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…
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Christmas Album 1968 Original Release, A&M Records 2015 this 24-bit 88.1 khz Reissue This week, I’ve been enjoying the unexpected and excellent Christmas album by Los Lobos. But since that album is brand new, you will just have to get your own copy or stream it somewhere. Instead, I…
The Walter Wanderley Trio – Cheganca Original release 1966 on Verve 1971 Reissue MGM Records Series: MGM Latino Series – 10,010 MGS 610 Like many musicians looking for reprieve from the turmoil of mid-60s Brazil, keyboardist Walter Wanderley had left the country and settled in the United States. He emigrated at the behest of Creed…
The Three Suns – A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas! Original release 1959, RCA Victor LSP-2054 2015 reissue, Real Gone Music: RGM-0395 01 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (2:04) 02 Skater’s Waltz (2:56) 03 The Chipmunk Song (2:03) 04 White Christmas (3:06) 05 Ding Dong Dandy Christmas (2:54) 06 The Christmas Song (2:31) 07…
