Tommy Olivencia - Plante Bandera

Released 1975
Inca Records

Produced by Luis "Perico" Ortiz

Remastered 2006
Fania / E-musica

Available at Amazon, Descarga, etc

1. Plante Bandera 4:34 (C. Curet Alonso)
2. Casimira 4:37 (C. Curet Alonso)
3. Como Novela De Amor 3:59 (C. Curet Alonso)
4. A La Yumbae 2:58 (C. Curet Alonso)
5. Si Estas Herido 4:36 (C. Curet Alonso)
6. Evelio Y La Rumba 5:35 (C. Curet Alonso)
7. El Amor 3:35 (D.R.)
8. A Mi Pai Chango 4:42 (C. Curet Alonso)
9. Trucutu 5:02 (Chamaco Ramirez)

Arrangements by Luis "Perico" Ortiz (1,3,6,8,9), Louis Cruz (2), Cabrerita (4), Jose Febles (5), Maximo Torres (7).

Plante Bandera and Trucutu made salsanewyork.com list. I think this is the second recording of Trucutu made by Chamaco Ramirez and Tommy Olivencia. A La Yumbae is a pretty good Merengue - seems to work fine with today's crowd.

Musicians:

Rafael Rodriguez / Trombone
Victor Candelario / Trombone
Ismael Rodriguez / Trumpet
Luis Ortiz / Trumpet
Hector Zarzuela / Trumpet
Tommy Olivencia / Trumpet
Frank Revilla / Piano
Jaime Ramirez / Bass
David Cortijito / Conga
Julito Morales / Timbales
Jose "Papi" Fuentes / Bongos
Chamacho Ramirez / Lead Vocals
Jose "Pepe" Sanchez / Vocals
Adalberto Santiago, Hector Lavoe, Yayo El Indio / Chorus