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| Artist information: |
| Artist:
Barretto Ray |
| Instrument(s):
Bandleader, Percussion | | Country:
U.S.A. | | Gender:
Male |
| Record title:
El Watusi / Ritmo Sabroso (HOL) | | Price: (Euro)
20 |
| Main style:
World Music & Folklore | | Substyle(s):
Latin, Modern |
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| Record information: | | |
| Record Company/
Label:
Roulette | | Catalogue
number:
RL 21 172 | Released
originally:
1962 | This copy:
(if not orig.)
1963 |
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| Cover made in:
Holland | | Record made in:
Holland | Media:
Single | Sub media:
45 |
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| Condition/
cover:
M- | | Condition/
record(s):
EX | | |
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| Additional information about: | | |
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| Label: | | Cover: |
| White labels with yellow, green, blue and red "roulette" stripes. Curved black Roulette logo at top. | | Dutch only (?) picture sleeve without seams. A few light creases. |
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| Record(s): | | Attachment: |
| One tiny surface mark, doesn't affect play. Otherwise M-. | | |
| Other information & picture: |
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| A well-know American band leader and conga player, widely credited as the godfather of Latin Jazz, born in 1929 in Brooklyn, New York from Puerta Rican parents. His first charanga (Cuban dance music popular in the 1940s) recordings, taken from his debut album "Charanga Moderna", Tico S(LP) 1087 (USA 1962).
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