LOUIE RAMIREZ

U.S.A ORIGINAL PRESSING ~ NOT A RECENT RE-ISSUE

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Record: VG+ high shine and luster of NM, some light scuffs/marks that do not affect play.

Cover: VG general wear, some spine and edge wear, 2" bottom seam split at opening (easily repaired with tape), writing on back/front

Goldmine Grading Guide: NM/VG+/VG No Excellent or multiple +++ grades

Banging latin soul! featuring Louie's original arrangements & compostions along with some Bobby Marin originals.

Spanish vocals by RUDY CALZADO and English vocals by Bobby Marin, music notes by Max Salazar...

One of the wildest albums in the history of Latin music, a crazy batch of Latin soul tunes made by Louie Ramirez under the alter ego of Ali Baba! The album starts with Ali saying "I hope you buy this album. I need the bread to buy a couple of camels. You see, I haven't had a hump in about a month!" -- then rolls into a massively grooving tune entitled "Ungawa". This blend of Middle Eastern, African, and Latin themes in such short space -- however goofball -- really gets at the expansive feel of the set, as Louie's stepping way past the simple format of his earlier years, into the tripped-out styles that the Latin kids were digging in the late 60s. The album's even got a secret message hidden by backward masking -- but even the forward bits are great, especially the tunes that cook with English lyrics by Bobby Marin! Titles include "I Dig Rhythm", "Ungawa", "Ali Baba", "Cookin' with Ali", "Yambu", "It's Not What You Say", and "Cachita".

Louie Ramirez Timbales
Sonny Bravo Piano
Larry Spencer Trompeta
Demereado Alberto Trompeta
Bobby Valentin Trompeta
Hector De Leon Trompeta
Manuel Gonzalez Trombone
Victor David Perez Bajo
Bobby Rodriguez Bajo
Victor Allende Conga

Recommended!

ungawa.mp3

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