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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
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Rocafort Records |
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June/2024 |
One of two tremendous compilations focussed on small but esteemed labels. Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2 consists of three 7” singles. Somewhat eclipsed by Discos Fuentes and Sonolux in Colombia, Discos Tropical also had a Mexican subsidiary, and these six ‘bangers’ were beloved of Mexico’s sonidero selectors, their sound systems and the dancers they courted. One record features big band cumbia (including Pacho Galán y Su Orquesta’s glorious ‘Funeral del Labrador’); another features coastal bands emphasising electric guitar and the metal scrapers that inspired the genre’s epithet chucu-chucu; and the third spotlights renowned singer and accordionist, Andrés Landero.
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