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Release Round-Up: Week of July 31

July 31, 2020 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flaming Pie [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 5CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe 5CD/2DVD/4LP: Paul McCartney Online Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Paul McCartney Archive Collection returns with a new volume dedicated to Macca’s 1997 back-to-basics album Flaming Pie, produced by Jeff Lynne. Inspired by the simpler, more immediate recording style that The Beatles used decades before, he returned to Abbey Road with some of his favorite collaborators, including Ringo Starr, George Martin,…

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock

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Airto, Alanis Morissette, Bobbie Gentry, Burt Bacharach, Cat Stevens, Daniel Tashian, Errol Dunkley, Irma Thomas, James Booker, Jon Anderson, Little Steven, Man, Paul McCartney, Pete Rodriguez, Soul Asylum, The Zombies

¡A mí me gusta así! Craft Latino Reissues Pete Rodriguez’s Classic Boogaloo Album “I Like It Like That”

July 9, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

“¡Soy el Rey del Boogaloo!” So proclaims The King of the Boogaloo, Pete Rodriguez on the song of the same name. It’s a highlight among highlights from the pianist and bandleader’s iconic album, I Like It Like That (A mi me gusta así). Originally released on Alegre Records in 1967 – and now seeing its first-ever vinyl reissue on Craft Latino on July 31 – I Like It Like That is an irresistible collection of prime Boogaloo: Afro-Caribbean grooves on grooves that brim with excitement, urgency, and joy. Over fifty years on, the…

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Review: Craft Latino Invites You To Take A Far-Out Trip With “Fania Goes Psychedelic”

September 3, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Get ready for a freak-out, because Craft Recordings has announced a new 15-song compilation of experimental and far-out treasures from the legendary Latin music label Fania! Entitled Fania Goes Psychedelic, this crate-digger’s fantasy is part of Craft Latino’s ongoing celebration of the influential imprint that became a home to the Latin-soul fusion “boogaloo” tunes that were coming out of the barrios. Originally founded by musician Johnny Pacheco and lawyer Jerry Masucci in 1964, the label grew quickly and eventually become one of the most significant imprints in Latin music as it “documented…

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Everything Else, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul

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Bobby Valentin, Eddie Palmieri, Jimmy Sabater, Orquesta Harlow, Pete Rodriguez, Ray Barretto, The Lebron Brothers