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Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento 1951-1956

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Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento 1951-1956

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Audio CD (22 Mar 2004)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: V2
ASIN: B0000WWQG4
Other Editions: Audio CD

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,452 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Hill and Gully Ride / Mandeville Road - Lord Composer and the Silver Seas Hotel Orchestra

2. Dry Weather House - Hubert Porter with George Moxey and his Calypso Quintet

3. Healin in the Balmyard - Harold Richardson and the Ticklers

4. Manassa with the Tight Foot Pants - Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra

5. Me Dog Can't Bark - Monty Reynolds & The Shaw Park Calypso Band

6. Monkey Talk - Hubert Porter with George Moxey and his Calypso Quintet

7. Linstead Market - Lord Messam & His Calypsonians

8. Country Gal - Harold Richardson with Charlie Binger & His Quintet

9. She Pon Top - Baba Motta & His Jamaicans

10. Blu-Lu-Lup - Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra

11. Glamour Gal - Harold Richardson and the Ticklers

12. Solas Market - Boysie Grant with Eddie Brown & Reynolds Calypso Clippers

13. This Long Time Gal A Never See You - Monty Reynolds and the Silver Seas Orchestra

14. Medley of Jamaican Mento - Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra

15. Come we go down a Unity / Old Lady O / Linstead Market - Boysie Grant with Reynolds Calypso Clippers

16. Swin Lane Gal / Iron Bar - Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra

17. Sweet Charlie / Mattie Rag / Nobodys Business - Boysie Grant with Reynolds Calypso Clippers

18. Big Big Sambo Gal - Lord Fly with Dan Williams & His Orchestra

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fine Jamaican folk music compilation, 12 May 2004

By	Mailian (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

V2 and compiler Steve Barrow finally give us a selection of some of the best mento song recorded in 1951-56 for Stanley Motta's MRS label. Digitally remastered this Jamaican folk music, related to but different from the Trinidadian calypso, gets its due recognition with this 18 tracks sampler.
Lord Fly brings us 5 tracks with Big big sambo gal/Mattie rag as his musically best and A medley of Jamaican mento as his lyrical best. Boysie Grant (3 tracks) shines on the socially aware Monkey talk. Hubert Porter, Harold Richardson (Glamour girl from 1951, one of the first recorded music in Jamaica) and Monty Reynolds chip in with each 2 tracks. Opening track Hill & gully ride/Mandeville by Lord Composer is representative for several tracks that resurfaced in the ska and reggae recordings. Most of the featured tracks are mentioned in the Mento chapter of the Rough Guide Reggae, written by Steve Barrow.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jamaica skips into the studio, 17 Jan 2008

By	John Tree "Finding the good stuff" (Poulton-le-Fylde, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Mento is probably the first style of Jamaican music that was recorded in any volume. Similar to Calypso, but intrinsically Jamaican, with it's story based lyrics and inmistakeably danceable beats. There are quite a number of recordings around...although the strength of much of the back-catalogue stuff is very variable, both in performance and sound quality.
What we have here is a great collection of acoustic songs, really uplifting,...some great musicianship too...and the quality of the recordings on these remastered tunes is on the whole good considering the era and location. I personally find this collection amongst the best available in this often overlooked genre. A satisfying collection from a more innocent age...one for those balmy summer nights... get your friends round, fire up the barbie, crack open the rum, turn up the volume, and get moving those hips!

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