Mento
191works
646pressings
1950first year
Works per year
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Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 71% | 100% | 99% | 61% | 30% | 24% | 40% | 53% |
| CD | · | · | · | 26% | 52% | 61% | 52% | 33% |
| Shellac | 27% | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Cassette | · | · | 1% | 13% | 17% | · | · | · |
| CDr | · | · | · | · | · | 11% | 2% | · |
Sounds like
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bamboo | The Hiltonaires (2) | 20 | |
| Lord Jellicoe At The Sheraton | Lord Jellicoe And His Calypso Monarchs | 15 | |
| Fat Beef | The Tellers (2) | 1977 | 12 |
| Industrial Fair / Samson And Delilah | Chin's Calypso Sextet | 11 | |
| Im Flash Forward | Cedric "Im" Brooks | 1977 | 11 |
| Nice Time / Humpty Dumpty | Phyllis Dillon | 10 | |
| Penny-Reel / Chambolina | Calypso Quintet | 9 | |
| Sand & Steel | The Rising Sun (Treasure Cove) Steel Band | 9 | |
| Sparrow Come Back | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | 8 |
| Screw The Cock Tight / Dub Part Two | Mix Flour & Sugar | 1978 | 8 |
| Pop 'N' Mento | The Jolly Boys | 1989 | 8 |
| Yellow Bird | Jamaica Duke And The Mento Swingers | 7 | |
| Calypsoes Too Hot To Hold | Lord Antics | 7 | |
| Rasta Reggae / Samia | Count Ossie | 1971 | 7 |
| Great Expectation | The Jolly Boys | 2010 | 7 |
| When He Call Me / When My Soul Get On Fire | Sonia Simmonds | 6 | |
| Hiding In Thee / I Have Paid The Price | Gloria Bailey | 6 | |
| Sugar Merengue | Sugar Belly | 6 | |
| Aux Antilles Avec Les Colvoco | Les Colvoco | 1965 | 6 |
| Fire In Your Wire / Move Up Calypso | Patsy Todd | 1968 | 6 |
| For - Cane | Gypsy | 1972 | 6 |
| Ranglypso | Ernest Ranglin | 1976 | 6 |
| Surgar Boy | Suzzette | 1978 | 6 |
| Calypso Volume II | The Tower Islanders | 5 | |
| Rucumbine | Carlos Malcolm And His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms | 5 |
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