Hello good morning, we are lucky to find a sunny day this
morning, spring is about to begin in the Netherlands and
that’s always a very nice time of year. The magnolia in my
frontgarden is almost bursting open, something we wait for
all year. Sunny weather asks for sunny music, let’s see..

This is the first appearance of Lito Barrientos at this page
and it contains some fine tunes. It brings songs in various
styles like cumbia, bomba, charanga, corrido and porro.
A typical slice of tropical Colombian sweetness, complete
with ‘mosaíco’, a range of songs melted together at the
end of the album. Get it now and listen yourself..

tracks;

01 – Caracol
02 – Ya voy toño
03 – Cumbia que te vas de ronda
04 – Rubiela
05 – Cumbia en do menor
06 – Charanga pa gozar
07 – Cumbia costeña
08 – Kijis konar
09 – A tu vera
– La india motilona
– Very very well
– Despeinada
– Festival en guarare
– La mafafa
– La sampa
– Negrito tapetuza

Sometimes the vinyl is so thin, the album we have here for
instance, one can almost fold it double. Off course the first
thing that suffers from it is the sound quality of the record.
Early seventies we had that oilcrisis which caused prices
of vinyl to go up as well. The quality of the music itself is
a different matter, Alejandro Duran and Luis Enrique
Martinez share this lp, each six tracks. Part from
the sound quality it is a fine record, twelve
songs by two great artists..

tracks;

01 – Alejandro Duran – Pedazo de acordeon
02 – Alejandro Duran – Cero treinta y nueve
03 – Alejandro Duran – Cachucha bacana
04 – Alejandro Duran – Sielba maria
05 – Alejandro Duran – El perro
06 – Alejandro Duran – El leñazo
07 – Luis Enrique Martinez – La villa del rosario
08 – Luis Enrique Martinez – La dejo el tren
09 – Luis Enrique Martinez – La carta
10 – Luis Enrique Martinez – Alcirita
11 – Luis Enrique Martinez – Hombre modelo
12 – Luis Enrique Martinez – Que triste me dejas

This sunday groovers, we’ve got an lp by Cuarteto del Monaco.
It is their first appearance here at the GG and it’s a good one.
Good idea to suggest posting this record Sanjay, it is a piece
of Colombian musical history with Adolfo Echeverria and his
group. It contains cumbias, guarachas, boleros, charanga,
porro and maxtranza. With Elías Paz – vocals, El Ñeñe García
– Guitar, Carlos Guardo – drums, Andrés García – percussion,
Nury Borrás – vocals, Angelito Monsalvo – guitar, Pedro Juan
Meléndez – vocals. Enjoy listening..

tracks;

01 – Las cuatro fiestas
02 – Mi cantar
03 – El cangrejo
04 – Si no te veo mas
05 – Buenas noches
06 – La cucaracha
07 – Bailando en carnaval
08 – La avispa
09 – Mino
10 – Psicosis
11 – Canto a maracaibo
12 – Nubia

Goodmorning, it is time for some cumbia, I suddenly realised the
style was being neglected somewhat. When posting Colombian,
lately I tend to turn to vallenato a bit more. No worries though,
we’ve got some of that stuff waiting to find it’s way to you.
Take this here album, a collector which contains some
of the hottest cumbias ever made, give it a spin..

tracks;

01 – Orquesta Nuñez – La samaria
02 – Los Corraleros – Canta majagualera
03 – Carlos Martelo y su Orquesta – No me desesperes
04 – Climaco Sarmiento – Conchita
05 – Cumbia en do menor
06 – Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros
07 – Los Corraleros – Ritmo de colombia
08 – Orquesta de G.Gonzalez – Lupita
09 – Los Corraleros – La cumbia soba
10 – La Sonora Cordobesa – La negra caliente
11 – Los Corraleros – Llora acordeon
12 – Sexteto Panameño – Tungarara

tracks;

01 – El machete
02 – Cholita
03 – Charanga para concurso
04 – Porro bueno
05 – Por un hueco
06 – El berrendo
07 – Echenme la vaca
08 – La cumbia pela
09 – Guarachunga
10 – Brisas sabaneras
11 – Ron con limon
12 – Linda campesina
13 – Que se pare el pick up
14 – Babarana

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

So far we had five albums with Colacho Mendoza, they seem
to get better all the time. The more I play his music, the more
I like it. For this saturday we have another of his great records.
La Golondrina is from 1971 and the second volume titled ‘Mi
Mejor Concierto Vallenato’. Just love the rhythms, Colacho’s
voice and acordeon, the whole thing, listen and enjoy..

tracks;

01 – La golondrina
02 – Compadre simon
03 – Cecilia
04 – Salvadora
05 – La bruja
06 – Callate corazon
07 – Donde quiera que vayas
08 – Mercedes
09 – La tijera
10 – Amor con frenesi

The lp we’ve got selected for you today concerns an album
by two great artists. It is suggested these guys are in some
kind of battle singing in turns. The record is divided however,
instead of taking turns, Manuel Caraballo is doing the a-side
and Morgan Blanco the b-side. They perform with the same
group, ‘Los Principes Vallenatos’. One way or the other, I
like both of them and am unable to pick a favourite. What
do you think ? How about you Gerrit, I noticed you are
into vallenato too..by the way return my best wishes
to Agnes, greetings from old buddies in ‘t Gooi..

tracks;

1 Manuel Caraballo – Triste abandono
2 Manuel Caraballo – Cruz maria
3 Manuel Caraballo – Recuerdo inolvidable
4 Manuel Caraballo – Lloras tu dolor
5 Manuel Caraballo – El bocon
6 Manuel Caraballo – Solo el amor
7 Morgan Blanco – Los dos amores
8 Morgan Blanco – El hombre pobre
9 Morgan Blanco – Profunda ensoñacion
10 Morgan Blanco – Por un amor perdido
11 Morgan Blanco – El bucanero
12 Morgan Blanco – Mi muchachita

The more I listen to it, the more I love it. Vallenato with
it’s jumpy basslines and sweet accordeons, impossible
to ignore. Lucho Beltran has a good strong voice, his
songs are full of character, with the brightness we hear
in Lisandro Meza’s music, just to make a comparison.
Listening to this lp I was sold straight away, I find
it irresistible, how about you..?

tracks;

1 Sodoma y gomorra
2 El tiempo te cobro
3 Dando y dando
4 El gallo canillon
5 El limpiabotas
6 Donde te metes tu
7 La burra
8 Cumbia sin cadena
9 Me quede sin una
10 15 años

Albums like this are hard to find over here
in the Netherlands ? We are so lucky to have the
guys in our network that bring home these rare lp’s from
Colombia. Rufo Garrido and José Pianeta Pitalua are the
guys that lead this Orquesta. It remains a mystery why
Colombians keep using these B-models at the sleeves
of wonderful albums like this one.
I found some footage to help you get an other
impression, watch & listen..

tracks;

1 El colombo americano
2 Agárrate
3 Muchacho galán
4 Dos ma
5 Gózalo mi amor
6 Timba y tambó
7 Yo no quiero perra
8 Catana
9 Brincando el carro
10 Que toque rufo