Salsa Dance Hits- The Legendary Fania Recordings Disc 2 @320K

Salsa Dance Hits- The Legendary Fania Recordings Disc 2
Review
by Jeff Tamarkin
If you wanted to put together a collection of sizzling Latin dance music, and had to restrict yourself to the catalog of one label, you could do a lot worse than diving headfirst into the archives of Fania Records. That's what Salsa Dance Hits is all about: two CDs of salsa that never let up. Some of the artists are world-renowned -- Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Joe Cuba, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Machito, Mongo Santamaria -- and the others, not quite so famous. But that's what helps make this set so inviting: that it's not only the usual stuff by the usual suspects from the usual places. The compilers had the run of the vaults and chose judiciously, looking out more for non-stop groove than name power. Orlando Watussi, for example, is a Venezuelan who cut only one solo album for Fania. His track, "Ustedes Mi Rumba y Yo," is a burner, stocked with the trademark unison hart blasts and layers of percussion that typified Fania salsa. And Andy Harlow, from Colombia, not a country generally known for its salsa, provides one of the strongest tracks on the second disc with his "La Cumbiamba."
Disc 1
Title Performer Time
1 Acid Barretto 5:07
2 Coco Charlie Palmeri 6:43
3 Festival de Soneros Allen 3:42
4 Compay Salsa Aviles 4:15
5 Salsa Na' Ma' Azuquita 4:28
6 Pa' Bravo Yo Betancourt 3:45
7 Tiempo Pa' Matar Wille Colon 4:59
8 Sobre Salsa Cabrerita 3:13
9 El Cantante y La Orchestra Canales 3:39
10 Ustedes Mi Rumba y Yo Watussi 5:34
11 Jibarita Castro 6:08
12 En Nueva York Fuego 4:34
13 Catalina La O Pete 'El Conde' Rodriguez 5:13
14 Que Bueno Baila Usted Puente 4:15
15 Vamanos Pa'L Monte Palmieri 7:05
Disc 2
Title Performer Time
1 Guampampiro Machito 2:06
2 Cantandole de Amor Justo Betancourt, Mongo Santamaria 4:28
3 Quimbara Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco 4:50
4 Para Mi Gente Rivera 3:19
5 El Pito (I'll Never Go Back Georgia) Cuba 5:33
6 La Cartera Gonzalez 6:29
7 La Cumbiamba Harlow 3:54
8 Manteca Alegre All Stars 7:32
9 Bandolera Lavoe 9:33
10 Salsa y Control Lebron Brothers 3:47
11 Baila Que Baila Tipica 73 3:35
12 Tumbo el Quinto Hector Rivera 4:43
13 Que Viva el Son Montuno Orquesta Nova 5:51
14 Las Caras Lindas Rivera 7:11
15 La Humanidad Latin Tempo 5:46

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