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ARTiST....: va
TiTLE.....: el barrio gangsters latin soul and t
LABEL.....: V2
GENRE.....: soul
SOURCE....: vinyl
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 79,1 MB
REL.DATE..: 08-22-2006
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01] joe cuba sextet-do you f 03:25
02] bataan-johnny's no good 03:37
03] tito ramos-big t 02:47
04] ralfi pagan-brother wher 03:24
05] tito puente-black brothe 04:17
06] charlie palmieri-either 06:13
07] ralphie robles-the main 03:45
08] ray barretto-new york so 02:43
09] lebron brothers-boogaloo 02:09
10] mongo santamaria-lady ma 03:12
11] cafe-si dame tu amor 03:20
12] willie colon-calle luna 03:47
13] roberto roena-que se sep 03:13
14] pete bonet-puerto rican 04:05
15] fania all stars-red gart 02:08
16] the alexander review-mea 02:29
TOTAL TiME : 54:34 min
Whenever there is a mass migration,those who
arrive in a new land tend to congregate to
distinct areas.The most obvious reason is
economic,new arrivals tend to be on the look-out
for a new life ending up in the parts of their new
country where they can afford to live.These areas
tend to be the poorest - often termed 'the
ghetto',but for those of Hispanic origin who came
to America from Puerto Rico or Cuba this became
known as El Barrio - literally the neighbourhood.
In New York El Barrio is known as Spanish
Harlem.Squeezed so close to the island's
Afro-American capitol of Harlem it was inevitable
that the music of both areas would mingle and
leave their marks on each other,and from the late
50's onwards a new generation of Nu Yoricans began
to come to the fore.Born in the city they
naturally rebelled against the music of their
parents generation,first singing in street corner
doo-wop groups and then later pioneering boogaloo
and Latin-soul."El Barrio" charts salsa's
emergence from the clubs,discotheques and block
parties of Spanish Harlem.They move from the
soulful boogaloos of Charlie Palmieri and the
Lebron Brothers through to the Latin-disco of
Cafe,Mark Dimmond and Mongo Santamaria.In between
we are shown the Latin-soul and funk of Tito Ramos
and Ray Barretto,the sweet soul of Pagan and the
magnificent blaxploitation style big band sound of
the godfather of Latin music Tito Puente,whilst
the new salsa sound is most obviously breaking
through on Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe's Nu
Yorican anthem "Calle Lune Calle Sol".
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