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The MRS (Motta's Recording Studio) records were manufactured in England, according to the label, for Stanley Motta Ltd, of Kingston, Jamaica. Motta, born 1915, opened the first recording studio ay 93 Hanover Street, Kingston, Jamaica in 1951, having run a camera, record and electronics shop in Kingston since 1932, which he built up into a major business over the years. Motta went on to record 45rpm and LP records as well; many of the later issues below were also issued on 45rpm discs.
The 45s were pressed by Decca, so it is possible some of the 78s were as well.

Thanks to Richard Prout for providing the label photo.

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Page last updated on: January 29, 2025

Cat No Matrix No. Title Artists
01 SSS-2033-X

SSS-2034-X
Medley Of Jamaican Mento-Calypsos (intro. Fan Me Solja Man Fan Me; One Solja Man; Yuh No Yeary Weh De Ole Man Sey; Slide Mongose)
Calypso Whai, Whai, Whai
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
02 SSS-2031-X

SSS-2032-X
Medley of Jamaican Mento-Calypsos (intro. Lindstead Market; Hol' him Joe; Dog war a mattuse lane; Manuel Road)
Strike, Strike, Strike
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
03 SSS-2080-X
SSS-2081-X
Jamaican Calypsos  (intro: Dip And Fall Back)
Jamaican Calypsos (Big Bad Sambo Gal; Mattie Rag)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
04 SSS-2082-X
SSS-2083-X
Jamaican Calypsos (intro. Swine Lane Gal; Iron Bar)
Jamaican Calypsos (intro. When Mi Look Pon Janie So; Ada; Time So Hard)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
05 SSS-2084-X
SSS-2085-X
I Don't Know, calypso (Lord Fly)
Gwine Back To Jamaica, calypso (Lord Fly)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
06 MOT-2134
MOT-2135
Sweetie Charlie; Matty Rag; Nobody's Business
Come We Go Down A Unity; Old Lady O; Linstead Market
Reynold's Calypso Clippers (vocal: Boysie Grant)
07 MOT-2136
MOT-2137
Montego Calypso (C. Hoyte)
Daphne Walkin' (C. Hoyte)
Clyde Hoyte (with the George Moxey Quartet)
08 MOT-018
MOT-019
Glamour Gal (Jamaican calypso) (E.F. Williams)
Don't Fence Her In (Jamaican calypso) (E.F. Williams)
The Ticklers (vocal: Harold Richardson)
09 MOT-2142

