King of the conga
“Acid” Ray Barretto Fania Records (1968) A classic. A well-know dance floor firestarter, but also a great cover worthy of another look. Features “Acid”, “Teacher of Love”, “Mercy, Mercy, Baby”, “Soul Drummers”, “A Deeper Shade of Soul” – the whole LP is an afro-latin, soul, funk and boogaloo fusion that makes you wanna move your feet. “Have you heard them cooking / The Soul Drummers / well they play so cool / Soul Drummers / so hard to resist / Soul Drummers / with the African twist.” A jewel in the amazing Fania catalog. Drop “Acid” at your next party and see what happens.
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January 19th, 2010 at 10:56 am
“Acid Rayn”
January 19th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Yeah, baby! King of the hard hands! Ray is El Rey!
January 21st, 2010 at 12:59 am
Awesome! Just been researching record valuations – learned that these things retain insane value…
January 28th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Y’know; I just knew he was a head.
January 29th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Goldmine: ‘ACID’ 196? on Fania SLP-348 … $20 in 2007 $ound about right?
One of our three local Goodwill Stores just put over 400 oldy records on their shelves and it was happy hunting earlier and a GOOD day!
I gave this blog address to a beautiful young college gal that was a ‘9’ and getting into vinyl! There is HOPE for our youth after all!