Jamaica Mento Jamaica Mento 1951-1958

• 1. Louise Bennett – Day Dah Light (Day O)
• 2. Hubert Porter – Not Me (Man Smart, Woman Smarter)
• 3. Ben Bowers with The Baba Motta Orchestra – Brown Skin Girl
• 4. Louise Bennett – Hosanna
• 5. Hubert Porter – Iron Bar / Mas Charley Bell
• 6. Lord Flea – Solas Market / Water Come A Mi Eye
• 7. Lord Flea – Donkey Bray (The Jack Ass Song)
• 8. Lord Fly with The Dan Williams Orchestra – Donkey City
• 9. Lauren Aitken – Nebuchadnezzar
• 10. Count Lasher's Seven – Mango Time
• 11. Harold Richardson with The Ticklers – Don't Fence Her In
• 12. Lord Messam & His Calypsonians – Take Her Jamaica
• 13. Boysie Grant with The Reynolds Calypso Clippers – Noisy Spring
• 14. Count Lasher – Island Gal Sally
• 15. The Wigglers – Linstead Market & Day O
• 16. Cecil Knot & His Joybell Orchestra – Banana
• 17. Chin's Calypso Sextet – Woman Style
• 18. Lord Flea with The Blue Mountain Caroleers – Irene & Yo'Fr'en
• 19. The Wrigglers feat. Ernest Ranglin – Don't Touch Me Tomato
• 20. The Wrigglers feat Ernest Ranglin – Calypso Medley: Solas Market / Water Come A Mi Eye
• 21. Lord Flea & His Calypsonians – Magic Composer
• 22. Lord Fly with The Dan Williams Orchestra – Donkey City (instrumental)
• 23. Baba Motta & His Orchestra – Jamaica Talk
• 24. Hubert Porter – Old Lady You Mash Me Toe
• 25. Count Lasher with George Moxey and His Calypso Quintet – The Ole Man's Drive
• 26. Count Lasher's Seven – Breadfruit Season
• 27. Lord Flea – It All Began With Adam and Eve
• 28. The Wrigglers feat Ernest Ranglin – Limbo
• 29. The Wrigglers feat Ernest Ranglin – Mary Ann
• 30. Hubert Porter with The Tower Islanders – Bargie
• 31. Count Lasher – Doctor
• 32. The Wrigglers – Biggest Maracas
• 33. Count Lasher – Perseverance
• 34. Chin's Calypso Sextet – Night Food Recipe
• 35. Count Lasher – Calypso Cha Cha
• 36. Laurel Aitken – Sweet Chariot

Back in 1956, Harry Belafonte brought several mentos to the world's attention, calling them calypsos because the word was much in fashion. You can hear authentic versions of seven of those hits here in this exquisite anthology. Accompanied by a 44-page booklet, with a detailed introduction by Bruno Blum, here is revealed mento’s varying forms, from work-songs and rural mentos to more urban varieties, and songs with gospel and jazz influences (by Lord Fly, Winston Gaynair, Bertie King, Ernest Ranglin…). Lying at the heart of the real roots of reggae, neglected and impossibly hard to find for over half a century, this is Jamaica's original popular music.