RAY BARRETTO HARD HANDS ULTRA-RARE ORIG '68 FANIA STEREO LP LATIN SOUL CLASSIC

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·       RAY BARRETTO – HARD HANDS  – RARE ORIGINAL 1968 FANIA RECORDS STEREO LP 362

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL MULTICOLOR (“PSYCHEDELIC” OR "CLOUDS") FANIA LABEL

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

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The crossover king from Teaneck, New Jersey, Ray Barretto drummed in Latin and jazz as well as other projects calling for conga. He played with Sabu Martinez and led several albums on Tico, Riverside, United Artists, Fania, and other labels. Although his signature hit was the proto-boogaloo novelty-pachanga "El Watusi," remade [even more cheesily] as "Watusi '65," Barretto wrote and covered many fine songs in most Latin rhythms.

Generally overrated (particularly his United Artists period), Barretto achieved Latin-soul immortality with two albums on Fania inspired by Pete Bonet. Acid and Hard Hands stand as top Barretto, prime Fania, and vindication of Latin-soul and related crossover efforts. Subsequent Fania LPs have similar moments. Barretto deserves highest credit for working in all styles, pure and hybrid, and for sticking with crossover efforts throughout his career.

HARD HANDS - One Of The Greatest LPs in the Latin Salsa/Soul History!!!

Ray Barretto - Conga

Adalberto Santiago - Voice

Roberto Rodriguez - Trumpet

'Papy' Roman - Trumpet

Orestes Vilato - Timbales

Tony Fuentes - Bongo

Louis Cruz - Piano

Mr Soul - Bass

Track listing: A1   Hard Hands (2:50) A2   Abidjan (4:52) A3   Love Beads (2:36) A4   Mi Ritmo Te Llama (4:55) A5   Got To Have You (2:27) B1   Son Con Cuero (5:12) B2   Mirame De Frente (4:27) B3   New York Soul (2:38) B4   Ahora Si (5:36)

What Is Latin Soul?

Latin soul, including boogaloo (bugalu), shing-a-ling, jala jala, and pata pata (after the Miriam Makeba song), is one of New York's best-kept cultural secrets. A music-and-dance phenomenon that swept New York City and beyond in the mid-1960s, it was also the sound of half of Harlem through the mid-1970s. Unlike Afro-Cuban music, which combined centuries of African and Spanish musical tradition, Latin soul reflected the disparate ingredients of the decade, including social turmoil. Latin percussion, soul melody, and often ruinous lyrics along the lines of "C'mon baby, dance the boogaloo" slowly gave way to hipper developments and occasionally inspiration. The use of conga with bluesy bass lines became ubiquitous in funk and soul jazz, however.

Many people believed a little boogaloo went a long way, and as with any fad there was much repetition, redundancy, and ripping off of others' riffs. It was the last Latin craze before salsa (which was developing simultaneously), yet the first not to require learning new steps! That was the conventional wisdom, anyway.

As a fad, New York Latin soul came straight from the kids in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem), who for years had assembled on corners and sung popular doo-wop and soul hits for their own amusement. Much "Latin soul" is just popular soul and sweet-soul ballads sung by Puerto Ricans. Some groups even emulated the most popular Motown acts. But boogaloo was a recording revolution of its own in the mid-1960s, at least in New York City. The old guard (the previous generation) dismissed it as brash, simplistic, "American" music (although so was their cherished jazz); conversely the kids could no longer identify with the stagnating mambo and charanga styles. When boogaloo faded, some took it as proof that it had been merely a passing fad, while others blamed tragic business errors.

After the first boogaloo records hit in the dance clubs, some of the old dogs on the reluctant spinster labels Fania and Alegre got into the act and made a handful of the better records. But George Goldner's Cotique label set the high marks for the style with the most progressive and risk-taking albums. His patent trombone sound defined Latin soul, and he developed most of the best, original bands. Over a few critical years, these "kids" buried the awkward pop of "boogaloo" and ushered in the hip funk of true Latin soul.

For a time Cotique was the only Latin label taking chances on new, younger acts. These kids sang about pot, LSD, hippies, and whatever it else took to get across "the message."  Cotique served as the Blue Note of Latin soul but failed to survive the bad business deals that ruined the top Latin labels. Fleshing out the top tier were a few micro labels such as Fonseca, Swinger (Fania's token pitch to youth), and the tiny but fantastic Speed (which picked up where Cotique left off), but their output failed to surpass even the paltry offerings (under-pressed tax write-offs, some claim) on mainstream, non-Latin labels such as Decca and Columbia. Fania had Monquito Santamaria, Bobby Valentin, Larry Harlow, Ralph Robles, Joe Bataan, Ralfi Pagan, and a few others in addition to the mostly half-hearted efforts by the old masters.

Few albums are entirely boogaloo (or Latin soul), the rest being usually primordial salsa, guaguanco, or Latin jazz. The trend met with fierce resistance in its heyday, but periodic revivals do occur. The old-guard defenders of "roots" Spanish music are making their peace with it, and general collectors appreciate Latin soul as hip, early, cross-cultural pop -- not to be shunned as either bogus Latin or bogus soul. A proud product of New York City, Latin soul echoes the place to be in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)             The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Back cover has a small peel-off mark, probably from the careless removal of the price sticker.   (less than 1 square inch in size)

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2.

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging  (nothing significant).

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the bottom seam (nothing significant)

-         Cover has some fraying/wear along the upper seam

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  / bent.(nothing significant)

-         Cover has a partially split top seam (between 2 and 4 inches  / 5 to 10 centimeters)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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