Can’t seem to find a lot of info about Lita Branda, except
for the fact that she is from Peru.
The son she brings, produced by Roberto Torres is something
you can’t deny. The great cover artwork is ofcourse by
José Expósito.

tracks;

1 Marineros somos
2 Estoy contenta
3 Caña dulce
4 Tu no estás en nada
5 La cariñosa
6 Yo perdí el corazón

On Laslos Records here’s an album by Miguel Quintana, we
have seen him doing background vocals on multiple occasion,
now this is one of his own records. The line-up on this LP is
almost the same as on Melcochita’s album I posted last week.
Melcochita is doing the Chorus here with José Mangual Jr..
This is Miguel Quintana, great voice, great music, listen.

tracks;

1 Harina y quimbombó
2 El plato roto
3 El bejuco
4 El paraiso
5 La casita de Margot
6 Me siento guajiro
7 Sandunguera
8 Quiribi quiribi

Son is music from Cuba, but Melcochita takes us to a Colombian
village to preach it. With, Alfredito Valdéz jr., Mario
“papaíto” Muñoz, Mario Hernández, José Mangual and others.
Very sweet and sometimes funny Son.

There’s something going on at the photoscene it appears.
If you take a close look, at first I didn’t notice, you don’t
see the guy without shirt’s left hand.
It looks like he is snatching Melcochita’s wallet.
His friend on the left is looking at it too. In the back,
under the tree, that guy’s eyes look guilty as hell, he
tries to keep his pokerface but he knows what’s going on,
same with the white hat, right side, his looks give him
away too. Now check photo number two, taken two seconds later.
He now shows the wallet behind Melcochita’s back to the white
hat. But this one signals with his right hand to keep it down.
The other guys now also see what’s going on.
Back at the hotel Melcochita finds out his wallet’s gone and
says to the photographer, “strange, some one took my wallet,
it couldn’t have been one of those friendly guys down town,
could it ?”

tracks;

1 Ya Cali tiene su Son
2 El chico sabrosón
3 Peluquero
4 Son de los viejitos
5 Pegaso
6 Descarga de Olga
7 Tibiri tabará
8 El derecho de nacer

We saw him before at Global Groove, on a Fania Salsa album with,
who else, Johnny Pacheco. This time a Roberto Torres production
on another New York Latin label, Toboga. Monguito is called
‘El Unico’ for the unique sound of his voice. Check out one
of my first idols in latin music; ‘Monguito, El Unico’.

tracks;

1 Cuña del mismo palo
2 Lo que tu quieres no puede ser
3 Chimbombo
4 Kaka nene
5 Que bella es
6 Curacao

My first encounter with Guillermo Portabales was in 1996, when
this_great_CD_came_out.
He was a unique performer of the ‘Guajira’, a rhythm that is halfway
between ‘Punto’ and ‘Son’. Born in 1911 in Cuba, Cienfuegos,
Guillermo was named the creator of ‘Guajira de Salon’ because he
added melodie and cadence and made it his own.
This album was recorded in 1970 in Puerto Rico with Los Guaracheros
de Oriente, also Cuban. Portabales settled in Puerto Rico and stayed
there until his untimely death on 25th October 1970.
He was hit by a car on leaving a gig at ‘La Palma’ restaurant,
he was 59 years old with a musical career spanning 42 years.

For this once I had to do some colouring on the cover,
it has some ugly stickers and other damage.

tracks;

1 Guanajo relleno
2 Se me fue la montuna
3 Canto a la Vueltabajera
4 Luz que no alumbra
5 Los carreteros
6 Esto se llama montuno
7 Mi son Cubano
8 Voy a Santiago a morirme
9 A la orilla del guaso
10 Echale salsita

Angelo y su Conjunto Modelo are here with some nice Son.
We see Miguel Quintana, Alfredito Valdéz and Junior Rivera
to call a few names. I love the Tres driven sound of the Cuban
Son, and they know how to make it.

tracks;

1 Maria Belen
2 No quiero llanto
3 Invitacion
4 No dejes camino por vereda
5 Que vengan todos
6 Palo cucuye

Nicomedes Santa Cruz presenta : Los Reyes del Festejo.
a collector of Black Peruvian music by several artists.

tracks;

1 Conjunto Cumanana – Los Reyes del festejo
2 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Arroz co concolon
3 Abelardo Vásquez y Cumanana – Prendeme la vela
4 Vicente Vásquez – Zapateo en mayor
5 Nicanor Lobatón y Gente Morena – LIbertad
6 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Enciendete, candela
7 Conjunto Cumanana – La Reina del festejo
8 Abelardo Vásquez con los Vásquez – Mi compadre Nicolas
9 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Al son de la tambora
10 Vicente Vásquez – Zapateo en menor
11 Nicanor Lobatón y Gente Morena – El payande
12 Cuadrilla de don Manuel Mugarra – Son de los diablos

Time for Latin again.
It was many years ago, that I thought I bought this LP,
came home from a fair with a totally different album inside.
So when I found it again, a few months ago, I checked it first,
bought it again and concluded I finally got it.
Very nice son by ‘Mario Muñoz “Papaíto”‘, produced
by Roberto Torres.

tracks;

1 Mi son hace sentir
2 Hay comentarios
3 Al romper la aurora
4 Buey viejo
5 Cimarrón
6 Guajira de mis amores

For these Stars, playing their music is like a routine.
Look at this line-up, what a bunch of experienced musicians this is.
Produced by ‘Johnny Pacheco’, nothing can go wrong here.

tracks;

1 Echale tierra
2 Manzanillo
3 Hijo de Siboney
4 Fuerza de voluntad
5 Jaleo
6 Compay gato
7 A Santa Barbara
8 Ocana sordi

Here we go with another SAR production, from 1980 this is ‘Papaito’,
SAR LP’s often have great covers, like this one by José Exposito.
Roberto Torres produced it, played the ‘Guiro’ and did background
vocals too. Great stuff !

tracks;

1 Sabina Gomez
2 Sonero
3 Porque me siento Cubano
4 Aprietala en el rincon
5 Fuego en los bomberos
6 Sin caña y sin platanal