Can we agree that some of the best boogaloos are on albums that aren't "boogaloo albums" but a mix of styles? Of course most 60's latin LP's are a "mix of styles" but often there is only one boogaloo on an album ... and it shreds.
I like how the style often appears parenthetically after the song title on the sleeve.
Contemporary rappers should do this:
(the chick track) (the t-pain collab) (for the skreets) (fake southern record) (faux introspective joint) (let the weed carriers have some)
I'm surprised no rapper with a sense of humor hasn't already gone there.
That sound clip was good, but really subduded and polite. I'm no Latin music expert, but I didn't hear enough of a greasy fatback soul influence in there, which I thought was the point of boogaloo. That song you posted was more jazzy, if anything...
I always found this kind of "cliche boogaloo" but maybe I need to go back and take a listen again.
Yeah, I see it's on Mercury's budget label, too (Wing), which might be the reason why it sounds so cliched to you. But, I'm not hating - I'd like to hear this myself.
when I think of "groovybaby" bugalu, I think of those awful albums that Mongo Santamaria did on Columbia. Now THERE'S some kitschy Austin Powers shit for ya.
We Got Latin Soul and Cloud 9 are on Mongo's Columbia Greatest Hits album (one of the first records I ever bought when I got into "crate-diggin") and I still think those two songs hold up very well. Strictly they're not boogaloo I suppose but they're far from awful.
That sound clip was good, but really subduded and polite. I'm no Latin music expert, but I didn't hear enough of a greasy fatback soul influence in there, which I thought was the point of boogaloo. That song you posted was more jazzy, if anything...
Well the sound clip is a 45 min mix, the first track being Colombian Salsa. But there is boogaloo right after it, from Ismael Rivera, Alfredito, Felix Del Rosario and Ray Barretto. Then some more Salsa, then some more Boogaloo
Perhaps this has been asked before, but I'd genuinely love to know what Rey's favorite 5-10 Latin records are, regardless of rarity/obscurity.
The difficulty I've had in such a list - beyond the obvious albums like "Acid" or "Gypsy Woman" is that I'm usually attuned into that one great song or two off an album rather than the album as a whole. Not to say there aren't some very, very consistent Latin LPs out there though.
Perhaps this has been asked before, but I'd genuinely love to know what Rey's favorite 5-10 Latin records are, regardless of rarity/obscurity.
The difficulty I've had in such a list - beyond the obvious albums like "Acid" or "Gypsy Woman" is that I'm usually attuned into that one great song or two off an album rather than the album as a whole. Not to say there aren't some very, very consistent Latin LPs out there though.
I can think of tons of Latin albums that I consider consistent and regularly listen to in full; most of my favorites are the more obvious choices:
Orchestra Harlow: El Exigente Ray Terrace: Oye El Cuchy Frito Man Bobby Valentin: Let's Turn On Ricardo Ray: On The Scene Orlando Marin: Que Chevere Orlando Marin: Se Te Quemo La Casa Willie Colon: The Hustler Arsenio Rodriguez: Primitivo Arsenio Rodriguez: Viva Arsenio! Paul Ortiz: Los Que Son Manny Corchado: Aprovecha El Tiempo Lebron Brothers: Brooklyn Bums Tito Puente: Dance Mania The Latin Soul of Johnny Zamot and His Latinos + Most of the Joe Bataan albums up through Salsoul
I always found this kind of "cliche boogaloo" but maybe I need to go back and take a listen again.
Yeah, I see it's on Mercury's budget label, too (Wing), which might be the reason why it sounds so cliched to you. But, I'm not hating - I'd like to hear this myself.
Orchestra Harlow: El Exigente Ray Terrace: Oye El Cuchy Frito Man Bobby Valentin: Let's Turn On Ricardo Ray: On The Scene Orlando Marin: Que Chevere Orlando Marin: Se Te Quemo La Casa Willie Colon: The Hustler Arsenio Rodriguez: Primitivo Arsenio Rodriguez: Viva Arsenio! Paul Ortiz: Los Que Son Manny Corchado: Aprovecha El Tiempo Lebron Brothers: Brooklyn Bums Tito Puente: Dance Mania The Latin Soul of Johnny Zamot and His Latinos + Most of the Joe Bataan albums up through Salsoul
^^ I liked this one too. But I don't really know if I can tell corny boogaloo from street boogaloo.
