Malo - 1972 - Malo Dos

Malo

1972 

Malo Dos

01. Momotombo 5:10

02. Oye Mamá 6:02

03. I'm For Real 6:36

04. Midnight Thoughts 3:58

05. Helá 5:54

06. Latin Bugaloo 9:28

07. I'm For Real (Single Version) 3:10

08. Oye Mamá (Single Version) 3:12

09. Latin Bugaloo (Single Version) 2:50

Tracks 2-1 to 2-6 taken from Warner Bros. BS 2652  released 10 October 1972

Tracks 2-7 and 2-8 taken from Warner Bros. single 7668 released 3 October 1972

Track 2-9 taken from A-side Warner Bros. single 7677 released 16 November 1972

Arcelio García, Jr.: Vocals, percussion

Jorge Santana: Guitar

Abel Zarate: Guitars, vocals

Pablo Tellez: Bass guitar, percussion

Richard Kermode: Keyboards, electric piano, organ, piano, percussion

Francisco Aquabella: Conga, bongos, percussion, vocals

Hadley Caliman: Tenor & baritone saxophones, flute

Leo Rosales: Timbales, congas, bongos, drums, percussion, vocals

Forrest Buchtel: Trumpet

José Santana: Violin

Alex Rodrigues: Trumpet

George Bermudez: Congas, percussion

Rick Quintanal: Drums

Bobby Ramirez: Drums

Mike Heathman: Trombone

Bill Alwood: Trumpet

Tom Poole: Trumpet

Raul Rekow: Congas

Richard Spremich: Drums

Malo's second album was cut with a lineup that had been reorganized following their debut. It's a little slicker than their first LP and the material isn't as strong. It's nonetheless a strong and invigorating rock/Latin jazz fusion, boasting some really hot playing, both in the ensemble work and improvisation. The six cuts, save one, all run more than five minutes, the closing "Latin Boogaloo" approaching ten minutes in length. Often this is closer to rockified salsa music than it is to the salsified rock music of lead guitarist Jorge Santana's brother, Carlos Santana. Occasional dives into sentimentality, as on the opening part of "I'm for Real," with its floating violin and percussive tinkles, are more than compensated for by some smoking Santana leads, particularly on the hyperactive "Held." "I'm for Real" was the cut most likely to follow up on the success of their "Suavecito" single, both because it was sung in English and because it had traces of the same kind of smoochy soul. Again, it wasn't too typical of the album as a whole, which combined several tributaries of pop with imagination and high levels of musicianship. Sometimes this was stretched out with jamming much more intelligent and fully thought-out than most lengthy, instrumental-oriented rock cuts, particularly on "Latin Boogaloo." The album has been reissued on CD as one of the discs in Rhino Handmade's Celebracion box set, with the addition of three bonus tracks, though those are merely edited single versions of songs on the LP.

Another great album by Malo they were at their best! Malo Dos kept the latin sound alive! Very talent group of musicians and their amazes me even now. Some albums put out one or two good songs and the rest are just there taking up time, this album is good from first to last. I enjoyed it in the seventies and I enjoy it now ( goes to show I was paying attention)! Anyone looking for that latin rock sound and awsome horn section and not to mention the rythm section this is it! Do It Man!