Willie Colon with Hector Lavoe & Yomo Toro – Asalto Navideño Vol.II Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Art scans | Folk, Holiday, Salsa 2023 Craft Recordings || Orig.rel. 1973 Fania I wanted to get this post up before the holiday season passed, and I just *barely* made it — Jan. 6 is…
Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The N.Y. World’s Fair Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi | Latin, Salsa 1964 Fania LP-326 || Mono gold label Because everything sucks right now except my record collection. Nothing provocative, depressing, nor spooky (this being Halloween and all) but rather uplifting and invigorating. This is…
This is a Latin rare groove classic, a mix of Latin Soul, boogaloo, and salsa dura from the great Ray Barretto. Whoever owned this before me obviously played the hell out of the title track.
Tito Puente – Mucho Puente Vinyl transfer in 24-bit/192 kHz || Latin, Salsa 1957 RCA Victor || This pressing 1986 Venezuela RCA 102-02019 || Mono An interesting late 50’s record from Tito Puente, this may not be the best record to inaugurate what (I hope) will be a small series of posts I will do…
La Sonora Matancera Super 100 Exitos Warner / Rhino / Peerless MCM 2851359 Made in Mexico Super 100 Éxitos, or is it 100 Super Éxitos? This is a 5-CD boxset with 100 tracks and no notes or booklet. Which is a shame because La Sonora Matancera is an institution whose inheritance the whole world has…
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades – Siembra 1978 Fania Records (original) 2021 Craft Recordings / Concord (reissue) If you are only going to have one salsa album in your collection, you could do much worse than a copy of Siembra. For fans of the music, I’ve heard many stories about the opening track, Plástico,…
