On this second volume of The Rough Guide To Latin Rare Groove, we’ve gone deeper to unearth even more treats for collectors of obscure, funky, tropical dance music. While taking the ‘rare groove’ genre too seriously can get you accused of snobbery or being...

Santana's Columbia Records debut came just a month after their appearance at the first Woodstock Festival and added a Latino flavor to the melting pot of rock music. Though mostly instrumental, it spawned the groups first Top 40 hit single "Evil Ways" and it's...

Limited double vinyl LP pressing. 25th Anniversary edition. Buena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just seven days in 1996 in Havana's 1950s vintage EGREM studios. It was clear from the...

Elia and Elizabeth Fleta were two Colombian sisters who briefly lit up their country’s music charts in the early 70s before disappearing, disenfranchised with the music industry, to pursue respective careers in teaching.  This retrospective, compiling tracks from the two LPs they produced alongside...

Import- Spain

Vinyl LP pressing. Reissue. Originally recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in August 1960 and released in February 1961, Caribè shows the great multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy in the unexpected context of the Latin Jazz Quintet. A fascinating combination of apparently distant elements where Dolphy's masterful...

Orquesta Akokán is ready to unleash 16 Rayos on the world's dance floors, via Daptone Records. Recorded in Havana's famed Egrem Studios, the group displays a cohesion forged by an intense performing and touring cycle. The musical conversation that began in the Areito studios...

LP VINYL TRACKS: 1 Clandestino 2 Desparecido 3 Bongo Bong 4 Je Ne T'aime Plus 5 Mentira 6 Lagrimas de Oro 7 Mama Call 8 Luna y Sol 9 Por El Suelo 10 Welcome to Tijuana 11 Dia Luna... Dia Pena 12 Malegria 13 La Vie a 2 14 Minha Galera 15 La Despedida 16 El Viento

Classic 1970 salsa holiday album from the Fania catalog. First time being reissued on vinyl, cut from the analog master and pressed on translucent red vinyl.Side A: 1. “Introduccion” 2. “Canto A Borinquen” 3. “Popurri Navideño” 4. “Traigo La Salsa”Side B: 1. “Aires De...

Nico Gomez, a Belgian orchestra leader of Dutch roots, has long been a favourite with Latin fans, record diggers, DJs, and collectors alike. His blend of bossanova, latin jazz, and easy listening always turns up a few choice nuggets and surprises; what is perhaps...

Import- France

Vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. David Byrne was very interested in new forms of Latin music, and since there was an embargo on most things Cuban at the time we didn't really know what was going on there without going over and seeing...

"Intelligent, impassioned and inspired by integrity, Arca's continued growth as an artist promises to be one of the most exciting journeys of the coming years. The musician has no plans to stop either, telling us in no uncertain terms: 'I want to make music...

TRACKS:CarolinaChega No SuingueMangueiraPequines E Pitbull - Seu Jorge, Moura, GabrielTu Queria - Seu Jorge, de Bluzlos, ElisioO Samba TaiHaguaSamba Que Nem Rita a Dora - Seu Jorge, Davila, Luis CarlosMadaFunk BabyEm Nagoya Eu VI Eriko - Seu Jorge, Ben, JorgeDe Alegria Rajou O Dia...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Digitally remastered edition. Real turning point in the history of salsa, the band brings together the biggest names of the Fania label with mythical figures like Ray Barretto, Celia Cruz, Willie Colon, etc. Fania Records was...

Peace & Rhythm present a reissue of Orquesta El Macabeo's Salsa Macabra, originally released in 2010. When Salsa Macabra was first released on an unsuspecting public in Orquesta El Macabeo's home country of Puerto Rico, it generated an aural and intellectual charge of electricity...

Vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes digital download. 2018 release. Akokán is a Yoruba word used in Cuba meaning from the heart, and indeed, every song on the self-titled debut album by Orquesta Akokán feels like a heartfelt gift from the band to...

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