Exitos de Santiago Ceron

Released by International Records / Salsa-International
CD746

Compilation of recordings from 1980 onwards
Released 1994?

Available at Descarga, Passiondiscs and for the moment Amazon.co.uk

1. Lindo Yambu 5:45 (Ignacio Pineiro) (arr. Chiripa Aracena)
2. La Loma De Belen 4:03 (D.R.) (prod. Louie Ramirez)
3. Espiritu Burlon 3:45 (D.R.) (arr. Marty Sheller; prod. Louie Ramirez)
4. A La Mala No 5:00 (Ramon Rodriguez)
5. Don Lengua 5:16 (Ignacio Pineiro) (arr. Luis "Perico" Ortiz)
6. Momposina 4:13 (D.R.) (arr. & prod. Louie Ramirez)
7. Cruel Tormento 6:07 (D.R.) (arr. Marty Sheller; prod. Luis "Perico" Ortiz)
8. Palo E' Cucuye 5:41 (Johnny Pacheco) (prod. Johnny Pacheco)
9. Vacio 3:54 (Tony Pabon) (prod. Luis "Perico" Ortiz)
10. Borrachito 4:05 (Ramon Rodriguez) (arr. Marty Sheller)
11. Baja Y Tapa La Olla 4:33 (Los Compadres) (arr. Chuito)
12. Sirena 4:06 (Ramon Rodriguez) (prod. Ramon Rodriguez)
13. La Mato 2:40 (D.R.) (Orq Porfirio Fernandez, canta: Santiago Ceron)

This is another difficult album to get much information out from the liner notes provided by International Records. All the songs have conjunto feel to them - the main instruments are piano, bass, two trumpets, trombone, tres, conga and bongos. At the moment, the original album for only 3 of the songs are available as CD - Lindo Yambu in "Tumbando Puertas: Luis "Perico" Ortiz Presenta A Santiago Ceron" and Espiritu Burlon and Momposina in "Bueno De Vicio."

Four songs made salsanewyork.com honor list including La Loma De Belen, Lindo Yambu, Momposina and Espiritu Burlon.

[added Oct 11, 2007: Don Lengua also made salsanewyork.com list recently.]
[added Dec 21, 2007: Sirena also made salsanewyork.com list recently.]

Musicians include

(Lindo Yambu)
Luis "Perico" Ortiz / Trumpet
Hector "Bomberito" Zarzuela / Trumpet
Lewis Khan / Trombone
Eric Figueroa / Piano
Eddie "Gua Gua" Rivera / Bass
Charlie Rodriguez / Tres
Luis Mangual / Bongo and campana
Angel "Cachete" Maldonado / Conga
Hector Casanova / Percussion, coro
Ramón Rodriguez / Percussion, coro
Santiago Ceron / Lead vocals

(Espiritu Burlon & Momposina)
Santiago Ceron / canta, coro
Elvis Cabrera / piano
Enrique Breton / bass
Freddy Sanchez - congas
Luis Mangual Jr. / bongo y campana
Charlie Rodriguez / tres
Roberto Lugo / maracas
Johnny Kenton / guiro
Puchi Boulong / trompeta
Hector "Bomberito" Zarzuela/- trompeta
Johnny Gonzalez / trombon
Ramon Castro / coro
Tito Nieves / coro