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Title - Mi Nuevo Tumbao..... Cañonazo (60th Anniversary)
Artist - Johnny Pacheco

For those not aware, Cañonazo was the first release on Fania Records in 1964. It was recorded by Pacheco y Su Nuevo Tumbao, led by salsa legend Johnny Pacheco and featured Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez on vocals.

The album includes covers of popular Cuban artists from the 50’s and 60’s like “Fania” by Reinaldo Bolaños and the title track, except for “Dakar, Punto Final,” which was written by Pacheco.

Indeed, the soul-stirring genre would be unrecognizable without Johnny Pacheco (born Juan Azarías Pacheco Knipping), the bandleader who proliferated the international sound as a solo artist and the co-founder of Fania Records.

Featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original masters, this 180-gram vinyl reissue celebrates the album’s 60th anniversary.

Side A:
1. Cañonazo
2. Como Mango
3. Pinareño
4. Cabio Sile
5. Campeon

Side B:
1. El Kikiriki
2. Labrando La Tierra
3. Fania
4. Yo Soy Guajiro
5. El Pregonero
6. Dakar, Punto Final

Fania Records truly came to be in 1964 with the release of Johnny Pacheco’s Cañonazo, its first studio production. Featuring as lead vocalist was the master sonero, Pete “El Conde” Rodrìguez and the title song Cañonazo, along with Como Mango, Pinareño, Cabio Sile, Yo Soy Güajiro, and El Pregonero, are all now timeless Cuban classics.

Furthermore, this mid-Sixties release not only marked the beginning of the biggest label salsa has ever seen, but there was no one more fitting than Mr. Pacheco to have the honor in being that musical lightning rod.

I mean, he has subsequently participated in hundreds of their releases as either a musician, leader or production role, making him - in my humble opinion - steadily the most influential figure of the genre. If you owned the original, then you really own a great piece of history.

But you can also just buy this 60th anniversary remastered vinyl from Craft Recordings, put the needle on it, sit back down in a comfy chair, shut your eyes and drift away!

After two more releases that same year, El Conde and Pacheco, parted ways due to the arrival of sonero Monguito Quiàn to the conjunto (cuban style band). They actually got back together in 1966, resuming what would be an extraordinary musical partnership for more than a decade.

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