The Joe Cuba Sextet – Bustin’ Out Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | mp3 320 kbs & FLAC | Web scans | Latin, Salsa, Soul 1972 Tico Records CLP-1300 || Venezuelan Pressing, Bob Ludwig laquer Is “Put-Da-Din” the Latin American equivalent of “Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus”? Well, probably not, but maybe it could be….
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,…
Joe Bataan Gypsy Woman Fania Records SLP 340 Original release, 1967 1990’s CD reissue Emerging out of the hybrid crossroads of boogaloo, R&B, Latin Soul, and the nascent salsa scene, Joe Bataan was defying categorization and bending genres long before it was hip. The first album I heard by him was “Subway Joe”, but it…
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…
Mambos, cha chas, son montunos, pachangas, Latin jazz… Tito Puente played all of those, and he apparently never liked the catch-all term “salsa” (and he stayed out of Fania Records’ orbit, for the most part). And he has a point – each of the sub-genres and rhythms (and there are many more than those listed…
