Goeiemorgen, dit plaatje ligt al een paar maanden op de wip
van wel of niet. Telkens werd hij ingehaald door een andere
schijf vinyl maar vandaag is het toch echt z’n beurt. Alleen de
hoes is het posten al waard vind ik. Alonso ziet er zo hip uit in
die prachtige broek van ‘m en mooie meiden maken de prent
in Colombiaanse traditie altijd af. Waar het om gaat is vanzelf
de heerlijke vallenato waarvan er weer twaalf opstaan. Ik word
er keer op keer weer blij van, hopelijk jij ook.
Luister en oordeel zelf, lekker spul hoor..

This little slice of vallenato was on the edge of being digitised
for months, today it finally found it’s new destination. The
world wide web to go short. Don’t you think Alonso looks
super hip ? On Fabuloso and from an unknown year of
release but with pretty girl this is the kind of record
that keeps me in a happy mood for days. I wonder,
does anybody over there in the US like it ?

titels;

01 – Maldito beso
02 – Mi yatecito
03 – El pollo cantor
04 – Me quedare
05 – Adios en el puerto
06 – Regreso de mi yatecito
07 – Rock en acordeon
08 – Volvi
09 – Cajita de palo
10 – El silbido
11 – Beso y olvido
12 – Recordando en el rio

tracks;

01 – Amor comprado
02 – Vale mas morir chiquito
03 – Corazon herido
04 – La fortuna
05 – Quisera hacer un soncito
06 – El quiqui
07 – Caminito verde
08 – Con mañita
09 – Pasando pena
10 – La mata de azahar
11 – La niña guillo
12 – Guepa je

The first song on this album was already at that
Buenissimas vol. 2 we had in the past. Now Alfredo
Linares is finally back with an lp with his Salsa Star.
10 hot tracks for your fridaynight. Get them now.

tracks;

01 – Tiahuanaco
02 – Ponte en onda
03 – Baila montuno
04 – Solo contigo basta
05 – Nostalgia caleña
06 – Cachumbembe
07 – El chevere
08 – Mi dulce amor
09 – Te esperare
10 – Desconfianza

Oh my.. how lucky can we get ? At the last great recordfair
in Utrecht I found this wonderful album by one of my alltime
cumbia heroes. Andrés Landero’s music belongs to the best
I’ve ever heard. His records are sought after by many.
Listen to this lp which is a collaboration of ECO and
Discos Fuentes and contains 10 fabulous songs.
track 2 and 4 written by Adolfo Pacheco, the
other 8 by Andrés Landero, what a way to
start the week with the King of Cumbia..

tracks;

01 – Cumbia en la india
02 – El gaitero
03 – La pollera rosada
04 – Magdalena ruiz
05 – Canto negro
06 – Mercedes elena
07 – La cigarrona
08 – La negra tulia
09 – Linda mercedes
10 – Perdi las abarcas

One of our visitors told me. On the 18th of november the world
lost one of the greatest in vallenato. He was one of the members
of Los Corraleros de Majagual and formed his own group later.
Calixto de jesús Ochoa died in a hospital in Sincelejo, Sucre,
Colombia age 81. He won the prestigeous Festival Vallenato
in 1970 and was responsable for quite some hits like ‘los
Sabanales’, ‘Mata’e Caña’, ‘el Mosquito’ and many others.
He was a gifted singer and acordeonist. I dug up this
record which contains eight songs by his hand.
Enjoy and remember Calixto Ochoa.
..para nunca mas olvidar..
read more..

tracks;

01 – Me voy pal’ campo
02 – El errante
03 – Celos de maria
04 – El encargo
05 – Por tu culpa
06 – Gavilan pollero
07 – Acompañame a sufrir
08 – El cantor de valencia
09 – Que risa
10 – La vi nacer
11 – Sanguijuela
12 – El candidato

The cumbias are awesome, some of the tracks however are cut off at
the end. Discos Fuentes could have done that a bit more subtle but
okay. One way or the other, as said, the songs are great. We find
14 songs by different artists, get them, give’m a spin and enjoy..

tracks;

