If I understood correctly, Ramito’s music is very popular
with Christmas in Puerto Rico. On this album, Ramito is once
more accompanied by Conjunto, Toñito Ferrer y sus Jibaros Modernos.
The rhythms have beautiful names like, Aguinaldo, Mapayé
and Ritmo Boricua among others, enjoy them.

tracks;

1 Rosas del campo
2 Triste y solitario
3 Verdades amargas
4 Nuestras mujeres
5 Siempre amor
6 Enseñame el lunar
7 Recuerdos del nene
8 Lo que tu no sabes
9 Echa pa’ lante
10 El preso y el que esta muerto
11 La copa rota
12 Adiviname

Today we’ve got another Flor Morales Ramos, Ramito in short.
Backsleeve notes claim that his most famous tracks appear on
ALP 1237. I wanted to link you to it but the page that hosts it
is only for invited visitors, listenwithmyears.blogspot.com.
I know at least one happy visitor with this LP, it’s for you Joe.

tracks;

1 Parranda Borinqueña
2 Adios y dame un beso
3 Buena en cantidad
4 Plegaria a la madre
5 Candela
6 Sin razon
7 La tierra mia
8 No eres guapo na’
9 Poema de amor
10 Por la que se fue
11 Cualquiera de pena llora
12 El guapo Jalao

Some time ago I got confused finding two ‘Sambistas’ with the name
Noël Rosa. Yesterday I got confused over two African artists both
using the name ‘Papa Noël’. Isn’t that strange ? Now, Noël means
Christmas and since it’s december it seems appropriate to post some
music with that theme. This is Chuito, a Jibaro from Puerto Rico.
With the Orchestra of Johnny el Bravo. ( I love that name, makes me
think of the Johnny Bravo Cartoons ) Executive Producer; Jerry Masucci
for Fania Records, I don’t know about you but this is the stuff
I listen to with Christmas.

tracks;

1 Fiesta de los viejos
2 Que bueno es cantar
3 Recuerdos de ayer
4 La viuda del Mayoral
5 Hay que tener fe
6 Yo me tomo el ron
7 Non Chu con Johnny el Bravo
8 Las cadenas
9 Lamento Jibaro
10 Tenia menos que yo

The authentic mountain music of Puerto Rico is called ‘jíbaro’.
One of the most important interpreters of the style was certainly
Chuito, el de bayamón. On the LP of his collegue ‘Ramito’ I posted
recently, Ramito sings his goodbuy to the late and great Chuito.

tracks;

1 A los campesinos
2 Lamento jíbaro
3 Se solicita un novio
4 Quiero saber
5 Alegre Diana
6 Mi gallo Camagüey
7 Mi casita
8 Pobre de mi
9 Mi plena
10 Tabaco
11 Mejor que el pan
12 La tranca

One of the last artists that kept the Jibara alive was Ramito.
On this album Ramito sings about his beloved Puerto Rico
with the great Trio Vegabajeño. I found it with a bunch of others
in a Paris recordstore, great catch. Goza con el Gran Ramito !

track;

1 78 pueblos Borincanos
2 Boricua hasta el hueso
3 El enamorado
4 Memorias de Chuito
5 Mano a mano
6 El trabajo y la vagancia
7 Para recordar a Ladi
8 Cadenas del 1800
9 La mujer de mi tierra
10 Por causa del ron

Here’s another Ramito on Ansonia, I found several Ramito’s and a
couple of them are without title. Let’s just call them by their
Ansonia number. This is SALP 1277 and it doubles two tracks of the
previous Ramito I posted. Juana de Arcos and El ultimo adios a mi
madre. The other tracks were not yet posted here. Fans of Ramito are
very lucky, we still got a few to come in the near future.

tracks;

1 Romances y flores
2 Huerfano de madre
3 Juana de Arcos
4 Puerto Rico y yo
5 Mujer traidora
6 Estampas Puertorriqueñas
7 El ultimo adios a mi madre
8 La venganza del muerto
9 El Borinqueño ausente
10 La paloma
11 El precio de un beso
12 De tan alto a tan bajo

When I was running through the records in that Paris
recordstore, I found this jewel by Raphy Leavitt. Listening
to it, another customer wanted it too. Shame, but hey, I gave
him this URL and promised to post it this week. So here it is.
It’s got that great salsa brava sound of the early seventies.
An LP that makes the hair stand up on your arms.

In the meantime our new year at the Global Groove is starting.
I would love to give you all a big piece of birthday cake, but
instead we’ll go into the new year posting music as we use to.
You can expect some special selected treats, waiting for you
on the postingpile, stay tuned..

tracks;

1 Jibaro soy
2 Perdoname cariño
3 Cafe colao
4 Señorita tentacion
5 La cuna blanca
6 Consentida
7 Ecos de danzon
8 En memoria a un hermano

Flor Morales Ramos was his name, they called him ‘Ramito’.
Ramito was a patriot like no one and wrote lots of songs about
his beloved Puerto Rico. He was the most productive musician,
I just found a dicography with over 150 titles, incredible.
This is an album I found in a recordstore in Paris, I just
got back from a quick trip to France. One of our loyal visitors
invited me for his birthday party and I met some very nice people
there, sorry I left in a rush everybody, that happens.
I could not resist going to that great Paris recordshop,
and want to thank the chief there, let’s call him ‘F’.
Thanks ‘F’ for helping me find this fantastic Jibara
and lots of other fine music.

To be continued.

tracks;

1 A los Borincanos
2 Juana de Arco
3 Triste y solitario
4 La tierra mia
5 Soy un desventurado
6 Dulce patria mia
7 El ultimo adios a mi madre
8 Desde mi tumba
9 San Juan Bautista
10 Amanecer Borincano
11 El conde Olivero
12 Tristeza en navidad

La Sonora Matancera is a group that played with almost every great latin
singer from Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominicans. This fine LP is with
Puerto Rican hero ‘Daniel Santos’. He was the most delightful singer,
loved by many. It is from 1950 and brings a few cracks but for
it’s age, some 59 years, I think it sounds swell. Enjoy Daniel Santos.

tracks;

1 A la buena de dios
2 Amnistia
3 Asi- asi
4 Celos con Lola
5 Como me da la gana
6 Moñito
7 El bobo de la yuca
8 El granito de maiz
9 Siempre contigo
10 Mambo pide la gente
11 Amor de ayer
12 Escribeme

Puerto Rican singer and percussionist Tito Rodriguez moved to New
York in the 30’s. He later became one of the biggest bandleaders
who worked all the big Latin clubs like the famous Palladium.

tracks;

1 Componte cundunga
2 Sobando el son
3 A callarse
4 Bacalao salao
5 Ahora me toca a mi
6 El latigo
7 Manteca de coco
8 Que cocine caridad
9 El panuelo
10 Oiganlo