Saxophone player Eddy Gustave is from Guadeloupe. He started his own label
in Paris where he produced lots of Congolese music of which plenty examples
on this page. Surrounded by all these great African musicians he made this
instrumental Merengue album. I don’t know in what year.
If you can tell us, please do. Sweet stuff by the great Eddy Gustave.

tracks;

1 A bailar merengue
2 Merengue Harengue
3 Celedonio
4 Juanita – Morel
5 Hora de carnaval

Cuco Valoy is back with his Virtuosos, this one is from
1975. Funny cover, great salsa and merengue.

tracks;

1 No me empuje
2 Salsa caliente
3 Ella me olvido
4 El vacilon
5 Amor, amor
6 La protesta matrimonial
7 Blem, blem
8 Mas dano me hizo tu amor
9 Malditos celos
10 El juicio

Part from Los Ahijados, Cuco Valoy played with his band Los
Virtuosos. ‘El Brujo’ they called him, ‘the Wizard’.
This LP contains perhaps his most famous song,’Juliana’.
and the typically loopy ‘La muerte de Don Marcos’.
( World Music the Rough Guide )

tracks;

1 Juliana
2 La muerte de Don Marcos
3 No hay que preguntarlo
4 Yo te dije
5 Pa gozar contigo
6 Cuando quieras
7 Daniel
8 Enamorado

José Tamárez Mateo was born in San Isidro in the Dominican Republic
in 1920. I have no idea from what year this LP is. If any one
can tell us, that would be nice. It is an oldie and it’s been
played a lot. The final track has a little damage, you may ask
why post it ? Well, for the simple reason it contains eleven
great tracks, and they sound just fine. Give a fair chance
to the Real King of Merengue; Joseito Mateo.

tracks;

1 Jardinera
2 Asi es la vida
3 Me quiero emborrachar
4 Feliciana
5 Salve sabrosona
6 Mal de amores
7 Candela
8 Ellas
9 Adan y Eva
10 Salve Merecumbé
11 Too much tequila
12 A chin a chin

Colombian acordeonist Anibal Velásquez is back at GG with a rare
album on a Venezolan label; Pop DCM. I found this one in Paris
on my last visit. It contains 12 great songs that will make
you dance across the room. One of my biggest Colombian idols.

tracks;

1 Ojos verdes
2 La maestranza
3 Linda Catirita
4 Coqueto de agua
5 Noche Sabanera
6 A Maracaibo
7 El resucitado
8 La tranca
9 Mejor que te vayas
10 Fiesta de la Chinita
11 El pachanguero
12 El ron con con

This is one of the greatest Merengue singers and he comes
out on one of the greatest labels. Discos Fuentes de Medellin
Colombia brought out many albums by greats like Joseito Mateo.
Very hard to find some good background information.
Merengue like it’s meant to be.

tracks;

1 La secretaria
2 La yerbita
3 Quisqueya
4 Merengue yeye
5 La justicia
6 Picolina
7 Pa’ lante y pa’ trás
8 La fiesta de los monos
9 Festival de merengues
10 Agarralo que eso es tuyo
11 Un domingo sin ti

I have never heard one bad tune by these guys, everything
they play sounds great. This is an oldie on Ansonia, anyone
who knows from what year it is ? Los Guaracheros de Oriente
played all over the globe and with great succes everywhere.
From the almost unreal amount of downloads on the previous
LP I posted by these men, I would say, don’t miss it !

tracks;

1 El tira y jala
2 Migajas de cariño-aquella boca
3 La fiesta de los feos
4 Como tu
5 Soy un peje
6 La mulata
7 Tatalibaba
8 Si llego a besarte
9 La juma de ayer
10 Embriagame
11 Asi cantaba
12 Compay Gallo

This is Merengue by Dioris Valladares from the Dominican
Republic. It is traditional old merengue at it’s best.
Good from beginning to end.

( I used to say some untrue things which
were changed after the various comments )

tracks;

1 Compay Cucu
2 Si delincas te mato
3 Ay! mi vida
4 Las batatas
5 Los dos merengues
6 Buche y pluma no ma
7 El can can
8 Por culpa de un saxofon
9 Yanico
10 El secreto de Sandy
11 Paulina
12 Gratey

It’s been a while since we had some Colombian music.
Here’s another Pacho Galán, an oldie from who knows what year?
It doesn’t tell. It contains renditions of songs like La Pollera
Colorá and Cumbia sobre el mar, to call a few.
Get this rare music.

tracks;

1 Prende la vela
2 La maya
3 La pollera azul
4 Mosaico tropical;
– Salsipuedes
– Furor tropical
– Caracoleando
5 Son cosas mias
6 La pollera colorá
7 San Fernando
8 La tabaquera
9 Kalamary
10 La molinera
11 Cumbia sobre el mar
12 La estereofonica

We’ve seen them before on this page, some weeks ago.
When ‘Merengue’ was born, they were there at it’s cradle.
This is an oldie by ‘Damiron y Chapuseaux’, exept for the
titles, no information is given. Hope you like it.

tracks;

1 Arrimate cariñito
2 Para vigo me voy
3 Mañana
4 Cosa linda
5 Tropical rhapsody
6 La culebra
7 Bonita
8 Piruli
9 Santa
10 Se boto el bongo