Always a thrill to find records on the Machuca label, and when
it concerns work by Manuel Caraballo it’s extra nice. Today these
two lucky events fall together nicely with this 1975 album. Lovers
of vallenato will understand my enthousiasm and download this
record straight away. Twelve songs covering styles like merengue
( the Colombian one ), son, paseo, parranda, pasebol & paseaíto.

tracks;

01 – Mujer traidora
02 – Miseria cruel
03 – Sombra corrompida
04 – Despecho
05 – El lambon
06 – La ley del guajiro
07 – Honores al almirante padilla
08 – Prestame a tu mujer
09 – El profanador
10 – Quiero a mi tierra
11 – Paloma mala
12 – Valledupar tiene grandeza

Okay okay, more Colombian music, I know..I just couldn’t wait
digitising this one. From 1974 and on the ‘Carnaval’ label, this
is a straight killer. It may sound a little aged, true, but these 10
songs are absolutely marvelous. Five singers with astonishing
voices who bring their vallenatos with so much fire and energy,
it will stir up your summer party guaranteed. It does mine I tell
ya…and my new idol, ..Heliodoro Martinez, absolutely.
Do not wait and get it straight away..

tracks;

01 – Heliodoro Martinez – Paloma cansada
02 – Jaime Contreras – Soledad y silencio
03 – Manuel Caraballo – Tonta humanidad
04 – Heliodoro Martinez – Mañana me voy
05 – Alberto Montiel – Me estoy acabando
06 – Ciro Arroyo – La maleta
07 – Heliodoro Martinez – El pañuelo negro
08 – Jaime Contreras – Dilema
09 – Ciro Arroyo – La buena ficha
10 – Alberto Montiel – El machetero
11 – Heliodoro Martinez – El gallo canelo
12 – Manuel Caraballo – Dos palomitos

In 1986 Globestyle released the album ‘Fiesta Vallenata’, part of
the series ‘Accordions that shook the world’. it contains a few
songs that captured me from the very start. Lo mas sabroso
by Jimmy Pedrozo & Franklin Ariza struck me like lightning.
I had never heard such music before and it was more or less
the beginning of my search for more. The lp is available here.

Other songs that hit me instantly were the other two Jimmy
pedrozo songs and ‘India Matea’ by Miguel Duran. I’m still on
the look out to find the album containing that song. Yesterday
my buddy Sanjay payed me a visit and a big surprise came
along with him. After 30 years finally I found volume 2 of Jimmy
Pedrozo & Franklin Ariza. In fact, Sanjay is the man that helped
me searching and he found it in Bogota. What a special moment
when listening to it first time. The song ‘Lo mas sabroso’ must be
on volume 1 so the search continues but for now we are so lucky
to be able to listen to “Paso la vida pensando” by Jimmy Pedrozo
con Franklin Ariza y su Conjunto, hope U like..

tracks;

01 – Paso la vida pensando
02 – La visuaca
03 – Pa’ todo el año
04 – La huella de tu amor
05 – El loro
06 – Sirvientas modernas
07 – Por sapo
08 – Zumba que zumba
09 – Amor de papel
10 – Bello diciembre

Anibal Velasquez produced a huge pile of records. My
collection contains a bunch but there’s so much more
yet to discover. Today we have an album from 1978 on
which he appears multiple style, paseo, paseaíto,
cumbia, Ritmo cundé, charanga and pasebol.
Anibal still performs, it seems I missed him
when he was touring my country some
time ago. Who knows we’ll get
another chance.
Listen..

tracks;

01 – La sobrina de mi compadre
02 – Ay amor
03 – Bello lucerito
04 – El aguacero
05 – Los primeros dias
06 – La carta
07 – Se acabaron las velas
08 – Llora mi acordeon
09 – La india de la frontera
10 – Madre mia
11 – Leonor
12 – Tu vaiven

During the past week I’ve been very busy redecorating and
adding new interior to my little shop. No time for anything
else. Now we have weekend and finally find some
time to post another record. Let’s see..

