This is Puerto Rico's genuine music before salsa came. Born in the 1960s, salsa ("sauce") is a mix of Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban music - with a Puerto Rican sauce. But way before the days of Fania All Stars, Latin America was dancing to even more powerful sounds: the founding bomba, plena and pachanga. Bruno Blum comments this historical insight into the most essential Puerto Rican sounds, featuring giants like Ismael Rivera, Cortijo, ChiquitÃn Garcia and Eddie Palmieri. From San Juan's working-class area and all the way to the dancefloors, this is dance music par excellence.

Tracklist:

Permita Dios
Mambo Away
110th Street And 5th Avenue
Charlatan
Mambo Mono
Pilon de Tomasa
Micaela
3D Mambo
Juan Jose
Conoci A Tu Papa
Chongolo
Bombon de Elena
Mazurka Maria
Aguinaldo Hibaro
Dia 3 de Septiembre
De Las Montanas Venimos
Aguinaldo Cagueno
Disco de Carton
Caballero Que Bomba
Calypso Bomba y Plena
Chivo
Trompo
Me Voy a Divorciar
Ay Lola
Ensillala
Plena Espanola
Bomba Carabomba
Caramelo Santo
Maria Teresa
Tuntuneco
Pa Tumbar La Cana
Yo Soy del Campo
Que Feo El Pichon
Lo Tuyo Es Cronico
Olvidalo
Oriza
Druma Cuyi
Pa Fricase Los Pollos
En Orbita
Conmigo
Gioconda
Karakatis-Ki
Pachangueando
Pachanga se Baila Asi

UPC: 3561302581521
Label: Fremeaux Heritage
Release Date: 9.2.22
Format: CD

Puerto Rico / Various (2pk) - Puerto Rico / Various (2pk) (CD)