Released 1973
Produced by Ray Barretto
Fania / E-Musica Remastered 2006
Available at Amazon, Descarga, etc
Arrangements by Louie Cruz (1,2,6,7), Eddie Martnez (3,5,8), Louie Ramirez (4)
1. El Hijo De Obatala 5:02 (C. Curet Alonso)
2. El Diablo 5:21 (Bienvenido Julian Guetirrez)
3. Yo Tengo Un Amor 5:03 (Rafael Hernandez)
4. La Familia 3:49 (Julia Gunda Merced)
5. La Orquesta 4:32 (Roberto Rodriguez)
6. Llanto De Cocodrilo 3:54 (D.R.)
7. Ay No 6:06 (D.R.)
8. Indestructible 4:11 (Ray Barretto, Joseph Roman)
This arguably is one of the more popular Ray Barretto album for a rather large number of Salsa dancers. The best known song is Indestructible - perhaps best played slowed down. Next is El Hijo De Obatala - also arguably better played slowed down. The one song that did make salsanewyork.com list is La Familia.
[note added March 7, 2008 - The composer credit for La Familia is a little strange in my opinion. I have a Jose Curbelo CD which gives the composer credit to Jose Curbelo Sr. In any case, La Familia was one of big hits for Jose Curbelow in the early 50s.]
Musicians
Ray Barretto / Conga, Clave, Musical Director
“Little” Ray Romero / Timbales
Tony Fuentes / Bongso and Cencerro
Edy Martinez / Piano
Julio Romero / Baby Bass
Art “Artie” Webb / Flute
Roberto Rodriguez / Lead Trumpet
Joseph “Papy” Roman / Second Trumpet
Manuel “Manny” Duran / Third Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez / possibly Maracas
Felo Barrio / Guiro (3,5)
Menique (2,3,4,6,7,8), Hector Lavoe (1,2,3,4,6,7,8), Roberto Rodriguez (5), Felo Barrio (5), Willie Colon (1) / Chorus
Tito Allen / Lead Vocals
I love this album, but my favorite track is one you don't mention: "El Diablo." To me, it really burns - especially the horn and percussion break that erupts at about 2:25. That just kills me.
ReplyDeleteMr. Stephen Mejias,
ReplyDeleteIf you read my review of Barretto Indestructible in amazon, I cannot agree more with you, although other songs are also as good!...
Now, talking about the reviewer HYH AT 10/20/2007 07:14:00 AM, saying that SUCH tunes as El Híjo De Obatalá and Indestructuble are better played slowed down is not AT ALL of MY personal opinion! They're such awesome and wonderful musical dancetracks, that I CANNOT see why they should better be best played slowed down that at high volume for the listeners/dancers to enjoy them more!