I'll also agree on Hey Sister and Together
That 45 by the Mosquitoes is sorta the shit too.
The bootleg of the Manny Corchado songs? "Pow Wow"?
I don't know.
yep, and a sped-up, poorly-pressed boot at that!
my understanding is that the boot came out of the pittsburgh area as a response to demand for the manny corchado track, which these days runs grandes d??lares. now whether that demand was local or international, i'm not sure.
anyways, track is absolute killer. and the boot goes for loot for a reason. best of luck finding an og.
back to the boogaloo recs, charlie palmieri's lp "latin bugalu" is worth a listen, too.
That sound clip was good, but really subduded and polite. I'm no Latin music expert, but I didn't hear enough of a greasy fatback soul influence in there, which I thought was the point of boogaloo. That song you posted was more jazzy, if anything...
Well the sound clip is a 45 min mix, the first track being Colombian Salsa. But there is boogaloo right after it, from Ismael Rivera, Alfredito, Felix Del Rosario and Ray Barretto. Then some more Salsa, then some more Boogaloo
my fault - i didnt sit thru the entire mix obviously. i just heard that first track and wondered what the fuss was about...(((grin)))
I tend to avoid boogaloo albums on major labels like Decca, Columbia and Mercury for that very reason. They all seem to have this "hamming-it-up-for-the-white-folks" vibe that is hard to get around, especially when they start giving current pop hits the Latin treatment. For myself, the boogaloo sounds best on actual Latin labels like Fania, Allegre (home of Ricardo Ray, oddly enough) and Tico, but y'all knew that coming in...
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I hear what you're saying here but most of the output on Decca, I think, was pretty decent. I don't actually know that many Columbia titles and Mercury at least came with Louie Ramirez's "In the Heart of the Spanish Harlem" which, while not straight up killer, is a very solid boogaloo/Latin soul album in my opinion.
That said, consistency-wise, it's hard to do better than Cotique or Speed.
Can we agree that some of the best boogaloos are on albums that aren't "boogaloo albums" but a mix of styles? Of course most 60's latin LP's are a "mix of styles" but often there is only one boogaloo on an album ... and it shreds.
I like how the style often appears parenthetically after the song title on the sleeve.
believe it or not, that actually HELPS, especially to those of us digging in the field 40 years after the record came out
Decca has some killers on 45. Johnny Zamot, Joe Panama, Manny Corchado come to mind. I like that Mercury Louie Ramirez album a lot too. I always felt it was kind of under valued but maybe it's pretty easy to find on the east coast?
I found a nice boogaloo 45 last week. Rulie Garcia & East LA Congregation"Sabrosito" on Billionaire. You guys know that one?
No, but I'd like to know more about Garcia himself. The record I have by him is a 1973 single on UA ("Que Pasa"), where he's into a Santana/El Chicano-ish Latin/funk/rock whatchamacallit. But he did this weird record called "Prescription Rock & Roll" that wasn't boogaloo (or related) at all!!!
No, but I'd like to know more about Garcia himself. The record I have by him is a 1973 single on UA ("Que Pasa"), where he's into a Santana/El Chicano-ish Latin/funk/rock whatchamacallit. But he did this weird record called "Prescription Rock & Roll" that wasn't boogaloo (or related) at all!!!
So where do you folks place Malo into this? latin rock or boogaloo?
Also, just picked up The Bugulu Party LP... not bad little piece of wax, the version i got hasnt got the best sound quality, but theres some solid tracks on there...
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Just loading up the page is fun. It's like watching all those Latin albums play musical chairs.
I always found this kind of "cliche boogaloo" but maybe I need to go back and take a listen again.
by the way, this hasn't gone live yet b/c they're still making some changes to the design but I put this together for Uber: http://uber.com/boogaloo
I'm surprised no rapper with a sense of humor hasn't already gone there.
"Guajiro [sic] Controversial" is the track to go back and listen to.
Their other album is crap though.
