In this album you can feel the powerful Cuban inuence , that later on new bands like “Ocho” -with a sound much closer to Soul and funk -would do of Classic Cuban tunes like “Guaguancó Margarito” or “Coco May May” also played by Tito Puente or Larry Harlow.
The version of “Anabacoa” also stands out , on the voice of a huge Pio Leyva , tune enjoyed by the cubans well before was “rediscovered” by Win Wender y Ry Cooder at the end on the 20th century.
Not only the latin sound of the big city -“Pachanga en changa” by Joe Quijano or “Conmigo” by Eddie Palmieri and “Mambo de Cuco” by Mongo- but also the more traditional sound of “El divorcio” with the incomparable “tres guitar’ of Arsenio Rodriguez “The marvellous blind man” or the very “manful” mambo at the end of “Guajira y Tambó” by Ray Barreto , together with the double meaning present on the lyrics of all Cuban Music like on the Sonora Matancera version of “Esto se hincha” or “Las Bobitas” by Roberto Faz , are a “must” to understand the arrival of such genres as ‘Boogaloo and Salsa”. It is also important to point out that although this musicians were mostly from Portorican origin they never fail to acknowledge Afrocuban music as the seed of would come later.
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Amazing synthesizer & electric guitar jams that are pure in folk music essence, while really adhering to a rock n roll plus rock uptempo dub reggae vibe. cherub420
The obsessive searching (in all the best ways) and crate digging pay off once again for the Analog Africa crew! This compilation is a veritable gold mine of crazy good funky riffs with horns aplenty. As with most AA offerings, the music appears to originate from various sources and time periods but the underlying quality of all the tracks is undeniable. Drop the needle and get ready to be enthralled!! blixa00