Various Artists

• 4-CD + 7" Box Set

• FEATURING HARVEY AVERNE • RALFI PAGAN • THE 125TH STREET CANDY STORE • JOE BATAAN • RAY BARRETO • WILLIE COLON

• Box set includes 7” Single + 4CDs in a deluxe folio-style hardcover book with 60-pages featuring new extensive liner notes by producer and DJ Dean Rudland and photos from the Fania archives

• Compilation produced by Joe McEwen and Dean Rudland

• Vinyl was mastered and lacquered for vinyl by Phil Rodriguez and pressed at Memphis Record Pressing (MRP)

A 4-CD + 7” collection showcasing Fania’s era-defining output of Latin soul and boogaloo spanning 1965-1975. The set compiles single versions of 89 tracks from such best-selling artists as Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan, Bobby Valentín, Ralfi Pagan and Larry Harlow, plus rarities and b-sides, housed in a 60-page hardcover book with liner notes by producer Dean Rudland. The bonus 7” includes rare 1967 promo cuts for WEVD NYC’s Symphony Sid radio show. Mastered by GRAMMY-winning engineer Paul Blakemore.

TRACKS:

• DISC ONE
• 01. 125th Street Candy Store – Silent Heart
• 02. 125th Street Candy Store – Hey Girl
• 03. Bobby Valentín – Geronimo
• 04. Harvey Averne + 9 – Make Out
• 05. Willie Colón – Willie Baby
• 06. Bobby Valentín – Love Me So
• 07. Bobby Valentín – Bad Breath
• 08. Joe Bataan – Gypsy Woman
• 09. Joe Bataan – So Fine
• 10. Harvey Averne And Group Therapy – The Micro Mini
• 11. Harvey Averne And Group Therapy– The Think Drink “Spiked”
• 12. Joe Bataan – Ordinary Guy
• 13. Joe Bataan – Too Much Lovin’
• 14. Monguito Santamaría – Juicy
• 15. Ray Barretto – Mercy, Mercy Baby
• 16. Ray Barretto – Soul Drummers
• 17. Joe Bataan – Subway Joe
• 18. Joe Bataan – Special Girl
• 19. Joe Bataan – Magic Rose
• 20. Bobby Valentín – Use It Before You Lose It
• 21. Bobby Valentín – Funky Big Feet
• 22. Larry Harlow – Mess Around
• 23. Larry Harlow – That Groovy Shingaling

• DISC TWO
• 01. The Latinaires – The Camel Walk
• 02. Bobby Quesada – Bataola Boogaloo
• 03. Joe Bataan – It’s a Good Feeling (Riot) Part 1
• 04. Joe Bataan– It’s a Good Feeling (Riot) Part 2
• 05. Ray Barretto – A Deeper Shade of Soul
• 06. Ralph Robles – Mercie
• 07. Joe Bataan – What Good Is a Castle - Part 1
• 08. Joe Bataan – What Good Is a Castle - Part 2
• 09. Orchestra Harlow – Grazin’ In the Grass (Una Miradita De Amor)
• 10. Ray Barretto– Hard Hands
• 11. Ray Barretto – Love Beads
• 12. The Harvey Averne Dozen – Accept Me
• 13. The Harvey Averne Dozen – Why Can’t We Really Be Free
• 14. Ali Baba (Louie Ramirez) – Ungawa
• 15. Ali Baba (Louie Ramirez)) – Cookin’ with Ali
• 16. Monguito Santamaría – Hey Sister
• 17. Fania All Stars – Richie’s Bag
• 18. Fania All Stars – Red Garter Strut
• 19. Ralph Robles – Maybe
• 20. Joe Bataan – Sad Girl
• 21. Ray Barretto – Together
• 22. Ray Barretto – New York Soul
• 23. Ralfi Pagan – Who Is the Girl for Me
• 24. El Apollo Sound – Spinning Wheel

• DISC THREE
• 01. The Harvey Averne Band – Come Back Baby
• 02. The Harvey Averne Band – Stand
• 03. Ralfi Pagan– Don’t Stop Now
• 04. Joe Bataan – My Opera
• 05. The Harvey Averne Band – Lovers
• 06. The Harvey Averne Band - Love Never Stays the Same
• 07. Joe Bataan – When We Get Married
• 08. Monguito Santamaría – Crying Time
• 09. The Harvey Averne Band – Let’s Get Together This Christmas
• 10. Ray Barretto – Right On
• 11. Ronnie Marks – Some Lonely Heart (Vocal)
• 12. Ralfi Pagan – Make It with You
• 13. Ralfi Pagan – Stray Woman
• 14. Joe Bataan – So Young, Too Young
• 15. Joe Bataan – I’m Satisfied
• 16. Joe Bataan – This Boy
• 17. Joe Bataan – Johnny’s No Good
• 18. Ralfi Pagan – Baby I’m a Want You
• 19. Ralfi Pagan– Look at Her
• 20. Joe Bataan – Shaft

• DISC FOUR
• 01. Joe Bataan – Cry
• 02. Joe Bataan – If I Were a King
• 03. Ralfi Pagan – My Dream
• 04. Ralfi Pagan – It’s Alright
• 05. Ralfi Pagan – Up on the Roof
• 06. Ralfi Pagan – The Gambler
• 07. Ralfi Pagan – Too Late
• 08. Ralfi Pagan – To Say I Love You
• 09. Joe Bataan – Latin Soul Square Dance
• 10. Joe Bataan – Call Me
• 11. Ralfi Pagan – Wonderful Thing
• 12. Butter Scotch – Try Just a Little Harder
• 13. Butter Scotch – Today
• 14. Ralfi Pagan - Didn’t Want to Have to Do It
• 15. W.R.L.C – Johnny’s No Good
• 16. W.R.L.C – Blonde Latin Blues
• 17. Joe Bataan – I’m No Stranger
• 18. Ralfi Pagan – Just a Little While
• 19. Ralfi Pagan – Loneliest Loneliness
• 20. Ralfi Pagan – I Could Never Hurt You Girl
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• 7” SINGLE
• SIDE A
• A1. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Joe Bataan

• SIDE B
• B1. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Bobby Valentín