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One of the best-selling albums ever from the team of Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz -- and a key set that marked a sharp dedication to spirituality in their music! The rhythms here are strongly in the best salsa mode the pair was forging in the 70s -- heavy piano from Ricardo, and majestic vocals... read more

Some of the tightest funky 70s jamming ever -- a lost gem from Ray & His Musical Court, a group that perfectly fuses JB/Horny Horns funk with beat-heavy Afro-Cuban groove! Ray and the group are one of the more obscure funky combos of the era, and it's a damn shame, because the group's tight-as-... read more

An obscure classic from the Latin Soul generation -- the standout set recorded by the young Chollo Rivera and his strangely-named group The Latin Drives! The set's got equal parts soul and equal parts Latin -- in a way that's similar to some of Joe Bataan's albums for Fania from the same time --... read more

A monster album of Latin soul -- arguably the greatest record ever cut by Hector Rivera! The record's a rare cooker that never lets up at all -- a non-stop boogaloo party that definitely lives up to its swinging cover image -- and which is quite different than most other albums from Hector! ... read more

A stunner of an album from Hector Rivera -- one of his rarest, and one of his best too! The session was cut in the height of the early 60s pachanga years -- but it's got a number of tracks that have Hector grooving in a tight jazzy mambo style. The best of these is the incredible "Ya Se... read more

A fantastic little Latin soul album -- cut by bandleader Hector Rivera, and the Latin Renaissance soul group. The group sings in a warm harmony vocal style, with three female singers, and one male. Hector's in fine fine form laying down some jazzy Latin backings -- and the record's got a hard... read more

An incredible record and very unique -- cut around the same time as Arsenio's rare boogaloo album for Tico Records! Like that session, this one has a style in which Arsenio is featured in a larger group -- playing with a raspy edge that really steps out in front of the fuller instruments and... read more

A real 70s classic from Pete Conde Rodriguez -- a set that has the singer's warmly soulful voice really soaring in a set of strong salsa backings penned by Papo Luca, Louie Cruz, and Jose Febles! There's a cohesiveness here that other records by Pete sometimes lack -- a sense of the proud, full... read more

Like the title says, this is Pete Rodriguez's Christmas album. You might expect a lot of soppy Christmas carols, but still, the groove's pretty groovy, and there are a few nice boogaloos -- so forget the holiday component of this one, and check it out for the Latin grooves. Titles include "Bo... read more

Hot and Wild -- 2 of the best words to describe the late 60s Latin Soul work of Pete Rodriguez! This album has Pete and his combo at their best -- stepping effortlessly between English-language, soul-based tracks, into other material that has them showing their Latin chops in a straighter Pacheco-i... read more

Excellent rare album from Willie Rodriguez with Leo Casino -- a tight mix of Latin Soul, descarga, and salsa tracks that hit hard from the start and don't let up! Rodriguez leads a great band, and they're joined by vocalist Casino some of the tracks -- with tunes that have an uncommon, heated... read more

Very nice album of west coast Latin jazz tracks, recorded for the Discovery label, before the Concord/Picante mafia showed up on the scene. Poncho leads a tight little group that includes Clare Fischer on electric piano and Gary Foster on sax and flute. Most of the tracks are originals, and... read more

A really pivotal album in the career of Mongo Santamaria -- one that has Mongo stripping down the groove, kicking up some jazz, and mixing together soulful styles that brought him to the top of the Latin crowd of the 1960s! There's a tightness here that goes beyond any of Santamaria's previous... read more

One of Mongo's biggest records of the early 70s -- and an important early side for Atlantic Records! Moving to Atlantic from Columbia, Mongo hipped things up even more -- picking up on important trends in soul, rock, and the Latin underground of the time. Atlantic gave Mongo the freedom to open... read more

One of Mongo Santamaria's best albums from the 70s -- and one of his funkiest too! The record's got a sweet electric groove that sounds mighty nice next to the Latin jazz arrangements on the set -- almost in the feel of some of Candido's funky work from the time, but possibly even heavier! Justo... read more

Fandanglytastic! This is one of the best Mongo Santamaria albums for Columbia -- and it's got a killer groove on most of the cuts, and incredible solos from a young Sonny Fortune! Mongo always knew how to pick the best horn players, and Sonny makes this album groove with a lot of soul and and a... read more

A really surprising turn in the career of Mongo Santamaria -- especially after a run of successful mainstream Latin sides for Columbia and Atlantic! The album's definitely "up from the roots", and features Mongo in a percussion-heavy exploration of older Afro-Cuban rhythms -- served up... read more

Another one of Mongo Santamaria's strong Latin Soul LP's for Columbia, with a tight band that includes Sonny Fortune, Louis Gasca, and Joe Farrell. The record features smokin' versions of late-60's soul hits, plus a good original "We Got Latin Soul". Other tracks include "Get... read more

Stone funky Latin soul from the younger member of the Santamaria family! Black Out is one of Monguito's greatest -- a hip album of groovy late 60s tracks that perfectly blend the Latin and soul sides of the Spanish Harlem scene. Marty Sheller handled arrangements on some of the album's best cuts,... read more

Oooooo-weee -- a monster album by one of our favorite talents of the Latin soul era! Monguito Santamaria had a really great way of putting the electric bass right up front in his tracks -- kicking things up with a bouncing groove that's as sock-boogaloo as boogaloo can get, and which makes for... read more

