Lamento Borincano--Early Puerto Rican Music: 1916-1939 [Original recording remastered]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Arhoolie Records
• ASIN: B0000584VL
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,201 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #21 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > General

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Homesick!, March 9, 2002

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Victor Caraballo (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamento Borincano--Early Puerto Rican Music: 1916-1939 (Audio CD)

I was captivated by this CD set. Cannot put it down. As part of the process of teaching my kids about Puerto Rican culture and history, this music is an invaluable treat. AY Bendito! what memories. Highly recommended for its historical content.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old, rare recordings from off the beaten track, January 4, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lamento Borincano--Early Puerto Rican Music: 1916-1939 (Audio CD)

If you want to delve deep down into the primorial history of Puerto Rican acoustic music, this collection is pretty hard to beat. These recordings include some of the oldest examples of the various danzas, plenas and guarachas that immigrant performers brought with them during the interwar exodus to New York City... On the whole, this 2-CD set may be a bit too stark for all but the most dedicated fans, but it's certainly an amazing collection, drawing on dozens of rare 78s by bands such as Canario Y Su Grupo, Los Reyes De La Plena and the Sexteto Flores... Also of note are the rigorously PC liner notes, which see the development of Puerto Rican pop strictly in terms of cultural colonization and commercial cooptation... Politics aside, this is a mighty fine collection, ideal for any serious student of PR musical culture.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great compiation!!!, January 8, 2003

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Cruz A. Rodriguez (Gainesville, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamento Borincano--Early Puerto Rican Music: 1916-1939 (Audio CD)

Received this 2-CD set as a Christmas present and I have been enjoying it since. It is a great compilation with a lot of history. There are groups that I have never heard off and interpretations of rythms that are very different from the way they are played now. But it is a very good representation of the music played in New York for the Puerto Ricans inmigrants there. I know very well they enjoyed that music at the time, the very same way we present time inmigrants enjoy the modern salsa and the "jibaro" music. VIVA PUERTO RICO!!!!