Grupo Niche - Huellas Del Pasado

Released 1995
Sony Discos

All songs written and arranged by Jairo Varela
Produced by Jairo Varela

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1. Gotas De Lluvia 5:59
2. Balseros: Testimonio De Libertad 5:35
3. Lo Bonito Y Lo Feo 4:57
4. Es Mejor No Despertar 5:07
5. Se Me Parte El Corazon 5:02
6. Verdades Que Saben 5:35
7. Solamente Tu 4:56
8. Bajame Uno 5:55

Two songs (Gotas De Lluvia and Lo Bonito Y Lo Feo) made salsanewyork.com list.

Musicians:

Daniel Silva / Bass
Carlos Vivas / Piano & Keyboards
Julio Abadia / Piano (track 6)
Douglas Guevara / Percussion & Effects
Jose Aguirre / Trumpet 1-2-3
Leo Aguirre / Trombone 1-2
Andres Viafara, Diana Serna, Willie Garcia, Richie Valdes, Javier Vasquez, Jairo Varela, Daniel Silva, Carlos Guerro / Chorus

Grupo Niche - Un Alto En El Camino

Released 1993
Sony Discos

All songs written by Jairo Varela
Arrangements by Alberto Barros, Jose Aguirre, Juan V. Zambrano, Jairo Varela
Produced by Alberto Barros and Jairo Varela

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1. Un Alto En El Camino 4:52
2. La Gallinita De Los Huevos De Oro 4:52
3. Duele Mas 5:41
4. Sin Palabras 4:59
5. Colombia Tierra De Todos 5:46
6. Ave De Paso 4:56
7. Las Tres Son Caribe 5:04
8. Somos Guerros 5:07

Two songs (Un Alto En El Camino and Duele Mas) made salsanewyork.com list.

Musicians:

Daniel Silva / Bass
Julio Abadia / Piano
Carlos Vivas / Piano
Juan V. Zambrano / Keyboards
Douglas Guevara / Percussion, Conga, Bongos, Timbales
Alberto Barros / Trombone 1-2-3
Jose Aguirre / Trumpet
Oswaldo Ospino / Trumpet
Carlos Guerro / Maracas & Guiro
Jairo Varela, Daniel Silva, Richie Valdes, Javier Vasquez, Carlos Guerro, Charlie Sa, Diana Serna / Chorus
Charlie Cardona, Javier Vasquez, Carlos Guerro / Lead Vocals

Grupo Niche - Cielo De Tambores

Released 1990
CBS Discos

All songs written by Jairo Varela
Arrangements by Jairo Varela, Andres Viafara, Sergio George
Produced by Grupo Niche

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1. Cielo De Tambores 5:41
2. Una Aventura 5:30
3. Se ParecioTanto A Ti 5:30
4. Dona Pastora 4:56
5. Busca Por Dentro 5:57
6. Deberia Olvidarla 4:25
7. Sin Sentimientos 4:57
8. Cali Aji 4:36

Four songs made salsanewyork.com list - Cielo De Tambores, Una Aventura, Sin Sentimientos and Cali Aji.

Musicians:

Raul Umana / Bass
Pelusa / Piano
Sergio George / Piano & Keyboards
Danny Jimenez / Trumpet
Osvaldo Ospino / Trumpet
Jhonny Gonzalez / Trombone
Gonzalo Palacio / Trombone
Andres Viafara / Trombone
Dennys Ibarguen / Conga
William Valdez / Timbales
William Ospino / Bongos, Campana
Javier Vasquez, Charlie Cardona, Richy Valdez, Jairo Varela / Chorus
Charlie Cardona, Javier Vasquez, Richy Valdez / Lead Vocals

Grupo Niche - 20 Exitos Originales

Released 2005
Sony Discos

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I'm not completely sure every song was written by Jairo Varela, who wrote pretty much all of the Grupo Niche songs by the 1990 album Cielo De Tambores.

1. La Canoa Ranchaa 4:40
2. Culebra 4:25
3. Cielo De Tambores 3:48
4. Han Cogido La Cosa 4:42
5. Duele Mas 3:43
6. Busca Por Dentro 3:02
7. Hagamos Lo Que Diga El Corazon 3:18
8. Mi Machete 5:29
9. Una Aventura 3:17
10. Sin Sentimientos 4:22
11. Etnia 4:33
12. Mi Pueblo 3:53
13. La Negra No Quiere 3:12
14. Cali Aji 3:14
15. La Gallinita De Los Huevos De Oro 3:17
16. Ana Mile 5:00
17. Gotas De Lluvia 3:27
18. Un Alto En El Camino 4:49
19. Se Parecio Tanto A Ti 3:49
20. Cali Pachanguero 3:19

Every song in this compilation with possible exception of Un Alto En El Camino is truncated; some of the songs cut by nearly 2 minutes from the original. These same shorter versions of the songs were used in some other Grupo Niche compilation CDs.

Nine songs (Culebra, Cielo De Tambores, Duele Mas, Una Aventura, Sin Sentimientos, Etnia, Cali Aji, Gotas De Lluvia, Un Alto En El Camino) are included in the salsanewyork.com list.

Track 20 from No Hay Quinto Malo (1984)
Track 16 from Se Paso (1985)
Tracks 3,6,9,10,14,19 from Cielo De Tambores (1990)
Tracks 7,12 from Llegando Al 100% (1991)
Tracks 5,15,18 from Un Alto En El Camino (1992)
Track 17 from Huellas Del Pasado (1995)
Tracks 1,11 from Etnia (1996)
Track 6 from A Prueba De Fuego (1997)
Track 4 from A Golpe De Folklore (1999)
Tracks 2,8 from Imaginacion (2004)
Track 13 - original album unknown to me but it certainly was released before 1993 and probably before 1988.