British band leader Tony Hatch with a solid set of latin and bossa grooves. Great DJ item with Soul Bossa Nova and Light My Fire good clubby tunes while beatheads will surely love the heavy Herbie (soundclip). Clean E...

Mixed back of Latin and Brazil tinged themes by library main man Alan Tew. Gotta love The Troubleshooters but The Carnical Is Over would work well in a Bossa Nova setting.

Compilation from 1987 with many of Cal Tjader's best compositions. Mambo Macumba, Ritmo Africano and much much more. Mongo Santamaria & Willie Bobo who both started their respective careers with Cal Tjader are joining...

Cal Tjader gone funky on Mamblues later to feature as alternative take with Bernard Purdie on the Fritz The Cat soundtrack. Instant floorfiller. More clubby latin fun here though on the upbeat Bye Bye Love and This Ca...

Along with his debut on Prucia Records, I would rate this the best Macario Prudencia album. Crackin Caribbean salsa from start to finish, not a dull moment in sight with the Continental Combo backing the master. Stron...

Rare and collectable album relase by Cumbia pioneer Eduardo Zurita getting serioulsy busy on the organ adding a great afro cuban backing. Some tracks are mixed together in pairs allowing for fascinating tempo changes....

Cuban masterpiece by the famed flutist recording for Panart Records before moving to the US and signing with Coco and Fania in the seventies. Superb stuff on a record that is seriously hard to track down. Record is st...

Smashing stuff by Cuban bandleader Pacho Alonso including his two best tracks to date, the early salsa afdair Que Me Digan Feo and hard hitting funkster La Chalupa Del Upa Upa. Areito original with cover in VG conditi...

Been after this Cuban treat for a long while so happy to have caught a clean copy at last. Traditional drum, bongo, percussion patterns mixed with contemporary Cuban musical styles. Great stuff for the experimental DJ...

Monster Bahamas funkster with the heavy breakbeat favorite Independent Bahamas by Biosis Now but there are lots of other treats on here like the popular soul dancer New Day Dawning by Bobby Smith or rare groove materi...

Cuban landmark album with Chucho Valdes and crew rocking the Montreux Jazz Festival. Roof off latin jazz that moves from experimental to purest Havana funk. Cheapo copy with gatefold cover worn on all edges and with w...

Cuban household salsa unit Los Van Van just keep doing what they do best, feel good music, all day every day.... Fragile cover with edge wear and tear, disc is visually VG but plays VG+

One of the best later Los Van Van releases with fast and furious Merengue on tracks like Quien Bien Te Quire Te Hara Llorar or Se Muere La Tia but they also mess with synth and keyboards to great effect. Superb EX sha...

One of the most consistent Cuban groups with a career spanning almost 30 albums of which pretty much all are worth some attention. Highlights here are Recuerdo De Antano and notably the dead funky Mi Bajo Con Tumbao. ...

Perfectly fresh copy of this collectable Cuban classic on Areito. Rafael Lay leading the band and the result is a fine mix of upbeat Guachipupa dancers and cool mid tempo Boleros. Heavy vinyl is NM and I would guess c...

Very much slept on rumba recording straight out of Havana with Ni Yo Mismo Se and Para Vigo Me Voy absolute monsters for the floor. Upbeat, with tempo change, cowbell and percusion action all over the place. Cuban ori...

Cuban dance rhymths for days on this seldom seen Areito release. The Rumbas and Congas work best for me but there is something for everyone on here. Clean breaks if you fancy some looping or mixing the tribal drums. E...

Juan Pablo Torres is genius in my eyes and although this album is lacking on heavy hitting dancefloor tunes it is full of smooth summery jazz grroves on the piano. Anyone messing with samples should check both En Los ...

Masterpiece Chucho Valdes affair that jazz, balearic, latin fans would all likely enjoy. All about the b-side title track Invitacion, a 16 min opus of experimental jazz funk. Mindblowing! Copy is VG with marks on viny...

By far the rarest Chucho Valdes record on Areito and if you collect Cuban jazz this is a must. A spiritual yet soulful touch to the all compositions by the Irakere main man joined by his brother Oscar Valdes and Carlo...