Chin's Calypso CD 2

Collection Contents

#		Title	Length
1		Rough Rider	3:10	Play
2		Uniform Madness	3:37	Play
3		Big Boy And Teacher	3:26	Play
4		Big Sid	3:51	Play
5		Money Is King	3:08	Play
6		Jamaica Gal	3:24	Play
7		Rock And Roll Calypso	3:26	Play
8		Rent Worries	3:28	Play
9		True Friendship	3:21	Play
10		Jamaica Folk Tune # 1	3:20	Play
11		Hog Love	3:34	Play
12		Reap What You Sow	3:15	Play
13		I Visited A Wedding	3:04	Play
14		Mambo Merengue	3:19	Play
15		Don't Fool Roun Me Gal	3:21	Play
16		I Love You So	3:28	Play

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Description

All CHIN'S CALYPSO/ MENTO Recordings were produced by
Chin's Radio Service of 48 Church St. Kingston Jamaica
in the 50s. Producer Ivan S Chin

All Rights Reserved Un-Authorized Copying Prohibited

This Year 2005, Chin's Calypso/Mento Recordings are 50 years old, and are still well received in many parts of the World.
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Comments from Dan Neely.

From the moment I started researching mento music. I have been totally enamored with the songs put out by Chin's Radio Service, recorded in Kingston Jamaica between 1955 nd 1957.
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Here are some other comments received from those who have already bought Chin's Calypso CDs.

This is Mento or Jamaican Calypso from the golden age, and I am thrilled that it became available on CDs.It is remarkable that the same guy who recorded the original 78s
redid them in CD format 50 years later.

Most of these songs are available only on scratchy old records and are next to impossible to find.
I can't wait for the other 3 CDs to come out, it's a little odd that CD2 came out before CD1, but i guess that's not important.
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I got a great pleasure listening this old time Calypso in Jamaican mood (mento CD1 & CD2), I am longing to get the next CD3 & CD4 rapidly. Thanks in advance for making this possible.
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Excellent track selections and the series flows together very well indeed, it is so good to hear some of these tracks again.
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I appreciate the time and effort you have put into them, I love the authenticity of the music, I am looking forward to receiving Cds 3 & 4. Thank you Mr Chin for making your whole collection available to all mento fans again.
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I have bought all 4 of the Chin's CDs, and I have found them to be absolutely amazing, thanks very much for
releasing all this material.I have about 7 chin's tracks on original 78s and it is great to hear other tracks off the label.
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I can't thank you enough for the 4 Cds,I play them continuously whenever I can, my favourite is 4, I love the Quadrilles and the ring tunes best. The history in the notes are really helpful.
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If you love Jamaican music as I do, this cd is essential.If you have a passing curiosity and are looking for slick sound quality, maybe this is not for you.Are you a die hard reggae and /or ska fan?,Ivan Chin's recordings will provide some clues that are difficult or impossible to find elswhere. I have exchanged a few E-mails with him and have found that he is also a kind and genuine human
being.
------------------------------------------------------------PRICELESS, HISTORIC and (most importantly) a joy to hear.

Please realize that if you have a million bucks, a staff of a thousand and one hundred years to turn the world upside down in search of the original 78 rpm singles, you still could not acquire this collection of historic Jamaican recordings that Ivan Chin is releasing on four inexpensive CDs.

How lucky we are that Ivan is still around and was inclined to re-release these tracks 49 years after he first recorded them. (Incredible!).There's a great variety of tracks, including many great songs I've never heard before. I hope reggae fans world wide check out these crucial mento sounds.Reggae is roots, but this music is the seed! for more comments, visit www.mentomusic.com/chins.htm.
------------------------------------------------------------BEAUTIFUL AND RARE MUSIC. I have all four CDs in this set.

