Jamaica Folk Trance Possession Roots Of Rastafari 1939 - 1961

• 1. Nina McKinney, Randolph Williams, Ida James – Linstead Market / Sweetie Charlie
• 2. Pocomania Congregation – Kette Drum Suite
• 3. Kumina Congregation – Kumina Drumming
• 4. Kumina Congregation – Kumina Bailo
• 5. Kumina Congregation – Kumina Country Song with Drums 3
• 6. Kumina Congregation – Kumina Country Song with Drums Parts 1 & 2Kumina
• 7. Excavation Workers – Finger Dem
• 8. Excavation Workers – Mornin Back
• 9. Kumina Congregation – Ring Play 1
• 10. Kumina Congregation – Ring Play 2
• 11. John Canoe Congregation – John Canoe Music
• 12. Revival Zion Congregation – Uplifting Table 1
• 13. Revival Zion Congregation – Uplifting Table 2
• 14. Revival Zion Congregation – Uplifting Table 3
• 15. Revival Zion Congregation – Preparation for Baptism Table 1
• 16. Revival Zion Congregation – Preparation for Baptism Table 2
• 17. Revival Zion Congregation – Preparation for Baptism Table 3
• 18. Revival Zion Congregation – Church Dedication Service
• 19. Revival Zion Congregation – Revivalist Week Day Service 1
• 20. Revival Zion Congregation – Revivalist Week Day Service 2
• 21. Mother Gardner & Revival Zion Congregation – Sunday Evening Service 1
• 22. Revival Zion Congregation – Sunday Night Service 2
• 23. Revival Zion Congregation – Zion Chorus
• 24. Revival Zion Congregation – Zion Chorus and Blowing Parts 1 & 2
• 25. Revival Zion Congregation – Zion Chorus
• 26. Revival Zion Congregation – Zion Groaning
• 27. Pukkumina Congregation – Pukkumina Prayer & Chorus
• 28. Pukkumina Congregation – Pukkumina 3 Cymbals
• 29. Pukkumina Congregation – Pukkumina Cymbal
• 30. Ras Tafari Youth Group – We Are Going Home
• 31. Ras Tafari Youth Group – King So High
• 32. The Mellow Cats w. Count Ossie & The Wareikas – Rock A Man Soul
• 33. The Mellow Cats w. Count Ossie Afro Combo – Chubby
• 34. Louise Bennett – Jamaican Alphabet
• 35. Louise Bennett – Me Want Me Daughter
• 36. Louise Bennett – Dip Dem
• 37. Edric Connor and the Caribbeans – Missa Ramgoat
• 38. Edric Connor and the Caribbeans – Judy Drownded
• 39. Louise Bennett – Chi Chi Bud
• 40. Louise Bennett – Towns Of Jamaica
• 41. The Frats Quintet – Mama Me Wan Fe Work
• 42. Harold Richardson – Me Nuh Go Back
• 43. Lord Foodoos – Back To Back
• 44. Count Lasher – Sly Mongoose

Fascinating evidence of mystic Afro-Jamaican religious practices inherited from the days of slavery. Accompanied by these songs, drums and trances, ancestral spirits took possession of initiates in authentic ceremonies which inspired fiction’s zombies and voodoo…These rare sounds probably come closest to the legendary bamboulas held in New Orleans’ Congo Square in the 19th century: the true origins of spirituals, jazz and gospel. The deep African roots of reggae and Rastafarianism are revealed here and include the earliest Rasta ritual recordings ever made. Deciphered and clarified by Bruno Blum, this Revivalist spiritual music is supplemented by Mento pieces and some savoury traditional songs.