Tito Puente - The Complete 78s: Vol, 1 & 2 (1949 - 1955) '2010

Tracks list

In what is perhaps the most admirable reissue campaign in Latin music history,
Emusica head Giora Breil commissioned Joe Conzo to compile and annotate a
four-volume collection -- later reissued as a two-part series of box sets, each
set having four discs -- from the dawn of Tito Puentes leadership of a band, a
series of 156 songs recorded from 1949 to 1955 and released on the Tico label as
78 rpm records. Although Puente was recording for RCA around the same time
(those sides appear on The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 1), these Tico songs
present a far different side of the Latin maestro, and there are few parallels
between the material. Where Puente was recording plentiful swing crossovers for
RCA (Tuxedo Junction and Take the A Train in addition to his early masterpiece
Ran Kan Kan), his material for Tico found him keeping mostly to what his core
audience in Spanish Harlem wanted to hear: plentiful hard mambos with the
occasional bolero or ballad and, overall, few direct concessions to mainstream
music. This was the equivalent of Duke Ellington on OKeh or Charlie Parker on
Dial -- recordings for the hardcore faithful that showed a band as it existed
instead of as it wanted to be sold. However, despite assumptions either way,
that doesnt necessarily make this a better or worse set than the fruits of the
RCA years, and indeed, for a crossover audience whose numbers usually overwhelm
the core base, Puentes Tico recordings will be less familiar and even less
dynamic. But the level of musicianship was high, with future heroes Mario
Bauzá, Mongo Santamaría, Charlie Palmieri, and Willie Bobo heard here. The
Complete 78s, Vols. 1-2: 1949-1955 is a treasure trove for Latin fans.

Tracklisting:
01. Tito Puente - Un Corazón (2:44)
02. Tito Puente - Solos Tú Y Yo (2:52)
03. Tito Puente - Mambo Macoco (2:58)
04. Tito Puente - Abaniquito (2:50)
05. Tito Puente - Titos Mambo (3:07)
06. Tito Puente - Babalaqua (2:52)
07. Tito Puente - Baile Simón (3:03)
08. Tito Puente - Quiero Mi Tambo (3:05)
09. Tito Puente - Cuban Cutie (2:57)
10. Tito Puente - A Burujón Puñao (3:14)
11. Tito Puente - Babarabatiri (3:05)
12. Tito Puente - Cuban Mambo (3:10)
13. Tito Puente - Mambolero (2:51)
14. Tito Puente - Mi Guaguancó (2:50)
15. Tito Puente - Mambo La Roca (2:37)
16. Tito Puente - Lo Dicen Todas (3:20)
17. Tito Puente - Esy (2:54)
18. Tito Puente - El Nuevo Mambo (2:41)
19. Tito Puente - The Drinking Mambo (2:36)
20. Tito Puente - Oye Lo Que Tiene El Mambo (3:15)
21. Tito Puente - Soy Feliz (3:23)
22. Tito Puente - No Lo Hago Más (3:08)
23. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Vibe Mambo (2:59)
24. Tito Puente - Por La Mañana (2:47)
25. Tito Puente - Willie And Ray Mambo (3:09)
26. Tito Puente - Tinguaro (3:07)
27. Tito Puente - Mambo Con Puente (3:03)
28. Tito Puente - Baile Mi Mambo (3:02)
29. Tito Puente - Tatalibába (3:10)
30. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Guajeo En Dominante (2:43)
31. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Mambo Gallego (2:47)
32. Tito Puente - Quiéreme Y Veras (2:49)
33. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - El Rey Del Timbal (2:59)
34. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Que Lindo El Mambo (2:48)
35. Tito Puente - Titóro (2:50)
36. Tito Puente - Mamey Colorao (2:53)
37. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Camina Camarón (2:55)
38. Tito Puente - Mari Juana (2:54)
39. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Mambiando (3:11)
40. Tito Puente and his Orchestra - Mambo Suavecito (2:50)
41. Tito Puente - Cuban Nightingale (2:25)
42. Tito Puente - Tonight I Am In Heaven (2:58)
43. Tito Puente - I Do (3:09)
44. Tito Puente - Jumbalato (2:31)
45. Tito Puente - La Güira (3:15)
46. Tito Puente - La Gloria Eres Tú (3:10)
47. Tito Puente - El Mambo Diablo (3:09)
48. Tito Puente - Monterrey (2:58)
49. Tito Puente - Ta Bueno Pa Bailar (2:44)
50. Tito Puente - Aprieta El Pollo (3:16)
51. Tito Puente - Este Es Tumbao (3:13)
52. Tito Puente - Pénjamo (3:06)
53. Tito Puente - Cuero Na Ma (3:03)
54. Tito Puente - Este Es Coco (3:04)
55. Tito Puente - Temptation (2:16)
56. Tito Puente - Autumn Leaves (3:07)
57. Tito Puente - I Get A Kick Out Of You (2:49)
58. Tito Puente - What Is This Thing Called Love (2:31)
59. Tito Puente - Guaguancó En Tropicana (3:18)
60. Tito Puente - Tú Mi Amor Divino (2:50)
61. Tito Puente - Mambo En Blues (3:12)
62. Tito Puente - Calypso Mambo (2:08)
63. Tito Puente - Yambú Pa Gozar (2:55)
64. Tito Puente - Wampo (2:48)
65. Tito Puente - La Batanga (3:01)
66. Tito Puente - Nueva Vida (3:04)
67. Tito Puente - Me Quieres O No Me Quieres (2:41)
68. Tito Puente - Si Me Dices Que Sí (2:56)
69. Tito Puente - Palabras Calladas (2:45)
70. Tito Puente - Preparen Candela (2:48)
71. Tito Puente - Santo Suárez (2:54)
72. Tito Puente - Que Caminaito (2:40)
73. Tito Puente - Salta Perico (3:03)
74. Tito Puente - Luna Yumurina (3:07)
75. Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble - Rainfall (2:43)
76. Tito Puente - The Continental (2:49)
77. Tito Puente - Mambo Birdland (2:37)
78. Tito Puente - Mambo City (2:25)
79. Tito Puente - Mambo Mist (3:02)
80. Tito Puente - Mambo Night (3:13)

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