A legendary look at the sounds of Puerto Rico – one that brings together tracks from a time when the island was really hopping with fresh new rhythms, served up by a host of young, soon to be important leaders – music that's every bit as powerful as work coming from Havana and New York at the time! The rhythms here are slightly different – with some bomba and plena thrown into the mix, served up with plenty of percussion too – all at a level that would have a huge influence on Latin music for decades to come! The package features detailed notes that provide the sort of background and information that some of the leaner Latin reissues of previous years never had – and titles include "Cortaron a Elena" by
Cortijo (as Canario & Su Grupo con Raful), "En Orbita" by Baltazar Carrero, "Habla Cuembre" by Los Caballeros Del Ritmo, "El Plenero" by Mon
Rivera Y Su Orquesta, "Dejalo Que Suba" by by
Cortijo (as Canario & Su Grupo con Raful), "Belinda" by Chivirico, "Cucala" by
Cortijo Y Su Combo con
Ismael Rivera, and "Ron Con Coco" by Mon
Rivera Y Su Orquesta. 30 tracks in all!