Dance Latino
Released: 1965
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Released: 1965
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The rarest and last of his U.S. Victor recordings, Dance Latino is pitched as a dance album with the "provocative Prado beat," but it is no more so than previous albums. The calypso piece (played...
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Perez Prado - JAPAN
Released: 1974
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Released: 1974
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Perez Prado, like his '70s Orfeon records, is well worth the trouble of finding or importing. The sound quality and mix is first-rate, and most of the material would surprise anyone unfamiliar with...
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Plays Mucho Mambo for Dancing
Released: 1951
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Released: 1951
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Mucho Mambo is Prado's first LP, as well as one of Victor's earliest. Released a year after Prado's first North American single ("Que Rice El Mambo") created a sensation, it was received with...
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Mambo Mania - RCA
Released: 1955
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Released: 1955
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Mambo Mania anthologizes singles released in Mexico for the North American audience. It is doubtful many would have realized it was a collection from different sessions, however. Many of the tracks...
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Voodoo Suite Plus Six All-Time Greats
Released: 1955
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Released: 1955
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The sides of this album are unrelated. "Voodoo Suite" is Prado's classic orchestral composition combining Afro-Cuban and jazz in a "tone poem." It was recorded April 8, 1954, with a 22-piece band...
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Mambo Happy!
Released: 1957
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Released: 1957
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On RCA's budget label, Mambo Happy! presents early Cuban recordings. Among the syncopated tracks of this entry in the "Designed for Dancing" series, there are many interesting selections,...
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Patricia EP
Released: 1958
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Released: 1958
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Patricia is an interesting EP for two reasons. First, "Mood Indigo" and "Whistling Rock" are not on the Dilo (Ugh!) LP. "Mood Indigo" is tawdry but less silly than the version of "Tabu" on Latin...
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Latino!
Released: 1959
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Released: 1959
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Latino! is another of several Camden budget releases that fall between the awful bootleg/public-domain Prado albums and the great recordings for Victor. Although old and old-sounding (not...
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