Live at the Cheetah V.1 [Import, Live]

Fania All Stars | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Fania
• ASIN: B00004TW9O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636,500 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction Theme (Cheetah)

2. Descarga Fania All Stars

3. Anacaona (Cheetah)

4. Quitate Tu

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

FANIA ALL STARS

Right from start, Fania Records and its subsidiaries exceeded everybody's expectations. The label was created in 1964. It penetrated the market so successfully and became so popular at the international level that its executives decided to broaden its talent in order to reach an even wider audience. The result? The wildly successful Fania All Stars, a group that brought together several of the label's most popular artists. This move would further solidify the label's standing in the international music scene.

The Fania All Stars' first concert, "Live at the Red Garter," was a promotional experiment designed solely to test the waters. The all-star cast included Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Ricardo Ray, and Bobby Cruz, and resulted in a live double album.

The experiment couldn't have been more successful. In 1971, the band revolutionized salsa as a genre with "Fania All Stars at the Cheetah," a concert that was filmed and recorded live.

In 1973, following a successful tour, the band made its first appearance at Yankee Stadium in New York. The stars performed before countless fans that had caught the fever and were swooning in the presence of consecrated performers of the genre such as Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Bobby Valentín, Ray Barreto, and Mongo Santamaría.

This concert, too, was filmed and recorded live, and set the standard in the music industry.

The All Stars were on fertile soil, and they wasted no time in reaping the benefits. In 1974, they appeared live at the Statu Hai stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire, which was the scene of the movie "Fania All Stars Live in Africa." In 1975, the band returned to Yankee Stadium, this time with such famous names as Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe, Justo Betancourt, Ismael Quintana, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Mirando, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, Bobby Cruz, and Santos Colón.

One after the other, the band continued performing in concerts that were just as successful and multitudinous: "Salsa," "Live," "Best Of," "Live in Japan" (1976), and "Tribute to Tito Rodríguez," which marked Rubén Blades' first performance with the All Stars.

To properly celebrate the Fania All Stars' 20th birthday and Fania Records' 30th, the label has re-released two concerts: "Live in Africa" and "Live in Japan," which propelled a successful tour across five continents and showed the identity of a created family that has spread its social, musical, and cultural message throughout the world. FANIA ALL STARS Desde su inicio en 1964, el sello Fania y sus subsidiarias superaron todas las expectativas. Tal fue su penetración y demanda popular a nivel internacional, que se dio a la tarea de expandir sus talentos para una mayor difusión lo que motivo la creación de la llamada y exitosa "Fania All Stars", que agruparía varios de sus más populares y acreditados artistas. Esto al mismo tiempo, le proporcionaría una proyección más ambiciosa en el panorama de la música internacional. El primer concierto de la "Fania All Stars", "Live At The Red Garter", fue un intento con un único fin, sondear su proyección únicamente con carácter promocional en el que intervinieron: Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Ricardo Ray y Bobby Cruz, del que se derivaron grabaciones agrupadas en dos volúmenes. El intento no pudo ser más exitoso, y en el año 1971 se produciría un trascendental acontecimiento que revolucionaría la industria de la Salsa como género musical, con la presentación del concierto denominado "Fania All Stars at the Cheetah" que fue grabado y filmado en vivo.

En 1973, después de cubrir una exitosa gira, hicieron su primera presentación en el "Yankee Stadium" de la ciudad de Nueva York, ante una multitudinaria audiencia de fanáticos contagiados con la presencia de consagradas estrellas del género como: Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Bobby Valentín, Ray Barreto y Mongo Santamaría. El concierto fue igualmente filmado y grabado y constituyó un acontecimiento que marcaría pautas en la industria musical. El terreno estaba abonado, en lo sucesivo se sucedieron otros exitosos conciertos: En 1974, se presentaron en el estadio Statu Hai, Kinshasa, Zaire, (Africa) que diera origen a la película "Fania All Stars Live In Africa". En 1975, "Fania All Stars" volvió a presentarse en concierto en el "Yankee Stadium". En esta oportunidad con la participación de destacadas figuras como: Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe, Justo Betancourt, Ismael Quintana, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Miranda, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, Bobby Cruz y Santos Colón.

Cronológicamente se sucedieron otros conciertos no menos exitosos y multitudinarios: "Salsa", "Live", "Best Of", "Live In Japan" (1976), "Tribute To Tito Rodríguez", en el que participó e hizo su incursión en la agrupación, Rubén Blades. Para celebrar el vigésimo aniversario de la "Fania All Stars" como agrupación y el trigésimo de haberse constituido el sello "Fania", reestrenó los conciertos: "Live In Africa", y "Live In Japan", que impuso una exitosa gira por los cinco continentes para mostrar la identidad de una familia constituida, que ha contribuido a expandir su mensaje social, musical y cultural en el mundo.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Among the all-time most important salsa albums., August 25, 2003

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at the Cheetah V.1 (Audio CD)

The Cheetah nightclub was one of NYC's most popular salsa nightclubs and many of today's salsa legends regularly performed there. This is "Live Salsa" at its hottest and best. Cheo Feliciano's version of "Anacaona" is truly mind-blowing and Adalberto Santiago's "Descarga Fania" is superb. On "Quitate Tu", the singers all try to outdo each other and the very fact that said tracks has so many great soneros together is enough to buy this CD.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fania All Stars at their best, October 29, 2000

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Arturo Victoriano (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Cheetah V.1 (Audio CD)

This is a truly tour de force by the best musical ensemble ever in any music category: The Fania All Stars, and in an emblematic place: The Cheetah in NYC, where Salsa was born. A must have. Check for Quitate tu and also check Vol. 2

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The birth of Salsa., March 7, 2007

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at the Cheetah 1 (Audio CD)

This newly remastered reissue offers both better sound quality than the previously available CD and extensive liner notes. Of course, it goes without saying that this album is extremely important and a must for your CD library. By itself, the Adalberto Santiago-fronted "Descarga Fania" merits buying this CD but Cheo Feliciano's immortal "Anacaona" and the all-out son montuno jam "Quitate Tu" are also timeless classics. One of the albums that defined "Salsa".