Candido Y Su Movimiento - 1972 - Palos De Fuego

Candido Y Su Movimiento 

1972 

Palos De Fuego

01. Palos De Fuego

02. Con La Bemba Para

03. Recordare Tu Boca

40. Ritmo Cubano

05. Bochiniches

06. El Lobo

07. Baby Doll

08. Something Smooth

Ghetto Records Inc.

Producer – Jorge Febo

Candido Rodriguez: Timbales, Vocals

George Haskins: Piano

Louie Gonzalez: Bass

Ray Millan: Bongos, Vocals

Ray Lorenzanz: Trumpet

Eddie Schnell: Trumpet

Al Acosta: Tenor Sax

Frank Rosa: Trombone

Recording Director: Jose Madera Jr.

Not the same Candido that you might know from Salsoul Records or 50s Latin fame – and instead a younger percussionist who cut this legendary album for Joe Bataan's Ghetto Records label! The set's got a rootsy vibe that's mighty nice – right up there with the best of the Fania salsa scene at the start of the 70s – and Candido plays timbales in a group that also features two trumpets, tenor, and trombone – plus lots more piano, bass, and percussion! You might have heard Candido's percussion in the groups of Ricardo Ray or Randy Carlos, but here he's a hell of a leader on his own

Joseph “Candido” Rodríguez’s was mentored by Tito Punete, and his debut features a fantastic mix of fiery Salsa, Latin Jazz and Sweet Latin Soul. This final entry in the Ghetto Records discography proved that when you’re Joe Bataan, you with a bang!

Ghetto Records was Latin music legend Joe Bataan’s way to get over on The Man and out of the ’hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel.

As Bataan puts it today, “Ghetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I’ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.” Like many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault.

Hatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception. The seven albums in its discography languished out of print - until now. These are the definitive reissues of these albums, licensed from Joe Bataan, with his oversight and input into a 15 page oversize book by Pablo Yglesias that details Bataan’s larger-than-imagination life and his little Latin label that could.