| + | Recording featuring primarily traditional Orisha songs performed in a traditional manner. |
| @ | Recording featuring primarily nontraditional interpretations of traditional Orisha songs |
| § | AfroCuban, Latin, Brazilian or African music with significant Orisha-religion content |
| ø | Secular Latin/AfroCuban/Brazilian/African recording featuring small number of Orisha-related songs. Includes salsa, latin jazz, samba, etc. |
| Æ | Non-Orisha tradition recording featuring a small number of Orisha-related songs |
| _ | Recording featuring traditional songs outside but related to Orisha religion |
| # | Multi-artist compilation |
| * | Inferior packaging with minimal recording information or credits. In many cases suggests also inferior recording quality |
| © | Cassette only |
| O/P | Recording known to be out of print. |
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| §# | Afro Brasil | Verve 1990. | Compilation of mostly Bahian-based Brazilian popular musicians. Many of the songs have African or Orisha-religion references. |
| +§# | Afro-Cuban (The Real Cuban Music Series) | Panart/Rodven 1994. | Celia Cruz, Gina Martin, Mercedes Valdés, etc. on traditional and pop songs including "Chango," "Babalu Aye," "Elegua Inkio," more. |
| + | Amazonia: Festival and Cult Music of Northern Brazil | Lyrichord Discs (n.d.). | 1975 field recordings of Umbanda ceremonies including possession sequences. |
| _ | Been in the Storm So Long: A Collection of Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children's Games from Johns Island, South Carolina | Smithsonian Folkways 1990. | Not Orisha related but gives an instant lesson in the African roots of African-American church singing: the link between Orisha songs and gospel. |
| _ | Bénin: Rythmes et chants pour les vodun | VDE (Switzerland) 1990. | Field recordings of Vodou ceremonies recorded in Benin in the early 1970s. |
| + | Candomblé Brésil: Les Eaux d'Oxalá: Afro-Brazilian Ritual | Buda Records (France) 199?. | Chants and songs for the Orixás recorded live in Brazil. |
| _# | Cantos de Congos y Paleros | Artex (Cuba) 1994. | 28 cuts by 3 Palo cabildos in Cuba. |
| §# | Cuba Classics 3: Diablo al Infierno | Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. 1992. | David Byrne's compilation of modern Cuban pop, including Síntesis, Lázaro Ros with Mezcla, NG de la Banda, etc., on songs including "Asoyin," "Ikiri Ada," "Que Viva Changó," etc. |
| + | Cuba: Les Danses des Dieux-Musique de cultes et fetes afro-cubaines | Harmonia Mundi/Radio France 1988. | Field recordings of Arará, Vodou, Santería and Palo singing in Cuba. |
| §# | ¡Despojate! | El Inspectador de la Salsa/Caribe 1994. | 10 modern Cuban songs celebrating the Orishas from NG de la Banda, los Van Van, Kiki Corona, Elio Reve, etc. |
| _#(©?) | Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti | Lyrichord (nd). | 1953 recordings by Maya Deren. |
| +_# | Faith: A Message From The Spirits--Saints, Orishas, Buddhas and Deities | Soul Jazz Records (UK) 1997. | 16-song compilation of traditional songs recorded in 1996 from a variety of religious traditions, including Santeria and Vodun. |
| §# | Music from and inspired by the film The Devil's Toothpick | Soundtrack from Creed Taylor's film on Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, features several versions of "Theme from The Devil's Toothpick (Yemanjá)" in a variety of styles from samba to ballad to reggae featuring Klyde Jones, Kenia and others, in English, Portuguese and instrumental. | |
| §# | Nu Yorica 2: Further Adventures In Latin Music: Chango In The New World 1976-1985 | Soul Jazz Records (UK) 1997. | 12-song compilation of songs ranging from traditional chant to disco to jazz to salsa, most all celebrating the Orishas. |
| Æ | Original Soundtrack | Celestial Clockwork | Sony Classical 1996. Beautiful soundtrack from a wonderfully magical film featuring "Mecaniques celestes" which praises Obatala and Yemaya. |
| _# | Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou | Smithsonian Folkways 1995. | 20 songs, traditional and pop, celebrating and invoking the Haitian loa. |
| +# | Sacred Rhythms of Cuban Santeria | Smithsonian Folkways 1995. | Cuban ceremonial performances from early 1980s, 24 cuts. |
| +#© | Sacred Sounds of Santeria, Vol. 1: Rhythms of the Orishas | Destiny Recordings 1993. | Collected and presented by Raul J. Canizares. |
| +#© | Sacred Sounds of Santeria, Vol. 2: Rhythms of the Goddess | Destiny Recordings 1994. | Collected and presented by Raul J. Canizares. |
| +# | Santero: AfroCuban Cult Music (volume 1) | Panart Recordings/Discos Top Hits CA 1994. | 11 cuts (recorded in late 1950s?) featuring Celia Cruz, Merceditas Valdes, Eugenio de la Rosa, etc. |
| + #* | Santero: Cuban Cult Music Vol. 2 | T.H. Rodven 1988. | 1950s(?) traditional and bigband arrangements of Orisha songs featuring Gina Martin. "Elegua," "Ogun," "Saracoco," "Ochun," "Olla," "Omo Belli," etc. |
| +§#* | Santeros Autenticos: Santa Barbara | No publishing information or artist info | CD (!), sounds like something else speeded up. Not a good recording. |
| +# | The Yoruba/Dahomean Collection: Orishas Across The Ocean | Rykodisc/Library of Congress 1998. | Amazing field recordings of Orisha songs from Hait, Cuba, Brazil and Trinidad, 1939-1957. |
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