Que Viva La Música(180g Red Vinyl - Fania Exclusive)

Que Viva La Música just turned 50 and features Barretto at his peak of the “Hard Salsa” era. The album contains the track “Cocinando” from the famed documentary Our Latin Thing which alone makes the record worth the price of admission. Other key tracks include “La Pelota” and “Que Viva La Música”. Recorded in 1972, the recording features his original Salsa band including Adalberto Santiago and Orestes Vilato before their storied breakup. Now available remastered for the first time in decades. 

 Features

• Features “Que Viva la Música” an ominous crescendo of soulful percussion and wailing trumpets, followed by the warmth of Adalberto's soneos and the tune's exuberant chorus.
• ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original
• Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Memphis Record Pressing

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Que Viva la Música
2. Bruca Maniguá
3. La Pelota
4. El Tiempo lo Dirá

Side B

1. Cocinando
2. Triunfó el Amor
3. Alafia Cumaye