Did you enjoy that Colombian compilation I called ‘Cumbia Sabrosa’?
You can find it back on may 31, 2008, in our archives. It contained
that hot track, ‘Colombia tierra querida’. Lucho Bermudez was one of
the orchestral leaders that wrote history. Check out this album with
the traditional pretty lady cover. Gaita, porro, merengue, paseo,
cumbia and bolero by one of Colombia’s master composers.

tracks

1 La gaita de las flores
2 Miguelito
3 Lina
4 Lo mas lindo que yo tengo
5 Tierra mia
6 Muchachas Colombianas
7 Maqueteando
8 Hasta luego Medellin
9 Me gustas
10 Mosaico Colombiano

I just got back from a two day recordsearch and came home
with a pile of music from Congo, Nigeria, Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Mali, Guinée, Cabo Verde, Tchad, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Brazil and Colombia. Wow, now I look at it myself, not a bad score.
The journey back took me almost seven hours today while in fact
it’s a 5 hour trip. Some big accident along the way. Tomorrow I’ll
tell you more, for now start listening to this happy music.
Discos Fuentes brings this collector with all kind of cumbia-like
tropical dance music, fantastic stuff you don’t want to miss.
An oldie but goodie so to say, do you know where I went ?
Demain Franck, demain plus.

tracks;

1 Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – Agua de panela ( mapalé )
2 Carlos Martelo y su Orquesta – Vacilando ( paseaíto )
3 La Sonora Cordobesa – El tapaboca ( paseaíto )
4 Monteria Swing – Juanché ( porro )
5 La Sonora Cienaguera – La jicara ( paseaíto )
6 Juan Piña y su Orquesta – La puyanga ( Puyanga )
7 La Sonora Cordobesa – La sobadera ( Gaita )
8 Carlos Martelo y su Orquesta – El totumo ( porro )
9 Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – Soy Pelayero ( porro )
10 Monteria Swing – El patoco ( Pupalé )
11 Juan Piña y su Orquesta – Suelta el gallo ( fandango )
12 La Sonora Cienaguera – Martinez Banda ( porro )

Cumbia de Colombia is one of my favorite musictypes, so when I got
Goofy’s request for some decent material, I didn’t think twice and
made us another Colompilation. It is the third one so if you’re
new here and you like this one, check the Colombia or cumbia section
below. Do you have a summer party, this music makes everybody dance.
Great plan Goofy !

tracks;

1 Lisandro Meza y su Conjunto – Entre rejas
2 Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – La pringamoza
3 Pacho Galán – Fiesta de cumbia
4 Los Corraleros de Majagual – La morena encarnación
5 Trio Primavera – La pata y el pato
6 Alfonso Piña Cogollo – Yo soy un porro
7 Julio Erazo – Hace un mes
8 José Maria Peñaranda – La cosecha de mujeres
9 Pedro Jairo Garces – El twist del Guayabo
10 Bovea y sus Vallenatos – El testamanto
11 La Sonora Cordobesa – El Pajaro Picon
12 Eliseo Herrera – La yerbita
13 Alfredo Gutierrez – La negra
14 La Sonora Cordobesa – No me molestes
15 Roberto de la Barrera – El pulgon
16 Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto – Dominique

One of our visitors suggested to make a second Colompilation.
I thought that would be a good idea, so I did. Here’s Colompilation
2, another 14 of my favourite Colombian tracks. Volume
up, empty the room and dance !

tracks;

1 Orquesta Ritmo de Sabanas – Porro Bonito
2 Nelson Diaz y el Combo de Duque Palomino – Que me coma el tigre
3 La Sonora Cordobesa – La mafafa
4 Los Golden Boys – El elevao
5 Emilio Oviedo – Yolanda
6 Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – La calle 13
7 Los Corraleros de Majagual – No te vayas cariño
8 Bovea y sus Vallenatos – La casa en el aire
9 Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – La negra caliente
10 Los Corraleros de Majagual – La burrita
11 Pacho Galan – Quiero amanecer
12 Calixto Ochoa y su Conjunto – Pirulino
13 José Caceres Land – Suena la timba
14 Antonio Fuentes – Mi nena

Today I thought I’d post us some Colombian music. ‘Navidad Negra’
which I addad as a bonustrack is a good example of music they
play in Colombia with Christmas. Pedro Laza is the man who wrote
lots of such songs. On ‘El güiro’ vocals by Daniel Santos, on ‘La
cosecha de mujeres’ vocals by José Maria Peñaranda.
On ‘Cumbia en el monte’ vocals by Pascual Rovira, on ‘Navidad Negra’
vocals by Tito Cortes. On ‘La calle 13’ and ‘La negra caliente’
vocals by Crescencio Gamacho.
As for me, I can play this type of music all year through, such
happy sound should be for always.

tracks;

1 El tachuelo
2 La rabadilla
3 El San Anterano
4 La champeta
5 Playa blanca
6 Aurora
7 Mosaico
8 Puya Bayunquera
9 Tu recuerdo
10 Las mañanitas

– Bonustracks;

11 Navidad negra
12 La negra caliente
13 Cumbia en el monte
14 El güiro
15 La boquillera
16 La cosecha de mujeres
17 La calle 13

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

COLOMBIA SPECIAL

Today’s special about Colombia would not be the same without this
rare album. Pacho Galán was one of the biggest composers of Porro,
Fandango and the inventor of ‘Merecumbé’. Colombian music would
also not have been the same without Pacho Galán.
‘Ay Cosita Linda’ was maybe his biggest hit and the birth of Merecumbé.
He himself was born on october the 4th in Soledad, Atlántico,and
wanted to be a musician since he was a child. Went to conservatoire
and was a professional musician at the age of 15.
The titlesong of this LP was also a great succes in those days.
Stay tuned…

tracks;

1 Caracoleando
2 Juan de la Cruz
3 Ely
4 Lindo San Marcos
5 Carameleo
6 Bombo y Maracas
7 Rosa blanca
8 Librada
9 Me voy con la gaita
10 La pringamosa
11 Los diablitos
12 A sincelejo

Here’s a post, especially interesting for it’s collector’s value, more then
for it’s musical value. ‘Los Millonarios’ played instrumental versions of
well known songs. For instance, ‘No me busques’ of ‘Los Corraleros
de Majagual’, or ‘El carretera’ of ‘Guillermo Portabales’. It gives an
impression of all the styles played in Colombian music. And as always,
‘Discos Fuentes’ brings a cover with a pretty girl. Check back cover
for style info. Attention : Track no. 1 jumps one time !

tracks;

1 El burrito
2 Dios como te amo / Espumita del rio
3 No me busques / Pedazo de acordeon
4 La Bogotana
5 El besito
6 El carretero / Cartagena de Indias
7 El palo
8 En mi viejo San Juan / La tos
9 El tren de las once / Cumbion del cangrejo
10 Feria de manizales / La palma de chontaduro
11 Yo rengo penas / Seis choreao
12 La manzana

Porro, Cumbia, Paseo, these are just a few
Colombian rhythms, it all came together at
Discos Fuentes from Medellin, Colombia,
they own massive archives of Colombian
music, Bassplayer and orchestra leader
Pedro Laza is a great instrumentalist
who scored huge hits. This one is for
you Arnaud, some cumbia is
about to follow ..

tracks;

1 El sabanero
2 Ja ja venao
3 La cebua
4 El catabre
5 El chicharro
6 El cachureto
7 La cosecha de mujeres
8 La batea
9 El garrapato
10 El ciento veinte
11 Remolino
12 Cachucha vacana