Cuba Classics 2: Dancing With the Enemy

Cuba Classics (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LP3
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #590,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mi Rumba Echando Candela - Celeste Mendoza

2. Eso No Es Na' - Maria Teresa Vera

3. Manzanillo - Orquestra Original De Manzanillo

4. Yayabo - Orquestra Riverside

5. La Guarapachanga - Chapottin Y Sus Estrellas

6. Llegue' Llegue'/Guararey De Pastorita - Los Van Van

7. No Me Llores - Conjunto Rumbavana

8. Fifi, Tete' Y Popo - Orquestra Revč 'Changui '68'

9. Fiesta Bravo - Celeste Mendoza

10. Saoco - Caridad Hierrezuelo Y Conjunto Caney

11. Baile Usted Mi Son - Caridad Hierrezuelo Y Conjunto Caney

12. Rumba Como Quiera - Los Zafiros

13. Mis Compadres Puntean Son - Orquestra Pancho El Bravo

14. Caminito De Zaza - El Jilguero De Cienfuegos

15. Eres La Candela - Caridad Cuervo Y Conjunto Caney

16. Papą Ongłn - Celeste Mendoza Y Los Papines

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars an assortment with some gems in it !, June 29, 2001

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This review is from: Cuba Classics 2: Dancing With the Enemy (Audio CD)

These selections were released here in '91, compiled by Ned Sublette, who says: "This album is an impure, by no means definitive, collection of newly available recordings that almost no one in this country knows. The emphasis is on the '60's and '70's, but some were recorded after, and some were re-recordings of older tunes".

My absolute favorite is Caridad Cuervo with the Conjunto Caney, singing a cha-cha, "Eres la Candela"...one of those tracks that gets the "repeat" function a lot. Celeste Mendoza's "Mi Rumba Echando Candela" is also terrific, as is "Eso no es Na" by María Teresa Vera, a legendary singer with a career that spanned nearly 30 years, ending in the early '60's.

You'll wonder what hit you with the Orquesta Revé's "Fifi, Teté y Popó"...it's kind of 50's American pop/rock 'n' roll...both the Orquesta Original de Manzanillo, and Pancho El Bravo ("Mis Compadres Puntean Son" is wonderful) are charangas, with that great Cuban flute playing.

Los Van Van are perhaps the most well known name on this CD, with more of a "modern" style, though my preference is for the older sound, like the Conjunto Rumbavana's "No Me Llores", which is among my favorites on this recording...an odd-ball compilation, it's certainly unique, and who can resist "Eres la Candela" !