Johnny Pacheco – A Man And His Music (El Maestro)

Compilation released 2006

Fania / E-Musica

available at Amazon, Descarga, etc.


disk 1.
1. La Melodia 3:02 (Johnny Pacheco)
2. El Guiro De Macorina 2:53 (Johnny Pacheco)
3. El Agua Del Clavelito 2:58 (Miguel Angel Pozo)
4. Caramelo 2:48 (Roberto Puentes)
5. Pare Cochero 2:59 (Marcelino Guerra, Miguel Banguela)
6. Soy Guapo De Verdad 4:15 (Johnny Pacheco)
7. Alto Songo 2:41 (Luis Martin Grinan)
8. Acuyeye 2:32 (Johnny Pacheco)
9. Recuerdo De Arcano 2:49 (Johnny Pacheco)
10. Fania 2:28 (Reinaldo Bolanos)
11. Canonazo 2:41 (Evaristo Aparicio)
12. Dakar, Punto Final 3:40 (Johnny Pacheco)
13. El Mundo 3:04 (Israel Lopez)
14. Dos Gardenias 4:50 (Isolina Carrillo)
15. Sugar Frost 6:25 (Johnny Pacheco)

tracks 1,2,3 from Pacheco Y Su Charanga (1960 Alegre A-8010) [remastered 2006]
tracks 4,5,6 from Pacheco Y Su Charanga Vol II (1961 Alegre A-8050)
tracks 7,8 from Pacheco Y Su Charanga Vol III – Que Suene La Flauta (1962 Alegre A-8110)
track 9 from Pacheco Y Su Charanga Vol IV – Suavito (1963 Alegre A-8200)
tracks 10,11,12 from Canozano (1964 Fania F-325)
track 13 from Viva Africa (1966?/1972? Fania F-330)
track 14 from Pacheco Y Su Charanga – By Popular Demand (1966?/1972? Fania F-333)
track 15 from Pacheco – His Flute and Latin Jam (1965 Fania F-328)

disk 2.
1. Soy Hijo Del Siboney 3:32 (Juan Mariano Romero)
2. Maria Cervantes 2:28 (Noro Morales)
3. La Esencia Del Guaguanco 4:03 (C. Curet Alonso)
4. Dulce Con Dulce 4:25 (D.R.)
5. Viralo Al Reves 5:31 (Johnny Pacheco)
6. Ponle Punto 3:18 (Johnny Pacheco)
7. Quimbara 4:48 (Junior Cepeda)
8. Guaguanco Pa’l Que Sabe 4:55 (Felipe Yanez)
9. Solo Estoy 8:07 (Eddie Del Barrio)
10. Juliana 4:12 (Cuco Valoy)
11. La Dicha Mia 5:49 (Johnny Pacheco)
12. Juaniquita 4:42 (Jose A. Fajardo Ramos)
13. El Paso De Encarnacion 4:21 (Pedro Pablo Aranzola)
14. La Palabra Fin 2:13 (Chico Navarro, Mike Rivas)
15. Los Compadres Seguiran 4:23 (Johnny Pacheco)

track 1 from Sabor Tipico (1967? Fania F-339)
track 2 from Latin Piper (1968 Fania F-358)
track 3 from La Perfecta Combinacion (1970 Fania F-380)
track 4 from Los Compadres (1971 Fania F-400) [remastered 2006]
tracks 5,6 from Tres De Café Y Dos De Azucar (1973 Fania F-436) [remastered 2007]
track7 from Celia & Johnny (1974 Vaya V-31) [remastered 2006]
track 8 from El Maestro (1975 Fania F-485) [remastered 2006]
track 9 from Llego Melon (1977 Vaya V-70) [1977 remastered 2008]
track 10 from Los Distinguidos (1979 Fania F-549)
track 11 from Celia, Johnny and Pete (1980 Vaya V-90)
track 12 from Fajardo Y Pacheco (1982 Fania F-603)
tracks 13,14 from De Pelicula (1982 Fania F-613)
track 15 from Jicamo (1985 Fania F-638)

A Man And His Music (or A Lady And Her Music or A Band And Their Music) series from Fania/E-Musica can be considered the most extensive and perhaps most definitive compilation of the most important Fania artists. For a collector of Latin dance music (or Salsa/Mambo/etc), this series should be considered a must – if their collection does not include the original albums already. To date only 7 artists have been given this 2-CD treatment by Fania/E-Musica; they are Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Johnny Pacheco, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz and Fania All-Stars – with Tito Puente and Sonora Poncena in my opinion being the next most likely candidates.

El Agua Del Clavelito, La Esencia Del Guaguanco and Guaguanco Pa’l Que Sabe made salsanewyork.com list.