RARE ALBERTO BELTRAN & ORQUESTA DE WILLIE ROSARIO:HEAR

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ARTIST : ALBERTO BELTRAN WITH WILLIE ROSARIO ORQUESTA

TITLE : EL INTERNACIONAL NEGRITO DEL BATEY 

REMARKS: WHAT???? ALBERTO BELTRAN WITH WILLIE ROSARIO (MR. AFINQUE) ORCHESTRA??? WHAT A FINDING!!! Originally recorded in the late 1950s on the collector's Label BMC (New York)....Repressed in 1966 (This One!!!)...Very Hard To Find And Great Sound!!!

1- "Haida" Hijo
2- No Me Interesa
3- Ne Seas Asi
4- Luego Despertar
5- Todo Lo Que Se
6- Fiesta Cibaeña

WEB REMARKS:

WILLIE: (At least he recorded 2 1950s LPs on the BMC label, both collector items....this one and another latin jazz/salsa great one!)

Steadfast salsa bandleader, composer, producer; steady, no frills timbales player (timbalero), also bongo; his band has been a training ground for various musicians and singers. Led own band El Conjunto Coamex in home town of Coamo P.R. at 16; moved to NYC still in his teens, worked with Noro Morales, Aldemaro Romero, Johnny Seguí, Herbie Mann. Formed own four trumpet and rhythm section band '58 and made respected El Bravo Soy Yo '63 on Alegre (reissued on Inca), prod. by label's founder Al Santiago, with lead singer Frankie Figueroa; the band regarded as one of the best on the scene. Mid-'60s albums Fabuloso y Fantastico and Latin Jazz Go Go Go on Neliz reissued '98, latter with lead singer Paquito de Jesús. During the boogaloo era he made LPs Boogaloo & Guaguancó '68 on Atco (one track included in the excellent compilation Sabroso! The Afro-Latin Groove '98 on Rhino) and Two Too Much '68 prod. by Santiago on Musicor (with Figueroa), latter marked the debut of his trademark four trumpet/baritone sax frontline. (He did not approve of boogaloo, calling it 'American music played with Latin percussion', according to John Storm Roberts.) He played percussion on some of legendary series of '60s descarga LPs by the Alegre All Stars (see Al Santiago and Charlie Palmieri) and Cesta All Stars. He switched to Inca label with El Bravo De Siempre c. '69, incl. his first big hit "La Cuesta De La Fama," sung by Panamanian Meñique (Miguel Barcasnegras), followed by De Donde Nace El Ritmo '71 (reissued '95), Mas Ritmo '72 both with lead singer Chamaco Rivera. He relocated back to Puerto Rico '72 (though he recorded in NYC until the mid-70s); Junior Toledo (d '90) replaced Rivera on Infinito '73, with Figueroa in the chorus, Otra Vez '75 with Toledo (Louie Ramírez, mus. dir./arr.), Gracias Mundo '77 with vocals by Bobby Concepción and Guillo Rivera (prod. by former Rosario sideman Bobby Valentín), best-of Campanero Rumbero '78 compiled by Santiago.

ALBERTO: El Negrito Del Batey, Aunque Me Custe La Vida....classics!!!

EL NEGRITO DEL BATEY….En 1951 emigra a Puerto Rico, y graba por primera vez "El 19" con "Los Diablos del Caribe", el grupo de Mario Hernández. Después viaja a Cuba y llega a La Habana desde Santiago de Cuba el 15 de julio de 1954, para trabajar con la compositora y cantante borícua Myrta Silva en Radio Mambí.

El 16 de agosto de ése mismo año, lo requiere la orquesta Sonora Matancera y debuta con la composición de Rafael Pablo de la Motta titulada Ignoro tu existencia y con el éxito Aunque me cueste la vida de la inspiración de Luis Kalaf. Ambos temas a ritmo de bolero fueron grabados en un mismo disco de 78 r.p.m.

El 16 de noviembre, graba el merengue El negrito del batey compuesto por Medardo Guzmán, que lo catapulta internacionalmente y lo hace famoso al alcanzar todo un éxito de ventas. De allí provendría el sobrenombre que lo haría popular. Ese mismo día también grabó los boleros Todo me gusta de Ti del autor Cuto Esteves, Enamorado de la inspiración de José Balcalcer y, por segunda vez, El 19 de Radhamés Reyes Alfau.

El 18 de enero de 1955, grabó sus últimas piezas con la Orquesta Sonora Matancera. Luego, hizo una estadía en Venezuela donde dejó registros fonográficos con las orquestas "Sonora Caracas", Los Megatones de Lucho y la Orquesta de Jesús "Chucho" Sanoja. Contratado por el músico dominicano asentado en Venezuela, Billo Frómeta, participó en dos álbumes grabados en estudios de Cuba: "Evocación" (1956) en el cual actuó como solista y "La Lisa-Maracaibo", en el cual compartió créditos con el cantante cubano Carlos Díaz.

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NM RECORDS: are shiny, with no visible defects, they might have one or 2 minor superficial scuff and they should play without any noise. Writing, stickers or other markings cannot appear on the label, nor can any “spindle marks” from someone trying to blindly put the record on the turntable. Major factory defects also must not be present; a record and label obviously pressed off center is not Near Mint. If played, it will do so with no surface noise. (NM records don’t have to be “never played”; a record used on an excellent turntable can remain NM after many plays if the disc is properly cared for.)

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VG+ PICTURE SLEEVES:
might show some very light creasing where it is obvious that a record once resided (or still does reside). A VG+ picture sleeve might have some very minor seam wear or a split (less than one inch long) at the bottom, the sleeve’s most vulnerable location. 

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