Our Man in Havana: Very Best of [Import]

Product Description
25 track retrospective for the King Of Mambo. Includes 'Guaglione', 'Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White', 'Patricia'and 'Mambo No.5'. 1998 Camden/ BMG release.

Our Man in Havana: Very Best of,Perez Prado,Bmg/Camden,Latin,Regional Mexican

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Average customer rating: Excellent Collection Odd mix of originals and rerecordings

Our Man in Havana: The Very Best of Perez Prado Perez Prado Manufacturer: Bmg/Camden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Big Band | Latin Music | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000250MN Release Date: 1999-10-04

Tracks:

1. Guaglione
2. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
3. Patricia
4. Mambo No. 5
5. Ruletero
6. Peanut Vendor (El Manicero)
7. One Night
8. Mambo Jambo
9. In a Little Spanish Town
10. Paris
11. Faraona
12. Flight of the Bumblebee
13. Borrachita (I'll Never Love Again)
14. My Roberta
15. Adios Mi Chaparrita (Goodbye My Little Angel)
16. Beautiful Margaret
17. Freeway Mambo
18. Maria Bonita
19. Historia de un Amor
20. La Rubia
21. Leyenda Mexicana
22. Rockambo Baby
23. O.K. Joe Calypso
24. Adios Pampa Mia Cha Cha Cha
25. Mama Teach Me to Dance

Album Description

25 track retrospective for the King Of Mambo. Includes 'Guaglione', 'Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White', 'Patricia'and 'Mambo No.5'. 1998 Camden/ BMG release.

Album Details

Fantastic Anthology from the Original King of Mambo. Includes the Original Version of Mambo No.5, Recently Interpolated by Lou Bega.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Collection.......2006-01-07

I would suggest that this compilation is very good indeed. I grew up listening to Perez on vinyl and this CD has several primo tunes from several of his very early 60s or late 50s albums. Couldn't agree less with the other review. Quality is high & the beats will get you dancin'!!

Odd mix of originals and rerecordings.......2003-03-17

Supposedly, this piece from the Camden subsidiary of U.K. RCA is a collection of the "very best" of the King of Mambo, Perez Prado. And while the infectious, mostly-mambo melodies are great listening fun, the idea that these are "originals" as indicated on the jewel box spline just ain't true. Most of these tracks are 1959 stereo rerecordings of the earlier hit and album versions although there are a few original mono versions here. Apparently, the compiliers either did not know what they were grabbing from the tape vaults or just opted for the seemingly superior-sounding later stereo recordings. Though not necessarily inferior and actually sonically superior to the flatter, older mono originals, some of these stereo versions are considerably and sometimes annoyingly dissimilar - "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" being one of the most egregious. Musically, totally enjoyable but if you're a purist looking for the original hit versions, pass this up and try to get the now out-of-print Rhino piece done back in the mid-90's even though that collection has fewer tracks. Until someone comes along with an all-inclusive original hits package of Prado's work, these pieces will have to fill the bill.

Jazz Music:

1. Para Enamorados
2. Para los Arboles [Import]
3. Para Toda la Vida [Original recording remastered]
4. Pequeño [Import]
5. Por Encima de Todo
6. Puerta De Oro
7. Puro Alacran (Puro Pasito Duranguense)
8. Raza Humana
9. Reencuentro
10. Regalo de Amor Para Mi Madre

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