If Motown was the sound of young, black Detroit, and Stax was the sound of young, black Memphis, Fonseca was surely the sound of young, Puerto Rican New York. With the release of Do The Boogaloo by Orquesta Novel, Tuff City's ¡Andale! imprint further explores the wonderful and always musically valuable vaults of Carmelo Fonseca's eponymous New York label. This release was the first ever by the group Orquesta Novel, who would go on to sustain a decades-long career, recording for the best labels in the business from Tito Rodriguez' TR Records to the famed Fania Label.
