Name: Saoco Vol 1
Brand: Various Artists

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VAMPI283

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

8435008864460

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Various Artists

Genre GB

Latin / South American 

Label GB

Vampisoul

<i>Saoco</i>, one of Vampisoul’s most celebrated, and long-time unavailable, compilations is back in stock with new remastered sound, different colour variation in the artwork and 2LP package format. This reissue is coproduced with Puerto Rican label Ojo de Tigre.&nbsp;Cortijo y su Combo with Ismael Rivera, and Mon Rivera with his tongue twisters and trombones, are pioneers of a story that opened up the way to the salsa movement. With an unprecedented mix of flavours and Afro-West Indian rhythms, their dance proposals competed with  the best tropical orchestras of the 50s and 60s. The legendary legacy of these Puerto Rican orchestras, however, hadn't been the subject of a proper retrospective until now.         In the case of Cortijo and Ismael, it's a cultural legacy related to the "third root", or African contribution, in Puerto Rico's Caribbean culture. Since  its birth in the year 1954 until today (half a century after its break up in 1962), Cortijo's combo and its stellar singer, Ismael Rivera, have been the best exponents of a modern, orchestrated and commercial way of performing bomba and plena, Afro-Puerto Rican genres in whose tradition they had been raised in the capital's neighbourhood of Santurce. To these native rhythms  they added other Caribbean ingredients which were popular at the time, creating an integrating and innovative proposal that many consider the greatest precedent of the salsa movement that would emerge years later in New York.&nbsp;

&nbsp;Tracklist   Side A   1. Cortijo Y Su Combo - El Bombón De Elena   2. Canario Y Su Grupo - Cortaron A Elena   3. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - Karakatis Ki   4. Cortijo Y Su Combo - Caballero Qué Bomba   5. Baltazar Carrero - En Órbita   6. Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo - Bailando Plena   7. Orquesta Panamericana - El Charlatán    Side B   1. Los Caballeros Del Ritmo - Habla Cuembé   2. Angel Luis Torruellas Y Su Conjunto Pleneros De Borinquen – Olvídalo   3. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - El Plenero   4. Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo ¡aló! ¿quién Ñama?   5. Cortijo Y Su Combo - Déjalo Que Suba   6. Canario Y Su Grupo - Santa María   7. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - Ola De Agua   8. Cortijo Y Su Combo - Calypso, Bomba Y Plena   Side C   1. Odilio González - Sacude Zapato Viejo   2. Cortijo Y Su Combo – Maquinolandera   3. Al Torruellas Y Su Conjunto – Camelia   4. Monse García Y Su Conjunto - El Gallo Espuelérico   5. La Sonora Ponceña - Tan Linda Que Era   6. Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo - Carbón De Palito   7. Cortijo Y Su Combo - Y Pedro Flores   8. Chivirico – Belinda   Side D   1. Juanchin Y Sus Pleneros Del Palmar - Maldito Vicio   2. Ramito - Te Están Vacilando   3. Odilio González - Ni De Madera Son Buenas   4. Orquesta Panamericana – Bembeteando   5. Mario Ortíz All Star Band - Güiro Y Pandereta   6. Cortijo Y Su Combo – Cúcala   7. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - Ron Con Coco

Saoco Vol 1

Music GB