Late fifties mono original including two essential latin DJ grooves in Mississippi Mambo and Norin-Noron. Instant floorfillers. Record in stunning EX shape, cover has a little wear and tear on front and to corners.

Excellent latin and brazil tinged jazz by the Dick Crouch led British jazz-funk unit. Very consistent with highlights in Night Bird and the floorfriendly Cravo E Canela. Record is spotless, cover has small rip to front.

Two track album to me unless you are into traditional Cuban cancion. Poblina De Las Serenatas and Son De Ida Y Vuelta are both good melodic floor friendly son dancers. Seldom seen Cuban original on Siboney with record...

Adalberto Alvarez backed by the always steady Conjunto Son 14 this is a fantastic Cuban dancefloor bomp with stacks of heat for playing out. Check Agua Que Cae Del Ciero. Record in solid EX shape, cover with faint rin...

Juan Formell and the Orquesta Los Van Van getting busy as one would expect by one of Cuba's musical power houses. A bit of everything here but teh Son dancers stand out to my ear. Start with Habla Claro Camara for a f...

Cracking set of latin dancers by the mighty Irakere led by Chucho Valdes and German Velazco. Consistent affair with almost all tracks here worth a go with El Tata and 12 y 23 my personal favorites. Fragile cover is no...

Stunning copy of this Afro Cuban Los Van Van project with two winners in Nosotros Los del Caribe and Calla. Great breakdown on the latter. Light ringwear to cover, vinyl is spotless which is pretty rare for Cuban wax.

Essential Fania release with all the hard hitters involved in Bobby Valentin, Mongo Santamaria, Johnny Pacheco, Louie Ramirez and many more. Lots of upbeat stuff for the floor here with Elle Fue, Jubileo and Steady th...

A one track album but what a track indeed. Check out the great Anicanao, cheerful stuff for the dancefloor. Very rare record but unfortunately pretty beaten up vinyl, however the Anicano plays well enough to serve the...

Hard to judge by the cover if anything sweet is on here but little did I know that Peruvian soul diva Eva Ayllon lands a killer groove that ends with a sample ready breakbeat. As expected from a Peruvian original, the...

Gene Page craftsmanship with Ray Barreto, Bobby Valentin, Johnny Pacheco and many other top talents, how can it be anything but funky. The famous intro of Cha Cha Cha has been sampled notoriously but listen to the bes...

Seldom seen 60s deep groove pressing by famous Cuban percussionist Humberto Canto. A fine blend of mambo, cha cha, samba and other quality cuts on here but the standout track is Piano, Tumba Y Contrabajo which is high...

Laurindo Almeida arrangement and Bud Shank on fine form, this is strongly jazz infused latin experiment. Nice version of Round About Midnight and the lovely Harlem Samba are my favorites but overall a good listen. Ear...

Very early latin jazz recording by Cal Tjader backed by a young Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria. All pretty mellow stuff good for a Sunday afternoon of chilling. Later pressing with blue / white Fantasy label.

This one practically never shows up on vinyl. German salsa unit that gets loud and fast on the percussions but also downright funky as you will hear on the clip. Rare item in beautiful conditon.

This one is still somewhat under the radar but actually is one of the best releases on the French folk label, Arion. Brilliant mix of straight samba, batucada and forro. Listen to the hypnotic vibes of A Coroa Do Rei ...

Rare instrumental jazz funk on tiny Pacific Arts label that mixes everything from latin jazz over rare groove. A very enjoyable listening from start to finish. Pretty seldom seen album.

United Artist deep groove original from 1968 with Tito's expressions of love, latino style. This copy is a VG but as the sixties UA pressing are high-end it plays much better. Cover with heavy wear.

Mad underrated affair by Jose Prates and his Brasilian ensemble touring Europe. Lots of clubby tracks here with Muji and Puxada as some of the highlight. Signed on back cover, likely Domingos Campos. Vinyl is clean EX-

DJ goodies here from Jose Prates and his dance ensemble. Batucada heaven on this album with loud in-your-face drums but the winner is clearly E Nana that work a blast in the clubs every time. Super rare promo only whi...