N.Y.C. Salsa

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: July 03, 2007
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Latin

Review

The best of Fania and the many labels gradually gathered under its umbrella goes nearly all the way toward collecting the best salsa being recorded between 1965 and 1980 -- Ray Barretto, Willie Colon, Tito Puente, Hector Lavoe, Cheo Feliciano, and Mongo Santamaria (the list could go on for ages). And on New York City Salsa, it does. A two-disc compilation with no repeat acts, it doesn't include any tracks from the best Fania albums (Siembra or Cosa Nuestra by Willie Colon, Acid by Ray Barretto, ) but it favors the musicianly side of salsa instead of the crate-digger, rare-groove side of things. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Sonaremos el Tambor	Horacio de la Lastra	Tipica '73	(7:32)
Los Rumberos		Frankie Dante, Mark Dimond	(5:53)
Tumba La Caña Jibarito	Rudy Calzado	La Sonora Ponceña	(4:16)
El Destino		Latin Tempo	(4:52)
Sobre Salsa		Cabrebrita	(3:14)
A Mi Nena		Rafi Val/La Diferente	(3:55)
Guasasa	Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda	Larry Harlow Orquesta	(4:25)
Bueno y Pico		Sonido De La 4, Wuelfo	(3:26)
Asi Es La Humanidad		Orquesta Riviera, Baby Gonzalez	(3:51)
La Pelota	Ray Barretto	Ray Barretto	(4:16)
Todo Tiene Su Final		Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe	(5:02)
Maldades	Roberto Romero	Tito Allen	(4:43)
Esto Es el Guaguancé	C. Curet Alonso	Cheo Feliciano	(3:48)
Come Candela [Live]		Mongo Santamaría, Justo Betancourt	(4:22)
Presidente Dante		Frankie Dante & Orquesta Flamboyan	(4:02)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Mama Güela		Fania All-Stars	(2:55)
Ahora Es el Tiempo		Louie Ramirez	(5:56)
Por La Primera Vez	Marcelino Guerra	Jimmy Sabater	(2:47)
Rumba Sin Invitados		Julio Castro y la Orquesta Masacre	(6:19)
Con Los Pobres Estoy	C. Curet Alonso	Roberta Roena Y Su Apollo Sound	(3:33)
La Envidia y La Hipocresia	Antonio Fuentes	Tito Gomez	(4:54)
Toro Mata	Ronaldo Campos DeLa Colina	Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco	(5:42)
Ne Ne	C. Curet Alonso	Monguito Santamaria	(5:13)
Cobarde		Impacto Crea	(4:33)
El Mundo Se Ve Diferente	Ismael Miranda	Vitín Avíles	(3:57)
Niña y Señora	Tito Puente	Tito Puente	(4:26)
Sin Ti	José Lebron	The Lebrón Brothers	(3:34)
Bilongo		Eddie Palmieri	(5:42)
Periódico de Ayer (Lyrics)	C. Curet Alonso	Héctor Lavoe	(6:43)
Vengo del Monte	Lalo Rodríguez	Tommy Olivencia	(7:04)

Credits

Lubi Jovanovic (Liner Notes), Dean Rudland (Coordination), Lubi Jovanovic (Compilation), Lubi Jovanovic (Annotation)