Various - Mamey Colorao: 1952-1962 Spanish Harlem Dancefloor Fillers - More Afro-Cuban Roots Of BoogalooIn this series, Grosso! Recordings bring in some of the names of the Latin bands based in New York between the '40s and early '60s and other recordings done in Cuba by Orquestas or Conjuntos likes Flix Chappott_n, Jos Curbelo, and La Playa Sextet that were a big influence for Latinos in New York. Think musicians of the stature of Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamar_a, Noro Morales, Francisco Aguabella, Cal Tjader, or Machito. "Mamey Colorao", a well known

"It's a fuzzy-sounding journey through rock-and-roll past

or even put off

Fleischer in his brand new liner notes

Track List:

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Morpha Too (Radio City)

Nothing Is A Sure Thing

more conceptual pieces and go in a completely new direction

Linda Perhacs is a long-lost folk musician unearthed by the next generation to make one more album in her twilight years

'Sunbathing Animal' is a roller coaster you can't get off

The resultant compilation

with songs like 'Stay High' and 'Kyoto Garden'