VARIOUS - Take Me To Jamaica - Mento

VARIOUS

Take Me To Jamaica - Mento
Pressure Sounds
REGGAE

Many people think that the story of recorded music in Jamaica began in the late 50s with the advent of Ska. In fact there had been a flourishing Jamaican music business prior to this that began in the late 1940s.

Like much of Jamaican music that was to follow, Mento was a melting pot of styles and influences. The bedrock of the music was African but there were influences from other parts of the Caribbean as well as Europe and the USA.

PRESSURE SOUNDS has gathered 24 tunes that were produced by the 3 main players in Jamaican Mento music. The MOTTA and KHOURI families as well as Producer IVAN CHIN.

This album documents the Mento recordings made in Jamaica in the 50s which represent the beginnings of a musical phenomenon which would eventually reach all around the world

CD	PSCD051	$29.95
01	Ten Penny Hill
02	Samfi Man
03	Monkey See Monkey Do
04	Mussu And John Tom
05	Mango Walk
06	Gal A Gully
07	Reap What You Sow
08	Mas Charley Bell
09	Jamacian Medley 5
10	Guzoo Doctor
11	I Don't Know
12	Green Guava
13	Monkeys Opinion
14	The Naughty Little Flea
15	Names Of Funny Places
16	Industrial Fair
17	Parish Gal
18	Limbo
19	Wheel And Tun Me
20	Big Boy Instumental
21	Tracer Gal
22	Come To Jamacia
23	Linstead Market
24	Lets Play Ring Jamacian Style