Format: Vinyl Record LP, Seeco Records. USA release no date. Silvestre Mendez: El Rey del Ritmo Afro-Cubano. Original mono 1960s(?) Afro Cuban Santeria tracks performed by Silvestre and small combo with heavy percussion. Record label is black with silver print. 12 tracks including: Nueva Oriza; Ven Fransciso; Malambo; Cabiosele Chango; Obanlaese; La Tumba Soy Yo; A Bailar Oriza; No Vayas A La Rumba; Baba; Ye Ma Ya; Africa; Laye Laye. Record label: Seeco Records. USA Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM948celp426 ---S
Format: Vinyl Record LP, CHB Records. USA release no date. Very rare album of authentic Cuban Santeria cult drumming. Scant information on jacket other than track listing. 10 tracks including: Elegua; Oggun; Yemaya; Chango; Ochun; Obatala; Oya; Ochosi; Babalu Aye; Elegua. Record label: CHB Records. USA Grade: Vinyl VG+, Jacket VG+ Stock: 1. Item: RM489chb417 ---R
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Decca Records. UK release from 1969. Excellent Brazilian fare, stereo copy, from Meirelles (or Meireles) and his orquestra. Contains great versions of Mas Que Nada, Garota De Ipanema (Girl From Ipanema) and Desafinado. 12 tracks including: Ritmo; Madureira Chorou; Nega Do Cabelo Duro; Praca Onze; Mascara Negra; A Banda; Marchinha Do Grande Galo; Allah-La-O; Cidade Maravilhosa; Mas Que Nada; Garota De Ipanema; Desafinado. Jacket has a little bit of wear on back, but in general in great condition. Record label: Decca Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket VG+ Stock: 1. Item: RM483ecs2020 ---M
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Guajiro Records. 1980 release on the Guajiro Records label, USA. Roberto Torres, vocalist, label owner, innovator with musical his stars, mainly Orquesta Broadway musicians. With his label Guajiro records, Roberto Torres took Cuban music to new heights, a smooth, sweet yet robust swinging nightclub sound. 6 tracks including: Son De La Loma, El Comelon, Union Cienfueguera, Mi Yambu, Cuba Criolla, En El Batey. Jacket open but still in shrink. Record label: Guajiro Records. USA Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM197glp4002 ---T
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Musicalia Records. Musicalia label release, stereo, no date or country of origin but most likely USA. Classic Cuban big band material from the 1950s from orquesta formed by the brothers Castro. With vocalists Carlos Diaz, Orestes Macias, Chamaco Garcia and Kino Moran. Great vintage aerial shot of Havana on front jacket. 10 tracks including: El Amor De Mi Bohio, Mi Nuevo Ritmo, Danzoneando, Cobarde, La Consecuencia and others. Open but still in shrink Record label: Musicalia Records. USA Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM71mcs22141 ---C
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Okeh Records. Collection of sambas from OKeh label a part of CBS in Brazil. Released 1969. Jacket is a thin paper sleeve folded once. Credits include Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben etc. Record label: Okeh Records. Brazil Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket VG+ Stock: 1. Item: RM2712247 ---B