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Acid

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The editorial review is inaccurate. This is a compilation of tracks from different sources. Most of it is pretty good. These are the tracks from the original "Acid"album:

1. El Nuevo Barretto (Barretto) - 5:50
2. Mercy, Mercy, Baby (Barretto) - 2:44
3. Acid (Barretto) - 5:05
4. Deeper Shade of Soul (Barretto) - 2:46
5. Soul Drummers (Barretto) - 3:48
6. Sola Te Dejare (Barretto/Lopez) - 3:49
7. Teacher of Love (Barretto/Cruz) - 2:27
8. Espiritu Libre (Barretto) - 8:27

Espiritu Libre is my favorite from the original, and is missing from this compilation.

Latin music has always been one of my lesser music interests, somekind of a cinderella, but let me tell you: if you want to start to get serious Latin music knowledge, this is one of the places to start, no doubt.
Not only you get excellent Salsa with conga and trumpet solos, but there's also some psychedelic flavor (but not too much) and experimentation, something that tells you that these guys where not mere latin performers, but also excellent musicians and 'travelers'.

And for non-spanish speakers, there are some songs in English too and instrumentals, a good thing that makes this music more reachable by more people and 'universal'.
One of the finest and best ever latin/salsa albums of all time. If you want to explore further latin stuff check out Richie Ray's 'Jala Jala & Boogaloo' and Willie Colon's 'Cosa Nuestra'.

Ray Barretto's "Acid" was his first Fania release and a career-changing record for Ray. While nowhere near as essential as albums like "The Message", "Together", "Barretto Power", "Indestructible" or "Rican/Struction" this CD was a huge success upon its release and worth getting. Of course, the Adalberto Santiago-fronted classic hit "Sola Te Dejare" but Latin-Funk and R&B-influenced tracks like "El Nuevo Barretto", "Teacher Of Love" , "The Soul Drummers" and "Espiritu Libre" are all throwbacks to an era in which traditional Afro-Latin music, Jazz and R&B influences melded in New York City to create a unique and previously-unheard-of urban sound. In short, "Acid" is a late-1960s time capsule album which thoroughly deserved its success.

Hard hands Ray will beat them drums down brother. This album belongs up there with the Boo-ga-loo classics like Joe Batann, Johnnie Colon and many others. I'm still diggin on this jam....

Classic! Jazzy cha cha that I can't stop dancing to! One of my all time favs.