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,…
The Alegre All Stars – s/t Vinyl transfer in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Latin, Descarga, Salsa 1961 Alegre Records LPA-810 || Repress, 1960s/70s || Mono This is the first of several albums made by The Alegre All Stars and the only one with Johnny Pacheco on flute, who left the…
Celia Cruz y Willie Colón – Celia y Willie Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC & mp3| 300 dpi scans | Latin, Salsa 2021 Craft Recordings CR00375 || RSD, limited to 2000 copies || Original release 1981 Vaya The cover may seem to invoke the glory days of the Palladium (or perhaps even…
Joe Cuba Sextet – Wanted Dead or Alive (Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push) 1975 Fania/Tico Repress SLP-1146, Mono mix ||| 1966 (Original release) You can’t really talk about the Latin boogaloo without mentioning the song “Bang! Bang!”. The Joe Cuba Sextet had been around the flourishing New York scene for a while by this time,…
Joe Cuba – Steppin’ Out Seeco SCLP 9248 Original release 1963 This pressing, late 60s / early 70s Style: Pachanga, Mambo, Guaguancó, Cha-Cha, Bolero, Salsa The back cover of this early Joe Cuba LP includes instructions on how to dance the ‘Wabble Cha’, a dance step I presumed they hoped would take the world by…
El Gran Combo – Por El Libro 1972 EGC Records LPS 003 Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96 kHz | FLAC | Art scans at 300 dpi El Gran Combo is practically an institution in Puerto Rico, they have been around so long and had so many members over the years. The group has also served as…
