All tracks are from records I picked up in Cuba in 2009. While not my primary purpose for my trip, I had a few titles in mind.
Happening upon a Frank Emilio with Tata Guines record in Havana, I excitedly asked the market vendor where I could find more like this. A phone call and "local's taxi" car ride later -- it's courtesy and expected for car owners to pack their car with waiting locals, but illegal for tourists -- put me deep in Centro Habana, in a broken down home powered by a single light bulb. But he had the goods, the "crema, crema, CREMA", he'd shake his head and say whenever I pulled out a promising title.
I only had room in my pack for about a dozen, and on those I did bring back, I spent a couple hours per record scrubbing the grime away. Some of the records are a little scratchy, but like the country itself, this just adds character.
See http://www.buildering.net/podcast/cuba for trip pictures.
Tracklist
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Yoyi - Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar
Algo Nuevo con Juan Pablo Torres - Son A Propulsion
Algo Nuevo con Juan Pablo Torres - Ey!.. Op. I
Wilson Y Su Combo - ABC Blues
Chucho Valdes - Invento No. 4
Conjunto Casino - Goza Mi Son Montuno
Chucho Valdes - Chucho Cha Cha Cha
Frank Emilio, Tata Guines, G. Barreto, Gustavo Tamayo, y O. Hernandez - Habana
Arsenio Rodriguez - La Vida Es Un Sueno
Algo Nuevo con Juan Pablo Torres - A Luna Llena
Senen Suarez - Ser
Ikarere - Quiniambo
Senen Suarez - Extensia
Chucho Valdes - Cancion De La Tarde
Frank Emilio - Lazara Y Georgina