That sound clip was good, but really subduded and polite. I'm no Latin music expert, but I didn't hear enough of a greasy fatback soul influence in there, which I thought was the point of boogaloo. That song you posted was more jazzy, if anything...
Yeah, I see it's on Mercury's budget label, too (Wing), which might be the reason why it sounds so cliched to you. But, I'm not hating - I'd like to hear this myself.
We Got Latin Soul and Cloud 9 are on Mongo's Columbia Greatest Hits album (one of the first records I ever bought when I got into "crate-diggin") and I still think those two songs hold up very well. Strictly they're not boogaloo I suppose but they're far from awful.
Well the sound clip is a 45 min mix, the first track being Colombian Salsa. But there is boogaloo right after it, from Ismael Rivera, Alfredito, Felix Del Rosario and Ray Barretto. Then some more Salsa, then some more Boogaloo
Cloud 9 shreds. Official Bboy material.
The difficulty I've had in such a list - beyond the obvious albums like "Acid" or "Gypsy Woman" is that I'm usually attuned into that one great song or two off an album rather than the album as a whole. Not to say there aren't some very, very consistent Latin LPs out there though.
similar to this, because there's different kind of songs, is bobby quesada boogaloo en el barrio, with the beatiful song a mi barrio
(Not in order of preference)
1) Har-You Percussion Group: S/T
2) Ray Barretto: Acid
3) Joe Bataan: Gypsy Woman
4) Fruko: El Grande
5) Mauricio Smith: Bitter Acid
Orchestra Harlow: El Exigente
Ray Terrace: Oye El Cuchy Frito Man
Bobby Valentin: Let's Turn On
Ricardo Ray: On The Scene
Orlando Marin: Que Chevere
Orlando Marin: Se Te Quemo La Casa
Willie Colon: The Hustler
Arsenio Rodriguez: Primitivo
Arsenio Rodriguez: Viva Arsenio!
Paul Ortiz: Los Que Son
Manny Corchado: Aprovecha El Tiempo
Lebron Brothers: Brooklyn Bums
Tito Puente: Dance Mania
The Latin Soul of Johnny Zamot and His Latinos
+
Most of the Joe Bataan albums up through Salsoul
And so on...
Here's an upload of the album:
http://rapidshare.com/files/100765343/Orquesta_Soul_-_Los_Boogaloos.zip.html
Not life-changing but I think it's a pretty solid record.
speaking of which, how has this not yet come up. LIFE CHANGING!
look for other bobo titles too. cheap, pretty easy to find, and very rewarding. DESCARGA DEL BOBO 4 LIFE!
Now this is what I'm talkin' about. Danke.
I wish there was more originals on this album. I can't get with the life changing but I can get with the album.
greasy beast.
I hear you on that !
yep, and a sped-up, poorly-pressed boot at that!
my understanding is that the boot came out of the pittsburgh area as a response to demand for the manny corchado track, which these days runs grandes d??lares. now whether that demand was local or international, i'm not sure.
anyways, track is absolute killer. and the boot goes for loot for a reason. best of luck finding an og.
back to the boogaloo recs, charlie palmieri's lp "latin bugalu" is worth a listen, too.
Love that track, but aside from that, the best part of that record is the cover.
Un cancioner, that one.
Not bad. I don't think I would have gone that high. A cool thing to see for offer though.
my fault - i didnt sit thru the entire mix obviously. i just heard that first track and wondered what the fuss was about...(((grin)))
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I hear what you're saying here but most of the output on Decca, I think, was pretty decent. I don't actually know that many Columbia titles and Mercury at least came with Louie Ramirez's "In the Heart of the Spanish Harlem" which, while not straight up killer, is a very solid boogaloo/Latin soul album in my opinion.
That said, consistency-wise, it's hard to do better than Cotique or Speed.
I found a nice boogaloo 45 last week. Rulie Garcia & East LA Congregation"Sabrosito" on Billionaire. You guys know that one?
So where do you folks place Malo into this? latin rock or boogaloo?
Also, just picked up The Bugulu Party LP... not bad little piece of wax, the version i got hasnt got the best sound quality, but theres some solid tracks on there...