
Ballads, Blues And Boasters LP: LSP2953
CD: yes

1966
April
En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (Swedish) LP: BEL1
CD: no

1965 An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba LP: LSP3420
CD: yes

1966 An Evening With Belafonte/Mouskouri LP: LSP3415
CD: yes

1966 In My Quiet Room LP: LSP3571
CD: no

1966 Calypso In Brass LP: LSP3658
CD: no

1967 Belafonte On Campus LP: LSP3779
CD: no

1968 Belafonte Sings Of Love LP: LSP3938
CD: no

1970 Homeward Bound LP: LSP4255
CD: no

1970 Belafonte - By Request LP: LSP4301
CD: no

1970 For The Love Of Life 
(w. Lena Horne)
LP: PRS295
CD: no

1971 The Warm Touch LP: LSP4481
CD: no

1971 Calypso Carnival LP: LSP4521
CD: PVCP-8003

1972 Belafonte...Live! LP: VPSX6077
CD: no

1973 Play Me LP: APL1-0094
CD: no

1974 Belafonte – Concert In Japan LP: R4P5054
CD: no

1977 Turn The World Around LP: CB86045
CD: no

1977 Loving You Is Where I Belong LP: CB85254
CD: no

1988 Paradise In Gazankulu LP: 746971-1
CD: yes

1990 Stationen (Germany)
Belafonte '89
LP: 134-25 27232
CD: 634-25 27232

1997 An Evening With Belafonte And Friends CD: 524384-2

2001 The Long Road To Freedom CD: 99756


2002 Island In The Sun
The Complete Recordings 1949-1957
CD: BCD16262

2017 When Colors Come Together  NEW Feb 24, 2017 CD:

MP3 only
2003 The 2003 European Tour