Ok, so you were once embarrassed to have this in your collection -- and sold it off so your buddies at college wouldn't make fun of you. Now, though, you treasure it as a crossover Latin Funk classic -- with the kind of soaring guitar/organ grooves that were the brilliant sound of the 70s for the... read more

One of the coolest covers we've ever heard of "Jungle Fever" -- supported by a bunch of Latin tracks that are also pretty darn great too! The set's something of a knockoff album, designed to cash in on Chakachas' big title hit -- but like most of the best albums of this nature, there's... read more

A killer album of hard instrumental Latin soul tracks -- one of the few albums ever done by funky reed player Mauricio Smith! On the set, Smith plays flute, alto, and soprano sax -- and the record's filled with short little groovers that have a nice choppy sound, and lots of heavy conga work by... read more

A killer album of hard instrumental Latin soul tracks -- one of the few albums ever done by funky reed player Mauricio Smith! On the set, Smith plays flute, alto, and soprano sax -- and the record's filled with short little groovers that have a nice choppy sound, and lots of heavy conga work by... read more

Beautiful work from this crack 70s New York group -- produced by Louie Ramirez with a soulful style that really fits the group's new traditionalist groove! Arrangements are by Papo Lucca, and feature a blistering barrage of his feisty piano work, mixed with percussion, and topped off by some... read more

Pete Terrace challenges Pete Rodriguez for the title of "King Of The Boogaloo" in this live set recorded at Chez Jose in New York! The album's got a few tracks that say boogaloo, but which aren't -- but that's still ok with us, because the bulk of the set is a hard grooving batch of... read more

One of the most obscure albums ever cut by Latin vibes genius Pete Terrace -- and one of the best, too! The album's got a great mix of jazzy and soulful influences -- a sound that's a fair bit groovier than some of Pete's other, earlier records -- with a hard swinging on most numbers, thanks to... read more

After the huge success of Cal's hit "Soul Sauce" for Verve, Fantasy put together this greatest hits compilation based around the tune "Wachi Wara", which Cal had recorded for them previously, and which had the same basic sound and style as "Soul Sauce" (which uses the... read more

Great live work from Cal Tjader -- one of a number of sets but at his home turf of the Blackhawk Nightclub in San Francisco! The album's nicely laidback, with tracks that stretch out a bit more than Tjader's studio work for Fantasy Records -- often hitting a slight Latin groove at times, but with... read more

Early Latin from the great Cal Tjader -- proof that he had a wonderful ear for this sort of a groove, even when he was just getting started! The album's a killer batch of jazzy mambos all the way through -- served up with hard-edged vibes from Cal, all nicely chromatic in tone -- plus rhythm from... read more

Some more of Rene Touzet's firey Latin piano, this time on a bunch of Cha Cha stuff. Titles include "Lover's Cha Cha Cha", "Moon Over Miami", "Danza Negra", "Besame Mucho", and "Desconfianza".... read more

A heck of a great little boogaloo album -- and one of the few 60s sides by the legendary Johnny Zamot! Although cut for Decca, the album's every bit as tight and soulful as contemporaneous work for Tico, Fania, or Cotique -- and the set features a similar blend of English lyrics, Latin rhythms,... read more

The hippest side of the late 60s Latin Soul years -- work from a number of tiny little New York labels -- all of which are a good deal rarer than some of the bigger indies of the time! The collection here is totally great, and totally fresh -- filled with numbers that were not even hits back in... read more

Amazing Latin grooves from the New York scene of the 60s -- and a set that goes way past the obvious to collect tracks from a range of different labels! Unlike other collections of Latin Soul and boogaloo, which are always heavy on entries from the Fania catalog, this set features much more... read more

A spicy mix of Latin styles from the Peruvian scene of the late 60s -- a wonderfully mixed up batch of modes that goes way beyond the more familiar grooves of the New York scene! The work here is a bit like some of the most inventive styles from Colombia and Panama at the same time -- music that... read more

Killer Latin dancefloor material! Compiled by Brit Latin DJ Gerry Lyesight, and filled with loads of storming cuts that we don't see elsewhere, wrapped up into one lovely package with the usual BBE high standards! There's 14 cuts, and titles include "Tumba El Quinto" by Hector Rivera,... read more

The ninth volume in the incredible Love, Peace & Poetry series -- this one devoted to psychedelic tunes from Turkey! The set wonderfully melds Turkish folk styles with western rock, pop and funk influences, along with strains of sounds from other sections of the groovy globe! Like the other... read more

A mindblowing little set -- and a massive overview of soul music in Spain during the late 60s and early 70s, filled with incredible tunes we've never heard before, all supported by great notes in both English and Spanish! The Spanish soul groove is a bit rougher than that of the US -- kind of a... read more

Hard hitting Spanish funk, soul, r&b and moddish gems - the second volume of Sensacional Soul from the late 60s and into early 70s, even better than the first volume -- and a treasure from the folks at Vampi Soul! The Spanish soul sound here is rugged and raw, usually with furious drums,... read more

The rebirth of the Afro-Cuban groove on the New York scene of the 70s -- a dozen recordings in the "new traditionalist" sound of the time! After the boom of the Latin Soul sound of the late 60s, and the rise of salsa in the early 70s, there was also a "back to basics" movement... read more

One of the hippest sets we've ever seen on Spanish Harlem -- a collection that goes way past the Latin Soul hits, to dig deep in the uptown underground at the end of the 60s! The package is compiled with gems from the Fania catalog, but rally moves past the obvious -- going for some of the more... read more