01 – Calixto Ochoa y su Conjunto- Cumbia campesina
02 – Combo Sampuesano – Cumbia monteriana
03 – Conjunto Los Guacharacos – Esperma y ron
04 – Julio de la Ossa y su Conjunto – Cumbia candela
05 – Combo Sampuesano – La bacana
06 – Los Gavilanes de la Costa – Lorenza
07 – Abel Antonio Villa y su Conjunto – Remolino de oro
08 – Los Cumbiambers de Pacheco – Santo domingo
09 – Nafer Durán y su Conjunto – A orillas del magdalena
10 – Andrés Landero y su Conjunto – Cumbia en la india
11 – Los Candelosos – Baila rosita
12 – Los Gavilanes de la Costa – Los gavilanes
13 – Morgan Blanco y su Conjunto – Cumbia de colombia
14 – Lucho Campillo y su Conjunto – Me dejaste solo

It was puzzeling me for some time now but after some
web search I finally found out what was already expected.
Francisco “Pachito” Rada Ortiz is the son of Francisco “Pacho”
Rada. It looked obvious but until now nobody could confirm.
Pachito’s album we have today is called ‘El Millionario’ while
we just saw the documentary in which became painfully clear
how poor his dad was. Rich or poor, it is all about the music.
Junior’s vocal quality reaches a little further than the old man’s.
Listen to el Millionario and be your own judge..

tracks;

01 – El millionario
02 – El caballo liberal
03 – El Oligarca
04 – El deseo de la mujer
05 – El festival
06 – Hombre enamorado
07 – Errante palomita
08 – Traje corto
09 – Cuando te vas muy lejos
10 – La vida es un ruleta
11 – Culpa a tus padres
12 – La filosofia

El Acordeon del Diablo.
A couple of years ago I discovered this little film at Youtube.
The story of Francisco ‘Pacho’ Rada made an unforgettable
impression and ever since I’ve been trying to find his music.
Shortly my buddy Sanjay came back from Colombia and
brought back this album which pleased me enormously.
The story starts with this rumour, a German ship full of
acordeons was told to be wrecked at the Colombian coast.
It is said that this is how the acordeon landed up at the
atlantic coast of Colombia where earlier they had only
made music using strings, rhythm and flute or gaita.
I was struck by the passage in which the old Pacho Rada
tells about his poverty despite all the songs he wrote.
Songs that made guys like Alfredo Gutierrez very rich,
Alfredo’s face speaks for itself when listening to the
poor old man. Hope you can follow a little Spanish,
enjoy watching and listening..to Francisco el hombre.
By the way, it is still unclear to me if there’s a link
between the old Pacho Rada and Pachito Rada Ortiz.
Check https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_el_Hombre
There is a lot of discussion going on about the true story,
one believes it, the other doesn’t, see for yourself..

Francisco „Pacho“ Rada Bautista * 11 Mai 1907 in
Las Mulas Magdalena , † 17 July 2003 in Santa Marta.
He was told to be the originator of
the ‘Vallenato’ we know today..

tracks;

01 – Sipote luto
02 – Sinforoso
03 – La licorera
04 – Boveda blanca
05 – La ñatica
06 – El colombianito
07 – Las tres hermanas
08 – Al leon de granada
09 – Pablo hernandez
10 – El criminal

If you are as crazy about vallenato as I am, you will
surely appreciate another Miguel Duran album. His work
never disappoints, strong rhythms and Miguel Duran’s
wonderfull voice taking turns with his great
squeezebox skills, jumpy bass, just the
way we like it most. Get it
now & enjoy listening..

tracks;

01 – Mi unico remedio
02 – Traigo un sentimiento
03 – Corazon malo
04 – Angustia y Pesares
05 – Lilia nuñez
06 – Canto por no llorar
07 – El desesperado
08 – Santana
09 – Terrible situación
10 – La guarandera
11 – Felix negrete
12 – Margentinita

This is number five in the series ’14 Cañonazos Bailables’
on Discos Fuentes. It’s from 1965 and contains some of
the hottest tracks from that era. 13 stars with 14 songs
for your downloadingpleasure..get and spread..

tracks;

01 – Eliseo Herrera – La bonga
02 – Roberto de la barrera – El pulgon
03 – Julio Erazo – Yo conozco a claudia
04 – Cristobal perez – La negra celina
05 – Eliseo Herrera – Tres tigres
06 – Isaac Villanueva – Golfo de morrosquillo
07 – Anibal Angel – La hossa
08 – César Castro – El pasmao
09 – Adolfo Echeveria – La paloma
10 – Carlos Holzinger – Don martin
11 – Toño Fuentes – Mi nena
12 – Calixto Ochoa – Pirulino
13 – Lalo Montañe – Rosa maria
14 – Marciano Torres – La pisinga