MOT-2143
Jamaica Mentos (intro. Mango Walk; Gi Me Back Me Shilling; Chichi Bud Oh; Hog In A Me Mint Tea)
Holiday No. (Lord Messam)
Lord Messam And His Calypsonians
10 MOT-2144
MOT-2145
Don't Tek It For a Joke (Lord Messam)
Poun' Paper (Lord Messam)
Lord Messam And His Calypsonians
11 MOT-2138
MOT-2139
Transportation Kingston Style
Blu-Lu-Lup (Lord Fly)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
12 MOT-2140
MOT-2141
Donkey City (calypso)
Manassa With The Tight Foot Pants (Jamaican calypso)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
13 MOT-2146
MOT-2147 ?
Four Days Love (E.F. Williams)
Healing In The Balm Yard (E.F. Williams)
The Ticklers (vocal: Harold Richardson)
14 MOT-2148
MOT-2149
What A Hard Time (E.F. Williams)
Advice To Men (E.F. Williams)
The Ticklers (vocal: Harold Richardson)
15 MOT-2150
MOT-2151
Parish Gal (E.F. Williams)
Hard Heated Lover (E.F. Williams)
The Ticklers (vocal: Harold Richardson)
16 MOT-2152
MOT-2153
Sollas Market (Jamaica Mento)
Miss Goosey (Jamaica Mento)
Lord Power & his Calypso Quartet (vocal: Lord Power)
17 MOT-2154
MOT-2155
Take Her To Jamaica (Irving Field)
Shaw Park Blues
The Shaw Park Calypso Band (vocal: Robin Plunkett)
18  
19 D/SM-19A
D/SM-19B
Banana
Soldier Man
Cecil Knott & his Joybell Orchestra (vocal: Arthur Knibbs)
20 D/SM-20A
D/SM-20B
When You Come America Cowhead
Bellylick Bargie
Cecil Knott & his Joybell Orchestra (vocal: Arthur Knibbs)
21 D/SM-21A
D/SM-21B
Teacher, Lick The Gal; Ada
Sammy Dead; Get Up Adina; Mr. Ramgoat, Oh
Cecil Knott & his Joybell Orchestra (vocal: Arthur Knibbs)
MRS-22 22-A
22-B
Linstead Market
Solus Market
Reynolds Calypso Clippers (vocal: Boysie Grant, tenor banjo: Eddie Brown)
MRS-23 F-23A
F-23-B
Noisy Spring
The Naughty Little Flea
Reynolds Calypso Clippers (vocal: Boysie Grant, tenor banjo: Eddie Brown)
24 D/SM-24A
D/SM-24B
Susie (J.E. Wilson)
She 'Pon Top (J.E. Wilson)
Baba Motta & his Jamaicans (vocal: Baba Motta)
25 D/SM-25A
D/SM-25B
Mabel
The Little Fly
Lord Fly & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
MRS-26 26A
26B
Plenty Road Lead To Heaven (Clyde Hoyte)
The River Ben Come Down
Clyde Hoyte and his Band
DSM-27 SM-109
SM-110
My Brother Calamity, calypso (Joseph Clemendore)
Maintenance, calypso (Joseph Clemendore)
Joseph Clemendore (cobra man) (with George Moxey & his Calypso Quintet)
Joseph Clemendore (cobra man) (with Ganny Gabbison & his Calypso Band)
DSM-28 SM-111
SM-112
Mother's Advice (calypso) (E.F. Williams)
Tracer Gal (calypso) (E.F. Williams)
George Moxey & his Calypso Quintet (vocal: Herbert Porter)
DSM-29 SM-113
SM-114
Advice To Women (calypso) (E.F. Williams)
Women's Bigger Brain (calypso) (E.F. Williams)
George Moxey & his Calypso Quintet (vocal: Herbert Porter)
DSM-30 SM-115
SM-116
Dry Weather House (calypso) (E.F. Williams)
Monkey Talk (calypso) (E.F. Williams)
George Moxey & his Calypso Quintet (vocal: Herbert Porter)
DSM-31 SM-117
SM-118
Hill And Gully Ride; Mandeville Road (Jamaican digging songs)
Gal A Gully; Matilda
Lord Composer & his Silver Seas Hotel Orchestra (vocal: Lord Composer)
DSM-32 SM-119
SM-
You Got To Pay (E.F. Williams)
Time For A Change
George Moxey & his Calypso Quintet (vocal: Count Lasher)
DSM-33 SM-121
SM-
Man A Yard (E.F. Williams)
The Ole Man's Drive (E.F. Willliams)
George Moxey & his Calypso Quintet (vocal: Count Lasher)
DSM-34    
DSM-35    
DSM-36 SM-135
SM-136
Perfect Love (T. Parkins)
Mother Bad Mine (T. Parkins)
Count Lasher & his Calypso Quintet
DSM-37 SM-137
SM-138
Pick Your Choice (T. Parkins)
Shepherd Rod (T. Parkins)
Count Lasher & his Calypso Quintet
DSM-38 SM-139
SM-140
Take Me Back To Jamaica (Charles Vendryes, E.F. Williams)
Federation (Charles Vendryes, E.F. Williams)
Mapletoft Poulle (vocal: Peter Hudson)
DSM-39 SM-141
SM-142
SamFi-Man (Terence Parkins)
Things Gone Up (Terence Parkins)
Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet (vocal: Count Lasher)
DSM-40 SM-143
SM-144
Two-Timing Lennie
The Saturday March (R. Thompson)
Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet (vocal: Count Lasher)
DSM-41 SM-145
SM-146
Water The Garden (Count Lasher)
Trek To England (Count Lasher)
Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet (vocal: Count Lasher)
DSM-42    
DSM-43 SM-149
SM-150
Reincarnation (Bed Bug) (Leonard Josephs)
Spelling (Leonard Josephs)
Baba Motta and his Orchestra (vocal: Young Kitchener)
DSM-44 SM-151
SM-152
Jumbie Jamboree (The Charmer)
Wheel And Turn Me (Traditional Jo)
Brute Force Steel Band (Antigua) (with vocals)
DSM-45 SM-153
SM-154
Calypso Hullabaloo (Ruby Thompson)
Jamaica Talk (Ruby Thompson)
Baba Motta and his Orchestra (vocal: Baba Motta)
DSM-46    
DSM-47    
DSM-48 SM-159
SM-160
Pen Pal (R. Thompson)
Me Dog Can't Bark (R. Thompson)
Monty Reynolds and the Shaw Park Calypso Band
DSM-49 SM-165
SM-
Parson First (R. Thompson)
Sunday Rice And Peas
The Calypso Bouncers (vocal: Harold Richardson)
DSM-50 SM-167
SM-
Wedding Bells (Joseph Gordon)
Crinoline Incident
Lord Tanamo & his Calypso Band (vocal: Lord Tamano)
DSM-51  
DSM-52  
DSM-53 SM-173
SM-174
Jamaica Is The Place To Go (E.F. Williams)
Country Gal (E.F. Williams)
Charlie Binger & his Quintet (vocal: Harold Richardson)
DSM-54 SM-175
SM-176
Old Harbour Visit (Joseph Gordon)
Calypso Craze (Joseph Gordon)
Lord Tamano and his Calypsonians (vocal: Lord Tamano)
DSM-55 SM-177
SM-178
The Whistler (Lord Meloldy)
Boy Days (Lord Melody)
Lord Melody (with Sonny Bradshaw & his Quintette)
DSM-56 SM-179
SM-180
Trust No Man (E.F. Williams)
Hotel On Wheel (E.F. Williams)
Louise Lamb (with Baron Lewis and his Orchestra)
DSM-57 SM-181
SM-182
Mah Mud (Laurel Aitken)
Ackee Woman (Laurel Aitken)
Laurel Aitken & his Calypsonians (vocal by Laurel Aitken)
DSM-58 SM-193
SM-
Nana (Owen Emanuel)
Love In Sweet Jamaica
Count Owen & his Five Stars (vocal: Count Owen & his Five Stars)
DSM-59 SM-194
SM-195
One Night In Mexico (Laurel Aitken)
You Are (Laurel Aitken)
Laurel Aitken & his Afro-Cuban Band (vocal: Laurel Aitken)
DSM-60    
   
DSM-806 SM-139
SSS-2031-X
Take Me Back To Jamaica (Vendryes; Williams)
Medley of Jamaican Mento-Calypsos (intro. Lindstead Market; Hol' him Joe; Dog war a mattuse lane; Manuel Road)
Mapletoft Poulle (vocal: Peter Hudson)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)
DSM-807  
DSM-808 MOT-2141
SSS-2083-X
Manassa With The Tight Foot Pants (Jamaican calypso)
Jamaican Calypsos (intro. When Mi Look Pon Janie So; Ada; Time - So Hard)
Dan Williams & his Orchestra (vocal: Lord Fly)