Hector Lavoe – Comedia (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 46:11 minutes | 1,83 GB | Genre: World, Salsa
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
A masterpiece! After a couple of years out of the music scene trying to get his life back in control, Héctor Lavoe made his anticipated comeback with the album “Comedia“.
Following his first two albums as a soloist, “La Voz” (1975) and “De Ti Depende” (1976), “Comedia” (1978) was also well received by Salsa fans. “Comedia” was carried mostly by two songs; the iconic “El Cantante”, and the flavorful “Songoro Cosongo”.
“Comedia” was produced by Willie Colon, just like the previous two albums. It was Willie that orchestrated Hector’s comeback, as he knew Salsa needed Hector as much as Hector needed Salsa to get over the hump in his private life.
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Willie Colón, Hector Lavoe – Crime Pays (1972/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:52 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Crime Pays is a vintage collection of Willie Colón’s early lounge recordings from the late 1960s and early 1970s mainly with Héctor Lavoe, including Guajirón, El Titán, Que Lío and Eso Se Baila Así.
Craft Latino is proud to present an all-analog reissue of Crime Pays, an anthology of Willie Colón’s most influential songs from his first 4 albums. The ironically titled Crime Pays was a comment on the success of Colón’s carefully cultivated bad guy image that he sustained until the mid-1970s. The album contains nine key cuts from his first four albums. His 1967 debut album El Malo (The Bad Guy) is represented by his first hit, the mambo jazz instrumental “Jazzy” and the title track, a bomba-guaguancó ‘composed by Colón. “Jazzy” was co-penned by Colón and his African American pianist Dwight Brewster and bassist James Taylor.
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