LOUIE RAMIREZ & ORQ. LATIN AU GO-GO (ATCO '65) HEAR

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Review FOR A CD: Latin Au Go Go
CD (Collector's Choice Music 903), Released 1965; Re-Issued 2008
Editor's Pick:
JEEEZUSS! Rhino (Atlantic, Warner) did one helluva terrific job reissuing this 1965 Atco masterpiece on CD for Collectors Choice Music's private CCM label (CCM-903). You want to hear one of THE best Latin bands (full instrumentation; d'oh-h: no sidemen listed) of all time, right up there with the best of the best, this is it! Only less-than-number-one piece is "Manha de carnaval," but it's STILL this terrific band! Charlie Palmieri fave Victor Velazquez, in a higher register than usual (makes it, too, and then gets ALL the way down), is the male lead vocalist (language buffs will note his goof on the famous Beny tune "En Guantanamo" when he sings "todo el alma" instead of "toda el alma;" however, if you got through Tito Rodriguez's [in]famous before-the-studio-mike goofs — he'd never do a second take —, you won't be bothered) and a gal who reminds you of Fe Cortijo does the distaff side. There's a trumpet man there who sounds like Chocolate passing Jupiter (Puchi? Victor? Tony?), a tenor sax soloist you won't believe, Louie sneaking in & out on electric piano, a bongo-campana man who sounds like Chino, Manny O. & Dandy put together, a conguero who's probably Frankie Malabe but could also be Patato and Joe Cuba rolled into one (young'uns might think it's Poncho Sanchez, but it's way too early for that: it must be Frankie) and maybe Tito Puente himself guesting on timbal on the final cut "Mueve la cadera." 10 cuts, 37:33, top-notch 2- or 3-track remastering. Imagine CCM getting an exclusive on this! (Liner notes, updated inside, say this 1965 session was Louie's third as a leader.)
Highly Recommended.

"From A Vinyl Web Store: "Louie Ramirez: Latin Au Go Go; Atlantic/Atco 33-179; 1st/deep groove V+/E-.... $50 -- Latin jazz; great rarity from 1964 or '65 w/Ozzie Torrens; neatly masking taped edges, surface wear, but plays nicely; includes "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (jazz mambo)"

WELL THAT WAS A REVIEW FOR THE CD...NOW YOU WILL HAVE THE "RARE" OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE ORIGINAL LP ON ITS 1ST PRESSING (ATCO like Decca, MGM, etc do not believe in Reissuing their Latin "Gems")!!

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