Compilations
Mambo Loco!Various Artists Label: Charly SNAP089CD Price: £ 8.80 (£7.65 outside EU)
20 Mambo classics, drawn largely from the vaults of legendary Seeco label. Features Tito Puente, Joe Cuba Sextet and Perez Prado. Mambo is one of Latin music's most popular and exciting sounds, as demonstrated by this pulsating compilation of original classics from the height of the mambo boom during the Fifties and early Sixties. 'Mambo Loco!’ features 20 original recordings from the great mambo hotbeds of New York, Puerto Rico and Cuba, with contributions from the biggest names from that halcyon era, including Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Joe Cuba and Machito.Drawing largely from the vaults of one of the World’s leading Latin labels, Seeco Records, this collection spans the whole spectrum of the Mambo scene; from the big band sound of Tito Puente to that of smaller groups such as Joe Cuba’s Sextet and La Plata Sextette, from the early Fifties sound of Perez Prado, who first brought the exciting mambo sound to international prominence, to the mid-Sixties descargas of Rene Grand & His Combo N.Y. Tracklisting
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