Chin's Calypso CD 2 by Chin's

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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 five inexpensive CDs. Mike Garnice.

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.

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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.

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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Thanks very much for your e-mail, I very much enjoyed the 4 Chin's CDs I bought. It was a great pleasure to hear the other recordings on the cds and I was surprised that you had recorded so many.

This really is an outstanding set of recordings, I think that collectors of Jamaican Music owe a real debt to you for preserving this music for future generations.

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I have tremendously enjoyed the CDs,I especially like the

bamboo sax.I was traveling recently on Air Jamaica and passed through Montego Bay.

I was reading a magazine on the air plane that featured you

and mentioned the CDs.I had heard some of the recordings in

years past and was familiar with your band and music.

I was thrilled to be able to get copies of the CDs to add to my collection.

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From the News Reader--Chin's Calypso Sextet Mento

Filthy Rich Chin's Calypso Sextet and M. Garnice.

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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MP3 DOWNLOADS, GOOGLE, PAY PLAY, SEARCH, CHIN'S CALYPSO.

CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 CD6. Listen to the clips on all CDs.

You may also order toll free by phone from CD Baby,

Phone 1-800-289-6923

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