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Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento 1951-1956

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Product Details
  • Audio CD (June 22, 2004)
  • Original Release Date: June 22, 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: V2 North America
  • ASIN: B000294T8S
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Music Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #166,830 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Hill & Gully Ride/Mandevile Rd. - Lord Composer & The Silver Seas Hotel Orchestra
2. Dry Weather House - Hubert Porter
3. Healin' In The Balmyard - Harold Richardson & The Ticklers
4. Manassa With The Tight Foot Pants - Lord Fly
5. Me Dog Can't Bark - Monty Reynolds & The Shaw Park Calypso Quintet
6. Monkey Talk - Hubert Porter
7. Linstead Market - Lord Messam & His Calypsonians
8. Country Gal - Harold Richardson & The Ticklers
9. She Pon Top - Baba Motta & His Jamaicans
10. Blu-Lu-Lup - Lord Fly
11. Glamour Gal - Harold Richardson & The Ticklers
12. Solas Market - Boysie Grant
13. This Long Time Gal A Never See You - Monty Reynolds & The Shaw Park Calypso Band
14. Medley Of Jamaican Mento: Fan Me Solja Man, Fan Me / One Solja Man / Yah No Hear Weh De Old Man Seh - Lord Fly
15. Come We Go Down A Unity / Old Lady O / Linstead Market - Boysie Grant
16. Swing Lane Gal / Iron Bar - Lord Fly
17. Sweet Charlie / Mattie Rag / Nobodys Business - Boysie Grant
18. Big Big Sambo Gal / Mattie Rag - Lord Fly
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Product Description
Before Reggae There was Rocksteady; Before Rocksteady There was Ska; Before Ska There was Mento. The Songs on this CD Represent the True Beginnings of the Modern Recording Industry in Jamaica. Before Stanley Motta Opened his Studio and Began Cutting Local Mento Records in 1951, No Indigenous Jamaican Recording Industry Existed. Mento was Originally a Simple Rural Dance Music Form Derived in Jamaica from Early 20th Century European Ballroom Dances.this Album Will Appeal to Those Who've Bought Blood and Fire Or Trojan Releases, Or World Music plus Those Old-timers who Remember it First Time Round. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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