Fania records reissues

[Soulstation1]

just downloaded from emusic

anyone like?

[Soulstation1]

Stephen Wood

What are your top willie colon cd picks from fania?

Thanks

[Stefan Wood]

Cosa Nuestra

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Asalto Navideño

Crime Pays

El Juicio

Conciones del Solar

Siembra

These from the recently remastered stock.

[Soulstation1]

anyone like/ have?

[chris olivarez]

anyone like/ have?

Yes and Yes.

[Soulstation1]

nice cd just downloaded from emusic

[Man with the Golden Arm]

curious if any have heard the La Perfecta goods? due 4/07/07

Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta Orchestra - "Sugar Daddy"

Review by Jack Foley

IndieLondon

FROM the vaults of the Fania Collection comes a remastered collection of Eddie Palmieri’s hip dancefloor music with La Perfecta.

Palmieri is, of course, a pianist and band leader best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.

Between 1962 and 1967 he would play for a predominantly black audience with La Perfecta at a series of Sunday gigs at New York’s Palladium, when cries of “Eddie! Play some sugar for us!” were heard to reverberate around the venue.

The Afro-American crowd liked it raw and sweet – like freshly cut sugar cane – and whenever they wanted a hot, sticky, uptempo number they’d holler for some “sugar”.

Palmieri’s powerhouse conjunto delivered every time and Eddie even entitled his 1965 album Azucar Pa Ti (Sugar For You) in homage to his black fans at the Palladium.

Palmieri’s dynamic ensemble kicked “culo” non-stop from their birth in 1961 to 1967, a period when Eddie was undoubtedly the man.

During their seven years together, Palmieri and La Perfecta developed into arguably the most innovative and most exciting Latin act of the time.

They became dubbed “the band with the crazy roaring elephants” due to their killer, double trombone frontline attack and the way they deftly mixed Latin and jazz. They scored major hits with both athletic dancers and armchair punters alike.

This Sugar Daddy compilation is a tribute to that extraordinary period that effortlessly captures the vibrance and sweaty “sugar” sweetness of the era.

It’s the very first time the hottest tracks from La Perfecta’s ouevre have featured on one CD from the original master tapes and is an absolute must-own for anyone who likes Palmieri or enjoys the sound of Latin music.

What’s more, coming so soon after Fania’s re-mastering of Ray Barretto’s classic, it’s an ideal companion piece.

[Adam]

Nope, but looking forward to it!

[rpklich]

I noticed Fania has reissued alot of Cheo Feliciano. I have him on a couple of Eddie Palmieri LPs ("Champagne" and the white album). He's an okay sonero on these sides. Perhaps wrongly, I thought of him as a bit of a bolero (ballads) specialist. Does anyone have any recommendations on the Cheo Feliciano reissues? Less ballads the better.

[4XB]

This is nice too

ALEGRE ALL STARS 'Best Of...' (2xLP 220 gr)

The first Alegre All Stars was recorded in 1961, and it became an inmediate favorite of latin oriented musicians and the so-called "super-hip". The public did not take to it so rapidly, and it became a "sleeper". In retrospect we must remember it was released at the time when the latin record business was geared mostly for the "le lo lai" market (a typical Puerto Rico festival). Guitar music of trios and quartets were the thing then. The latin dance music of New York was limited to the connoisseur (i.e., D.J’s, musicologists merchant marines and the Palladium crowd). Eventually it had its impact: it was loose, relaxed and it ventilated many brain cells. It blended latin and jazz, improvised yet melodically interesting because the soloists were not guessing, they were confident, they knew their horns, skins and tonsils and were playing and singing for themselves at a party. Not a recording session, a real party. Without charts, less restrictions and less organized, it was therefore freer to swing and be creative. Over the years the Alegre All Star albums have become "classics", and this album is a compilation of their best.

Weight: 650.00 g

[Man with the Golden Arm]

click

[Soulstation1]

this is a good one

[.:.impossible]

Seems like every Fania lp I have is severely warped. Still playable, but...

[JSngry]

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