A group we haven’t seen here earlier is this great vallenato
band. Los Cañaguateros have a solid sound, jumpy bass,
singer Pedro Garcia with his strong voice, I like it a lot.
Then turning the vinyl, we find some other hot vallenato
bands like Isaac Carrillo and his Conjunto with Colacho
Mendoza on accordeon, Alberto Fernandez’ with Gustavo
Gutiérrez and Alfredo Gutierrez with Los del Cesar.
A must have for lovers of good vallenato. Enjoy..

tracks;

01 – Los Cañaguateros – Sielva maria
02 – Los Cañaguateros – Potrerillo
03 – Los Cañaguateros – Candela
04 – Los Cañaguateros – Campo alegre
05 – Los Cañaguateros – El montañero
06 – Los Cañaguateros – El bachiller
07 – Isaac Carrillo con Colacho Mendoza y Conjunto – De flor en flor
08 – Los Saporritos – Bus metrpolitano
09 – Isaac Carrillo con Colacho Mendoza y Conjunto – La sal de frutas
10 – Alberto Fernandez y Gustavo Gutiérrez – Collar de perlas
11 – Los del Cesar – El pajonal
12 – Alfredo Gutierrez con Los del Cesar – Bendito vicio

We had us a small contribution of Policarpo Calle on
that lp of Lucho Campillo the other day. Now he’s back
here with one of his own albums. Tropical de Colombia
at it’s very best, just the way we like it. Get it and give
it a few spins, I’m sure you wont regret..

tracks;

01 – Mi canoita
02 – Aguanta el clavo
03 – Nave raptora
04 – La hamaca viajera
05 – Sincelejana
06 – Por el camino real
07 – La negra petrona
08 – Maria salome
09 – Lucerita de la mañana
10 – Santico milagroso
11 – Caminito de arena
12 – El porrito viejo

Goodmorning groovers, what have we got cooking for you today ?
Michi Sarmiento and his Combo Bravo are here to make you
dance around the room. On this album they combine various
styles. Guaguancó, Paseo, Son Mozambique, Cumbia, Bomba,
Cumbelé, Descarga and Paseaíto are brought easily by this
great band. I am crazy about the song ‘Hong Kong’, but the
whole lp is a joy to listen to. A little scratchy but
not too much. Get it and spread it as usual.

Tracks;

1 Arepa de arroz
2 Corazon herido
3 Navidad con michi
4 Cumbia raja
5 Mi bomba
6 Cum cumbele
7 Hay que aprender
8 Hong kong
9 El arroyo de macuya
10 Dejame vivir

Not long ago we had an lp by Alfredo Gutierrez on which
Lucho Argain ( Lucho Perez ) was performing. Another group
that Lucho used to sing and compose for is this one. La Sonora
del Caribe was founded in 1951 by Chavistad Cesar Pompeyo.
They had a string of records through the sixties and seventies,
the one we have here is probably from 1962 and contains 12
songs of which the brothers Cesar and Alfredo Pompeyo
said; “We never sounded like this before, the songs on
this lp can set any of our fans on fire on any moment
of the day..” Well, let’s see what happens,
get it & spread it as usual..

tracks;

1 Noche de estrellas
2 Gaita colombiana
3 El gallo canaguey
4 Gregorio el bembon
5 La loteria
6 Barranquillerita
7 El pajaro picon
8 Llambae
9 Eco de tambo
10 Que te pasa

Lucho Campillo is the man behind this group called
Combo Los Marinos. Singers are Juan de la Cruz Piña,
Diochy, Jairo Mercado, Policarpo Calle and off course
Lucho Campillo himself. If any one can tell us from
what year this album comes, please do. I think Lucho’s
songs have something different somehow, they sound
fresh, original and delicious. Forget about the girl on
the sleeve and focus on the music, let’s listen
and maybe do a little dancing too..

tracks;

1 Bella del monte
2 Ramita de cafe
3 Carretilla
4 Morrosquillera
5 Que mala fama
6 Bollo dulce colao
7 Lorito trepa
8 Magdalena
9 Ven
10 Ya te conozco
11 Vilma
12 Que bien se ven

Good morning groovers, I wasn’t able to see downloadnumbers exactly
as they are since the new page has come active. My engineers have
made it possible now and I must say it brought me some pleasant
surprises. For example, I did not expect Ases del Ritmo in our top 10,
same thing counts for Global Sampler vol. 43. It is on number 14, not
bad at all. The numbers give me an awesome insight on what’s most
popular here at the GG. I always figured that the albums that gained
the most comments were also the most downloaded ones but that
isn’t the case at all. This information is very valuable to me, it
helps me determine what to post.So lovers of Colombian music,
I am happy to see so many downloads in this section.
Enjoy this fine collector which contains
a number of great songs.

tracks;

1 Policarpo Calle – Solo fui el varon
2 Marciano Torres – La visita
3 Policarpo Calle – El tutumbao
4 Diego Espinoza – Que siga el baile
5 Marciano Torres – Bailala mayo
6 Miguel Duran – Pachanguera del sinu
7 Marciano Torres – La verdolaga
8 Policarpo Calle – Mi canoita
9 Diego Espinoza – La coronela
10 Policarpo Calle – Tierra adentro
11 Marciano Torres – El gallito
12 Miguel Duran – Abajo del platanal