Episode #35: Cajón De Castañas

Two of the next three Star Times are special "theme shows" I've been meaning to get to for a long time, including this one. This show's got a Latin theme, featuring both straight Latin music and music heavily influenced by Latin rhythms. Spanning three continents, plus the Bronx. We even have someone from Uruguay. We never have anyone from Uruguay. We do now. (Also Sweden, but that's harder to explain.) We have seven songs from one of my favorite labels, Fania, and it still doesn't feel like enough. We also have dense and satisfying rhythm lines that keep productivity high. I like this show a lot.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Harvey Averne	Never Learned to Dance	1969	Fania
Ray Rodriguez	Delusion	1969	Alegre
Modern Sound Quintet	Memphis Underground	1971	Odeon (Finland)
Frankie Nieves	The Four Corners	1968	Speed
Ray & His Court	Soul Freedom	1973	Sound Triangle
Ralfi Pagan	To Say I Love You	1971	Fania
Set 2
Ray Barretto	New York Soul	1968	Fania
The Latinaires	Creation	1968	Fania
Lenni Sesar	Morris Park	1969	Fania
Mongo Santamaria	March of the Panther	1970	Atlantic
Wilson Simonal	Na Baixa Do Sapateiro	1970	Odeon (Brazil)
Som Três	Take It Easy My Brother Charles	1971	Odeon (Brazil)
Joe Torres	Nightwalk	1967	World Pacific
Set 3
Tito Chicoma y su Orquesta Paco Amayo	Pata Pata Pelada	1968	Mag (Peru)
Coke	Que Seria de Mi	1972	Sound Triangle
Chakachas	Yo Soy Cubano	1970	Polydor
Eddie Palmieri	Caminando	1971	Tico
La Logia Sarabanda	Cajón De Castañas	1972	Discos Rex (Mexico)
Jimmy Sabater	Kool It (Here Comes the Fuzz)	1971	Tico
Malo	Everlasting Night	1974	Warner Bros.
Set 4/Outro
The LTG Exchange	Corazon	1974	Wand
Pedro Gonzalez	El Samurai	1976	Audio & Video
Enrique Olivarez & Los Vampiros	El Coqueton	1971	Discos Vampiros
Otto de Rojas & Los Ultra 76	Al Ritmo del Bump Bump	1976	RCA (Peru)
Willie Colón	MC2 (Theme Realidades)	1975	Fania
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco	Quimbara	1974	Fania
War	Don't Let No One Get You Down	1975	United Artists