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Charlie Byrd - Latin Bird (LP)
Milestone M-47005 , 1973 United States Nice latin set by the famous guitarist Charlie Byrd joined by Keter Betts on bass and Bill Reichenbach on percussion. Strong appeal for brazil, jazz as well as latin collectors. Perfect condition US original double al...
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Charanga Colonial - Charanga Colonial (LP)
SAR LPS-99.370, 1981 United States Excellent salsa and son by this Columbian constelation on the collectable SAR label. Kikiriki and Caramelo A Kiko stand out by overall a quality recording. Cover in shrink, vinyl is crispy clean NM-
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Charanga Casino - Charanga Casino (LP)
SAR SLP 1028, 1982 United States Of all the Charanga Casino albums this is the best with Oye Me Voy Para La Luna and notably Queiro Que Me Quieras killer tunes that will get you moving for sure. Stunning EX copy with cover still in shrink, few pen ma...
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Celia Cruz Tito Puente Quimbo Quimbumbia (LP)
Tico SLP-1193 , 1969 United States Lovely clean copy of this TICO release from '69 teaming up the king and queen of salsa in Tito and Celia. Excellent stuff throughout but the take off track here is their Spanish / English cover of MacDermont's Aquariu...
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Celia Cruz - Flor De Mayo (7")
Vaya V-5163, 1978 United States Cracking dancefloor double sider on Vaya with Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco hitting it off loud and fast. Percussion / drum breakdowns on both sides. Some jukebox marks/rub on vinyl but plays well, visual VG copy, aud...
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Carnival Band - Carnival Band (LP)
AAR 08, 198? Denmark Ultra rare private pressing that surely was never commercially distributed and likely served as hand out to friends of the cultural institution Musikhuset in Denmark. Cracking stuff mixing vocal jazz and hard hitting ...
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Candela - Salsa (LP)
Portobello PB 7102, 1981 Germany Pretty undiscovered Germano Latino unit that recorded a few very viable latin fusion albums on the tiny Portobello label. This is my favorite of their albums with Que Vacillon Impressionante and Auoye. Original pressi...
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Cal Tjader - Mambo With Tjader (LP)
Fantasy F 9424, 1973 United States Cal Tjader gone funky on Mamblues later to feature as alternative take with Bernard Purdie on the Fritz The Cat soundtrack. Instant floorfiller. More clubby latin fun here though on the upbeat Bye Bye Love and This Ca...
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Cal Tjader - Latin For Lovers (LP)
Fantasy F 8016, 1958 United States Very early latin jazz recording by Cal Tjader backed by a young Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria. All pretty mellow stuff good for a Sunday afternoon of chilling. Later pressing with blue / white Fantasy label.
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Cal Tjader - Hip Vibrations (LP)
Verve V6-8730, 1967 United States One of his rarest and best Verve recordings with Herbie Hancock, Ray Barretto, Mel Lewis and other top personel involved. Holds the frequently sampled Django and top jazz dancers in Moanin and Sweet Honeybee. Note tha...
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Cal Tjader - Guarabe (LP)
Fantasy F-9533, 1977 United States Seriously slept on Cal Tjader recording with Clare Fisher involved. Where Is Love is a nice clubby tune, wonderful oriental vibes on Reza but check the tittle track, one of the best midtempo latin jazz funk pieces I h...
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Cal Tjader - Greatest Hits Vol 2 (LP)
Fantasy MPF 4530, 1987 United States Compilation from 1987 with many of Cal Tjader's best compositions. Mambo Macumba, Ritmo Africano and much much more. Mongo Santamaria & Willie Bobo who both started their respective careers with Cal Tjader are joining...
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Cal Tjader - A Fuego Vivo (LP)
Concord Jazz CJP-176 , 1982 United States Slept on 80s latin killer from Cal Tjader. Cover indicated fire and trust me there is plenty of heat on this one. Poncho Con Dos Amigos is 6 min of pure percussion and bongo battle plus there is a solid cover fo Coltr...
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Bud Shank - Latin Contrasts (LP)
World Pacific A 826, 1959 United States Laurindo Almeida arrangement and Bud Shank on fine form, this is strongly jazz infused latin experiment. Nice version of Round About Midnight and the lovely Harlem Samba are my favorites but overall a good listen. Ear...
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Bomba - 100 Porshiento Bon (LP)
Dureco 55.097, 1987 Netherlands European only salsa / bon release exlcusively out on Dutch Dureco. Plenty of synth for the cosmic heads on here as well as loud conga driven salsa vibes for the floor. Check Yo Soy Sonero for a feel. Stunning NM- copy...
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Bobby Valentin - Callate Corazon (7")
Bronco BR-017, 1979 United States Bronco 45 with straight salsa from Bobby Valentin. La Espinita on the flip. Some visual flaws to the vinyl but plays EX.
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Bobby Rodriguez - Numero 6 / Sonerito (7")
Vaya V-5100, 1975 United States Don't know what it is about this track but it really gets me going. Maybe its the Ray Barretto production or Bobby Rodriguez taking off on a tight salsa tip. Love it! Super rare 45 on Vaya.
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Bobby Rodriguez - Numero 6 (7")
Vaya V-5100, 1975 United States Back in stock! Don't know what it is about this track but it really gets me going. Maybe its the Ray Barretto production or Bobby Rodriguez taking off on a tight yet melodic salsa tip. Love it!!
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Bobby Rodriguez - Latin From Manhattan (LP)
Vaya JMVS-72, 1978 United States Essential Vaya latin jazz release that in many ways represent NYC by the mid seventies in and around the Fania family. All killer no filler record with After Midnight, Recuerdos De Mi Infancia just a few of the highli...
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Bob Azzam - Dance Party (LP)
Musidisc 30 CV 1189, 1973 France Not as hard hitting as one has come to expect from the Egyptian band leader but still a good few Cha Cha Cha and Samba groovers on here. Nice copy with strong EX cover and weak EX disc (plays perfect).
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