Mongo Santamaria ‎– Explodes At The Village Gate - 1967 Afro-Cuban Jazz - Original Canada LP

Mongo Santamaria ‎– Mongo Santamaria Explodes At The Village Gate

Label:
Columbia ‎– CS 9570
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Record is VG+ VG++ has some light wear (listen to our copy)

Cover is VG+ VG++ has some ringwear, cornerwear on all corners, light edge and spine wear (see our pic)

"360 Sound" label - Black text
Printed in Canada

Country:
Canada
Released:
1967
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz

Tracklist

A1 Philadelphia 3:49
A2 Juan Jose 3:45
A3 Bloodshot 3:21
A4 Afro Blue 10:17

B1 Yes It Do 3:10
B2 Mongoettes 3:17
B3 Springtime 3:50
B4 No More 3:01
B5 Elephant Pants 3:33

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Manufactured By – CBS Inc.

Credits

Bass – Victor Venegas
Congas, Bongos – Mongo Santamaria
Drums, Timbales – Hungria Garcia
Engineer – Edward T. Graham, Murray Zimney
Liner Notes – Idalie M. Muñoz
Photography By – Columbia Records Photo Studio, Sandy Speiser
Piano – Rodgers Grant
Producer – David Rubinson, Warren Vincent
Saxophone, Flute – Bobby Porcelli
Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
Trumpet – Ray Maldonado

Notes

The selections are BMI.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Center label, side A): XSM 119663
Matrix / Runout (Center label, side B): XSM 119664
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): XSM119663-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): XSM 119664-1A 2

The absolute BEST version of Afro Blue EVER recorded.

 "Afro Blue." His ten-minute Afro-Cuban smoker recovers all the melodic impact, engaging solos, and general feel that have been missing from his work for years....  Side two opens with the album's only uptempo number,, another interesting trk  is "Elephant Pants," a laid-back cousin of "Baby Elephant Walk" complete with trumpeted elephant sounds. . Explodes at the Village Gate has the intensity and sound, ..