'Lucho Bermúdez y Su Orquesta became famed for their intricate arrangements, mixing big band music from the US with cumbia and porro. Their career spanned from the 1930s through to the 1960s and in cumbia’s hey day in the 1950s the band toured throughout the US and Cuba. This EP features six of their tracks dating back to the 1960s on a triple 7” vinyl. Limited to a 1000 copies.' press
last of the bunch from one of the freshest imprints around, in glorious 192! pure fuggin fire. grab em individually below or spring fer the combo meal. furthermore
A1. Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros – La Picua A2. Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros – Cojeme la Casa
B1. La Sonora Cordobesa – Mi Morena B2. La Sonora Cordobesa – El Sabrosito
C1. Banda 20 de Julio de Repelón – La Pita C2. Banda 20 de Julio de Repelón – La Linterna
'From the authentic countryside porro of the ‘Colombian cowboys’ – Banda 20 de Julio Repelón – to the legendary Discos Fuentes bass player and his group Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros, whose fame stretched through Colombia, Peru & Venezuela, Colombia 45 sees Soundway delve deeper into Colombia’s rich musical history. Reaching back to the 1960s for six orignal cumbia & gaita recordings presented here on 3×7″ vinyl EP. Limited to 1000 copies' ~ press
buenos dias. here go some flava in y'ear. best bereave, banda 20 was the bees knees
'Peregoyo y su Combo are among Colombia's most influential & fondly remembered bands. Formed in the PACIFIC coastal town of Buenaventura in the mid 60s under the leadership of Prof. Enrique Urbano Tenario, the band shared a vision to create a modern electric sound out of the local musiques of Colombia. This album, recorded in 1972 at the height of their success, is the band's ultimate testament. Local rhythms such as the cumbia, curralo & porro as well as Cuban & Puerto Rican flavoured cuts are given the Peregoyo treatment. A rich powerful, horn led sound underpinned by rock-steady bass & percussion with impassioned vocals & riffing horns laced with jazz tinged solos. Sensual, melodic, rhythmic, classic... this record is considered the cream of the crop from the premiere Colombian label Discos Fuentes.' Q Magazine
'If you want horns, check out this burning set from 1972 of salsa from Colombia. This stuff never lets up as it hurls groove after incessant groove at you, sax and trumpet blazing from a path cut by fat, no bloated, bass licks, pervasive percussion and searing solo and group vocals. It's salsa, rumba, jazz and pop from coastal Columbia, Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York with nary a hint as to how they got there. ' ~ CF, RootsWorld
'This is a reissue of an early-'70s release by a band alas long defunct. The style is your basic salsa-cumbia (salsa-currulao, salsa-porro, etc.). But Peregoyo's group stood out for a splendid mix of originality and down-home tipico, plus an improvised solo trumpet lead to the frontline that gave the whole thing far more flair than the usual arranged horns. It's spiffing all round... ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, AMG
01. Manuel Alvarez y Sus Dangers – Esclavo Moderno 02. Cassimbas Negras – Bumburumbumbum 03. Abelardo Carbonó y su Conjunto – Palenque 04. Son Palenque – Tungalala (El Sapo) 05. Cumbia Siglo XX – Naga Pedale 06. Wganda Kenya – Pim Pom 07. Banda Los Hijos de La Niña Luz – Dejala Corre 08. Pedro Beltran – Puyalo Ahi 09. Cumbia Moderna De Soledad– Tetero 10. Abelardo Carbonó y su Conjunto – Quiero a Mi Gente 11. Lisandro Meza y su Conjunto – Shacalao 12. Son Palenque – Palengue Palengue 13. Abelardo Carbanó – La Negra Kulengue 14. La Tromba – Calaba Calabao 15. Los Soneros de Gamero – Katunga 16. Rabel Y su Grupo – Manaye 17. La Nelda Pina – El Sucusu 18. Wganda Kenya – El Lobo 19. Son Palenque – Dame Un Trago 20. Grupo Palma Africana – La Botellita 21. Wganda Kenya – Yoro
another encroyable soundway joint, this is likely the most swingin mix i heard since summer officially popped off. sometimes you just gotta swallow yr pride & transmogrify into a hungry little consumer regardless of how piratical you might consider yrself & purchase new vinyl so that the brilliant record labels hookin us up with these rare sides might continue to do brisque business & manifest more of these pearls to quench the endless thirst of our insatiable ears. a suggestion then? buy the 3xLP from Soundway somehow or even patronize one of their distributors & hang onto the thang, so when you're old & gray yr kids might say 'dam my folks were into some fly chit' or your nephew or whomever. flavor never dies & there aint a dud on this blistering set. plus we get to hear another ten-toes-tappin Lisandro Meza banger. no-brainer
