Various Artists - Roots Of Salsa Vol. 3: Classic Latin Tunes Become Salsa Hits - LP Vinyl+CD

This is the third in our compilation series on the roots of salsa. For a general background on the ideas behind it, please refer to the notes in the first and second volumes. In a nutshell the Roots of Salsa series is an investigation into early Cuban or Cuban-derived tunes that were either covered by salsa groups later (mid-1960s through today) or were highly influential on the development of salsa over the decades. The main criterion was to pick tracks that sounded adequate for today’s DJ or collectors to play at a gig or on the radio, or were sufficiently interesting (or enough of a surprise to fans of the later version) to merit inclusion, but were not perhaps the best known or of more recent vintage. - Pablo E. Yglesias, aka DJBongohead

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1. Roberto Faz y su Conjunto (1959) - Suena tu bongó 02:44
2. Conjunto Estrellas de Chocolate (1960) - Guaguancó A Todos Los Barrios 03:13
3. Cheo Marquetti y su Conjunto (1957) - Apriétala En El Rincón 02:49
4. René Touzet & his Orchestra (1960) - Pa’ Chismoso Tú 02:49
5. Noro Morales y su Orquesta (1950) - Guararé 02:53
6. Xavier Cougat & his Orchestra (1957) - Coco Seco 02:26
7. Monchito & his Mambo Royals (1959) - Pao Pao 02:47
8. Orquesta Riverside (1957) - Me Voy Pa' Pinar Del Rio 03:09
9. Los Jóvenes Del Cayo (1957) - Carahuico 03:01
10. Rosendo Ruíz, Jr. and his Orchestra (1961) - La Jicotea 02:32
11. La Orquesta de Ernesto Duarte con Rolando Laserie (1958) - Amalia Batista 03:04
12. Silvestre Méndez y su Conjunto (1961) - Mi Bomba Sonó 02:32
13. Pío Leiva con la Orquesta de Bebo Valdés (1960) - Chachagüere 02:01
14. La Orquesta Casino de La Playa (1940) - Ariñañara 03:07