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

Lately I’m so captured by vallenato that cumbia, gaita and
porro got neclected for a while. Let’s make up for the hiatus
and bring you a collector of coastal songs from the seventies.
It’s a thick slice of vinyl with the old yellow label just the way
we like’m best. This copy concerns a Venezuelan release, it
does not give a year however, if you should know please tell
us too. A variety of styles passes by, give
it a try and get it now..

tracks;

01 – Los Corraleros de Majagual – La javillita
02 – Coca y sus Exploradores – Fuego
03 – Los Candelosos – Cumbia jala
04 – Peregoyo y su Combo Vacana – La vaca loca
05 – Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – A goza la gaita
06 – Los Golden Boys – Sapo pepon
07 – Los Teenagers – Me lo prohibio el doctor
08 – Los Golden Boys – El pompo de las vocales
09 – Coca y sus Exploradores – Pa bailar
10 – Carlos Martelo y su Orquesta – La lagartija
11 – Julio Erazo y sus Guamaleros – Tana
12 – Calixto Ochoa y su Conjunto – Los sabanales

Look what we’ve got today. Another great compilation of
vallenato hits. It contains songs by some of the wickedest
artists in the field, Angel Vasquez caught me when first
heard and now I’m blown away by the works of Mingo
Padilla, Rafael Cabeza and José de los Reyes Campo.
If you believe me, this stuff will grow on you when
played more often, that is a promise..

tracks;

01 – Angel Vasquez – Abre el ojo
02 – Mingo Padilla – Sangro por tu amor
03 – Rafael Cabeza – Dia de tu santo
04 – José de los Reyes Campo – Gozando
05 – Mingo Padilla – Sangre costeña
06 – Rafael Cabeza – La promesa
07 – Angel Vasquez – Sacale el gusto a la vida
08 – Mingo Padilla – Tu admirador
09 – Rafael Cabeza – Zapporita en cumbión
10 – José de los Reyes Campo – San pablo
11 – Mingo Padilla – Buena atención
12 – Rafael Cabeza – Soledad

On monday july 13 I posted ‘Sabor Costeño’, an album with
five artists of which we find back three today. This is an lp
with 6 artists on the same label and from one year earlier.
Heliodoro martinez is the guy that hit me the most with
his great voice. The others however do not disappoint
as well. Going to Colombia for some crate digging is
something I’ve got on top of my wishlist..

tracks;

01 – Ciro Arroyo – El que la tenga que la goce
02 – Heliodoro Martinez – El pollo negro
03 – Alberto Montiel – Me esta dominando
04 – Ciro Arroyo – El viejito enamorado
05 – Heliodoro Martinez – La trampa
06 – Dario Carmaco – Charanga candela
07 – Heliodoro Martinez – El borracho
08 – Eligio Arroyo – Sapo con mucha pinta
09 – Dario Carmaco – Carta del pobre
10 – Heliodoro Martinez – Se daño mi suegra
11 – Alberto Montiel – Entristecido
12 – Pedro Nel perez – Adios 20 de enero