Boogu Yagga Gal: Jamaican Mento 1950s [Import, Compilation]

Boogu Yagga Gal-Jamaican Mento 1950s (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Price:	CDN$ 20.11 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 25. Details
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Temporarily out of stock.
Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when we ship the item.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Product Details

Audio CD (Feb 26 2002)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import, Compilation
Label: Heritage
ASIN: B00005UT6F
Other Editions: Audio CD

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

1. Calabash - Count Lasher
2. Miss Constance - Count Lasher
3. Dalvey Gal-Parson - Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet
4. Slide Mongoose - Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet
5. Talking Parrot - Count Lasher
6. Cinemascope - Count Lasher
7. Dr. Kinsey - The Jamaican Calypsonians
8. Etheopia - The Jamaican Calypsonians
9. No Money No Music - Local Calypso Quintet
10. Rough Rider - Local Calypso Quintet
11. Boogu Yagga Gal - Chin's Calypso Sextet
12. Depression - Chin's Calypso Sextet
13. Big Boy And Teacher - Chin's Calypso Sextet
14. Red Tomato - Chin's Calypso Sextet
15. Calypso Pepperpot - Chin's Calypso Sextet
16. Woman Tenderness - Chin's Calypso Sextet
17. Walk And Talk - Bedasse
18. Night Food - Bedasse
19. Look Out Fe You Tongue - Bedasse
20. Jamaica Gal - Bedasse
See all 22 tracks on this disc

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Share your experience with this product with others

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com ^(beta)

Amazon.com: 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!, Dec 15 2005

By Megan Romer - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Boogu Yagga Gal: Jamaican Mento 1950s (Audio CD)

Mento is traditional Jamaican Folk Music, it came about before reggae, dancehall or ska. It's played on simple folk instruments, usually a guitar, a banjo or fiddle, hand drums or shakers and a rumba box (a very large mbira or thumb piano in the low bass register). The songs are traditionally chock-full of bawdy double entendres and poorly veiled sexual humor, which makes them rowdy and fun. Some people refer to this music as Jamaican Calypso, but its different in rhythm, instrumentation and lyrical content than Trinidadian Calypso.

This collection is a wonderful mix of some of the mento greats of yesteryear... and realistically, there aren't really any mento greats of today, The Jolly Boys and The Overtakers are about all that there is left. The songs included here are well-chosen and present a really nice picture of the mento sound, feel and, very importantly, the humor of this almost-lost genre of folk music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Mento-riffic!, Aug 15 2007

By Mike F. "Mike" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Boogu Yagga Gal: Jamaican Mento 1950s (Audio CD)

An excellent selection of songs, but what really blew me away was the sound quality! Whoever performed the audio restoration really knew what they were doing. The incredibly-detailed liner notes were a nice surprise, too.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars CD-R, Aug 8 2010

By Aurelien - Published on Amazon.com

Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)

This review is from: Boogu Yagga Gal: Jamaican Mento 1950s (Audio CD)

The music is outstanding, the sound quality of the recordings is good and the liner notes are quite detailed. Fans of "Mento Madness" and "Take Me to Jamaica" won't be disappointed.

But what I received wasn't a CD, it was a professional-looking CD-R (with printed label).
I have no idea if the seller I bought it from is to blame or if it was released as a CD-R from the start.

Had it been a proper CD I would have rated 5 stars.

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 3 reviews 4.3 out of 5 stars