If listening to this we go back in time to the early eighties. My friends and I used to visit a bar in Amsterdam called ‘de Kroeg’, it used to be at ‘de Lijnbaansgracht’. We loved it because they played … Continue reading
click on it From 1973 we’ve got this record with the funny title; ‘Lo Mato Si No Compra este LP’ (I’ll kill him if you don’t buy this LP). I didn’t have it on lp myself but I do have … Continue reading
01 – Ah-ah. o-no 02 – Piraña 03 – Seguire sin ti 04 – Timbalero 05 – Aguanile 06 – Soñando despierto 07 – Si las ves 08 – Pan y agua (bread & water)
click on it 01 – Ghana’ e 02 – Pa’colombia 03 – No cambiaré 04 – Sigue feliz 05 – Barrunto 06 – Abuelita 07 – Panameña 08 – Canción para mi suegra
click on it Indeed I was taking a short break last week, visiting my brother in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fortunately the heavy rainfall and forthcoming damage was not in my part of the Netherlands. It occurred in a relative small area … Continue reading
click on it Once I re-tasted the flavour of Willie’s marvelous sound, it was a small and logical step to bring more of his splendid albums. This is solid black gold. With hector Lavoe’s great voice and the rest of … Continue reading
Posting ‘Buscando America’, by Ruben Blades, I just discovered that another album with him has disappeared from the site. I am sure I have posted this record long time ago. It has vanished mysteriously somehow. before we became independent this … Continue reading
Ik moet echt eens wat meer salsa plaatsen, wat dacht je van deze ? Conga speler Ray Barretto heeft een enorme berg platen gemaakt. Dit krachtige album is uit 1972, op Fania en komt stevig uit de verf. Adalberto Santiago … Continue reading
Fania’s great trombone player and composer Willie Colon is here with an album from 1974. Produced by Jerry Masucci and Willie Colon. Recording director Johnny Pacheco. Vocals Hector Lavoe. sorry it has a few pops, still love this, hope U … Continue reading
How sweet was the sound of Fania in the early seventies ? Larry Harlow produced this spicey slice of salsa vinyl and I think he did very well. Sparkling Fania recording with some great songs by Justo Betancourt, smooth voice. … Continue reading
Here’s an old time favourite I used to play very much. It contains the massive ‘Quitate tu’, a great number that takes you on a trip for more than 16 minutes. Back in the days, when I deejayed at party’s, … Continue reading
A classic Johnny Pacheco from 1975, El Maestro, with Hector Casanova as vocalist. Fania Records was the leader in salsa in the seventies and Johnny Pacheco their orchestral leader. They were a source of inspiration to loads of salsa artists … Continue reading
After this weeks Fania post it seems a good idea to honour this remarkable salsa label a bit more. This LP brings us 11 superb Fania songs by 11 different artists, mixed for us by Richard Pampinella. An outstanding compilation … Continue reading
I received an e-mail of the people of Fania, they have something special coming out. A special release with old Joe Cuba recordings. They asked me if I want to use their videoclip, which is really super. As you can … Continue reading