This one CD3, has the best sound quality of the four, my favourite tunes are the big boy instrumental, (you can really hear the interplay of the instruments), and Adina, (it has an interesting polyrhythymic sound with the banjo strumming in 12/8 although the tune is basically in 4/4.Beautiful music; most of which might have been sadly lost if not for these CDs.
------------------------------------------------------------QUALITY GOOD MUSIC PRICELESS. After an initial dissapointment with CD2 in this series,I now have all 4,the quality of 1 and 4 isn't great, 2 and 3 though are great,if not quite peret the quality is sufficient to not impair enjoyment. The music is as I've said in a previous review,
PRICELESS.
------------------------------------------------------------Great Priceless,Jamaican Heritage Music.Chin's CD3 took me back many years to an enchanted period of my youth. This is priceless authentic Jamaican music. Dreams do come true.
------------------------------------------------------------The most diverse CD in the set is CD4. This CD shows hints of the diverse cultures that have influenced Jamaica and how mento or Jamaican folk music has influenced reggae and ska. The rarest two cuts are probably the quadrilles;

Based on traditional Europian dance styles featuring fiddle.
The play ring tunes have been borrowed by Yellowman and other raggae artists. Farm yard cha cha is so funny, I can't help but smile. Highly recommended.
------------------------------------------------------------A very important landmark CD4. Though the sound quality of this issue isn't too great, it's one of the most important collections of Jamaican music I own, in that, finally there is a recording of quadrille figures on it, and indeed ring play songs,giving a rare insight into Jamaica's musical heritage and history.
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Finally I'am able to hear the links between quadrilles , tailored to the colonists needs and string band music of North America. Perhaps formed in some of the same melting pots of ethnic cultural cross pollination.
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The musical styles are EXTREMELY similar. This CD is a rare thing, a truly historic document that no amateur musicologist, or West Indian musical student can do without, add to all this, track 7 farm yard cha cha cha which is one of the sweetest most evocative and stylish tunes you will ever hear. TRULY SUBLIME. Thank You Ivan Chin.
------------------------------------------------------------Thanks for the work you achieved concerning the mento music, this is very very hard to find especially the originals, so I am deeply grateful to you, I am a long time fan of calypso and mento music and you satisfied my desires.
I hope you will issue other CDs of this class.
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------------------------------------------------------------It has been a big surprise to receive an e-mail from you.
Long time I have been looking for your recordings, I had some of your records from the latest Mento CD collections
and some recorded from some collector friend.

I think your CDs are an exceptional document for Jamaican Music lovers like me. EXCELENT. It is a pleasure for me to be in contact with you. Keep on the good work.
------------------------------------------------------------Such an honour for me to hear from you directly, I love all 4 of your cds and have now played each of them through at least twice.

Each time my favourite changes, but I think cd 2 is the best, I like the change in styles from slow to fast on that
particular cd. I am so thrilled that you have made them available after all these years, because they are such an important part of world musical history, not just of Jamaica itself.

You must be very proud of the work you did at the time, and many thanks for allowing me to share in the enjoyment.
------------------------------------------------------------Thanks for your note, I am honored to hear from someone who is making such beautiful contributions to Canada, Jamaica and Jamaican Music, I enjoyed CD1 & CD2 immensely, I had just bought CD3 & CD4.

I'm a Canadian living in the USA with long standing ties to Jamaica, it's so fortunate that you and those fine musicians made and preserved these recordings.

Thanks for your foresight, good taste and business acumen.
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Filthy Rich Chin's Calypso Sextet and MGarnice.

Anyone with the slightest interest in the facinating music that has originated from Jamaica over the years, should check out this Website. Mento Music.com. and CD Baby search Chin's.

You can listen to the tracks yourself, they are simply
wonderful. Rich,

There are so many Gems in this collection
of 4 CDs, with a surprising range of styles, some tracks

sound so much like accoustic reggae, but these recordings
were made the decade before the term "ska" was even minted.
Mike Garnice.

Worth every cent and penny. Filthy Rich Music House.

Then go and order your copies of these outstanding Historical CDs that capture an age gone by.

If you do, you will get a personal E-mail from Ivan Chin asking whether you have enjoyed listening to his recordings from 50 years ago, and the opportunity to reply to him with your comments.

In all my years I have never had that rapport with the creator of the music I have bought, it is truly a joy.
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A TREASURE, anyone who loves ska and reggae should have.
My favourite tracks are, Honeymoon, Look before you leap,
Monkey's opinion, Riddle me this, and Melda.

It amazes me that this music is 50 years old, not scratchy
and still makes me, a 45 year old white guy, smile and tap my foot. Miles Gehm.
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