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El Barrio: The Ultimate Collection of Latin Boogaloo, Disco, Funk & Soul

Various Artists
1 disc

0. DISC 1: LATIN FUNK: NUYORICAN FUNK 1968-1976:
1. Together - Ray Barretto
2. You Need Help - Monguito Santamaria
3. I'm Satisfied - Joe Bataan
4. Identify Yourself - Caf
5. Everybody's Got Soul - Flash & the Dynamics
6. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) - Gilberto Cruz
7. Black Dice - Mongo Santamara
8. Dynamite - Harvey Averne
9. I'm Gonna Get To You Yet - TNT Boys
10. There You Go - Fania All-Stars
11. Vida, La - Ralfi Pagan
12. I Got the Feeling [Tengo Sentimiento] - Chollo Rivera & The Latin Soul Drives
13. Funky Felix - Seguida
14. Kool It Here Comes the Fuzz - Jimmy Sabater
15. Gajiro Bacn - Azuquita y Su Orquesta Melao
16. Stablishment - Harvey Averne
0. DISC 2: LATIN DISCO: DANCEFLOOR GROOVES WITH A LATIN TOUCH:
1. Back To My Roots - Fania All-Stars
2. Amor Verdadero - Willie Coln
3. Dance, Dance, Dance - Orquesta Novel
4. On Our Way To Tomorrow - Seguida
5. Waterbed [Vocal] - LTG Exchange
6. Smoke - Fania All-Stars
7. Bad Luck - Louie Ramirez
8. Wata Wasuri - Tito Puente
9. Johnny's No Good - W.R.L.C.
10. Es Un Demonio Ella - Fausto Rey/Larry Harlow
11. Call Me - Joe Bataan
12. Afro Hustle - Lou Perez
13. Mambo Rock [Theme From "Salsa"] - Seguida
14. Joe Cuba's Latin Hustle - Joe Cuba
15. Salsa - Louie Ramirez
0. DISC 3: THE BAD BOOGALOO: NUYORICAN SOUNDS 1966-1970:
1. Fever - La Lupe
2. Gimme Some Love [Dame Un Poquito De Cario] - Joe Cuba Sextet
3. Morris Park - Lenni Sesar
4. Come and Get It - Ralph Robles
5. Bad Breath - Bobby Valentn
6. Mercy Mercy Baby - Ray Barretto
7. Ay Que Rico - Eddie Palmieri
8. King of Latin Soul - Joey Pastrana
9. Happy Soul With a Hook - Dave Cortez - (featuring Moon People)
10. Mama's Girl - King Nando
11. Marilu - George Guzman
12. Baby Boo Boogaloo - Vladimir & His Orchestra
13. Camel Walk - The Latinaires
14. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid - Ray Rodriguez & His Orchestra
15. What You Mean - Johnny Colon
16. Gajira Con Soul - Johnny Ventura
0. DISC 4: EL BARRIO: GANGSTERS, LATIN SOUL & THE BIRTH OF SALSA 1967-1975:
1. Do You Feel It? [T Lo Sientes?] - Joe Cuba Sextet
2. Big "T" - Tito Ramos
3. New York Soul - Ray Barretto
4. Lady Marmalade - Mongo Santamara
5. S, Dame Tu Amor - Caf
6. Calle Luna Calle Sol - Willie Coln
7. Que Se Sepa - Roberto Roena
8. Puerto Rican Soul - Pete Bonet
9. Red Garter Strut - Fania All-Stars
10. Elefante, O - Ray Barretto
11. Safari - Tito Puente
12. Revolucionando - The New Swing Sextet
13. Chocolate Ice Cream [Helado De Chocolate] - Eddie Palmieri
14. Evil Ways - Pete Rodriguez/Louie Ramirez
15. Musica Del Alma - The TnT Band
16. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Joe Bataan
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 7119
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This nicely packaged four-disc box set is compiled from four previous single volumes from Fania's reissue department: Latin Funk, Latin Disco, The Bad Boogaloo, and El Barrio. If you haven't scored any of these yet, now would be the time. That said, even if you have some but not all of the volumes, there is a serious argument to be made for offering your existing copies to friends and purchasing the box, which is like a history of Nuyorican, Afro-Cuban, and salsa music from the biggest stars of the Latin music scene from the 1960s through the 1970s. If they recorded for Fania -- or any of its precursors or subsidiary labels -- they're here: Ray Barretto, Willie and Johnny Coln, Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, Ismael Rivera, Hctor Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Joe Bataan, Joe Cuba, Tito Puente, Lenni Sesar, Mongo Santamara, Bobby Valentn, Larry Harlow, Cheo Feliciano, and many more. ~ Thom Jurek