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Pacheco Canta: El Conde Tres de Cafe y Dos de Azucar

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AMAZING album! A SUPERB TYPICAL Johnny Pacheco style of recording from 1973 (in the Cuban Conjunto format) consisting of 2 trumpets from (Ray Maldonado [pianist Ricardo Ray's brother] and Dominican Hector 'Bomberito' Zarzuela), the piano by Hector Pellot, the conga-drum (by Ray Castro who also sings in the chorus) the usual Tres-guitar (played by Charlie Rodríguez), the bongos/Cowbell by (Luis Mangual) and bass by (Victor Venegas) and Johnny Pacheco himself doing an amazing production, direction; chorus and flute.
GREAT arrangements that typify Pacheco's very tasteful style of music and a heavily ROCK-SOLID and MUSICALLY INTENSE album (excluding the 2 boleros (Ballads) and the Merengue Los Diablitos which is average...) Basically, there are 7 AMAZING tracks, also with FANTASTIC vocals by 'El Conde' "in his element"! DO NOT MISS IT OUT AND G-E-T I-T!!!...

The classic hits from this album are: Primoroso Cantar, Ponle Punto, El Piro De Farra and Viralo Al Revés. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and a very personal favourite in my house! My father and even my mother BOTH LOVE IT! Even Larry Harlow thinks it's their best album in one of his reviews!...
Remastered By Digital Domain (Bob Katz, I imagine). Sound Quality: 8/10: Pretty good volume, good level of bass and original sound properly kept in the remastering. (A little bit better in volume and sound quality than the original Cd from the 1990's which I also had.)

With such standout dance tracks as "Ponle Punto", "Primoroso Cantar", "Son Labori" and the stunning "El Piro De Farra" this was arguably Johnny and Pete's best 1970s release. Pete "El Conde" was always a great sonero and on this album he really outdid himself. Whenever I listen to this wonderful CD, I am reminded of all that was so great about the legendary soneros of yesteryear (Pete "Conde" Rodriguez, Justo Betancourt, Cheo Feliciano, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Quintana,Ismael Rivera, etc.).

I will say that this album is wonderful show of how well Pete and Johnny worked together and better than any other duo (other than Willie/Hector.) Even though it has two boleros (one of them I enjoyed) and a merengue, they found a way for me to like the merengue track on this album. That's how good these guys were. The rest was just pure classics like Piro de Farra, Primoroso Cantar (one of Pete's greatest) and my favorite Viralo Al Reves. Something I found interesting when listening carefully was the great piano playing that sadly, I don't know who it was since there is not mention of any of the musicians in the liner notes. This album gets 6 STARS!!!!

TREMENDA OBRA GRABADA EN 73 KE NO HA PERDIDO SINO GANADO EN FUERZA (GRACIAS AL GREAT REMASTERING POR EMUSICA!)
MOST OF MY FRIENDS ENJOY IT HERE IN PARIS, FRANCE.. IT'S AN ALL TIME CLASSIC THAT WILL REMAIN DEEP & GROOVY FOR MANY YEARS,GRACIAS AL FEELING Y LA VOZ DE PETE EL CONDE + TIGHTS ARRANGEMENTS DE J. PACHECO Y ORQ.

BUY IT ! BUY IT! BUY IT !!! ...'PRIMOROSO CANTAR' etc..
IF ONE COPY GETS WORN OUT? ... BUY YOURSELF ANOTHER ONE!

CIAO
DESDE PARIS.
GAéTAN

This cd is one of three recordings that the duo of Pacheco and El Conde made in thier early years while together. It's great like their other albums the Combo do an outstanding job musically. This masterpiece was first released in 1973, but the swing is still there and will have you dancing to its beat. Highly recommend for that swinger in you.