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Tropicology

Episode 100: Century Latin

12:00pm, 6-20-2021
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Today we have a special event lined up on Tropicology… this happens to be the 100th episode since this franchise changed names… longtime listeners will remember this show started life back in 2014 as “The Adventures of Encyclopedia Sound.” That was a name from a DJ who didn’t expect XRAY FM to blossom into a radio force with an army of devoted listeners… when that reality became undeniable I had to step up the game a bit. For the musical theme today I have another show focused around music of Cuba and the Cuban diaspora. Today I have just picked 4 set themes that are approachable and easy to love: in the first set we’ll hear some fantastic latin lounge numbers alongside some Havana swing… this is all good time music for a go-go generation. The second set carries us outside the capital city for swing sounds that prevailed in big cities away from Havana, like Matanzas and Santiago. The second hour starts with latin sounds transplanted in the 1960s into places like New York and Colombia… this is a cosmopolitan sound with a bit more authenticity and teeth relative to the boogaloo and shingaling numbers marketed to US audiences at that time. Then we’ll end the show with some material from that moment in the mid-70s when salsa dancing was starting to emerge… early salsa music to end today’s episode.

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  • 12:01pm Guaguanco Comparsa by Nino Rivera on La Salsa Vino de Cuba (Panart)
  • 12:06pm Exciting by Julio Gutierrez on Play the Exciting Sound of Havana B.C. (Sirena)
  • 12:09pm Muneca by Los Megatones de Lucho on Descargas (Discomoda)
  • 12:12pm But Heaven Knows by Bobby Montez & His Orchestra on Viva! Montez (World Pacific Records)
  • 12:15pm Improvisando Cha Cha by The Latin All Stars on Cha Cha Cha (Roper Records)
  • 12:17pm Montuno en Chachacha by Rolando Aguilo y su Orquesta on Se Pone Sabroso (Puchito)
  • 12:20pm Mayari by Bebo Valdes y su Orquesta on Todo Ritmo (Panart)
  • 12:22pm Esta Es Mi Vida by Pio Leyva on Descargando El Montuno (Areito)
  • 12:28pm Pregon de la Montana by Pio Leyva on Pio Canta y Venezuela Baila (Velvet)
  • 12:31pm Aji Picante by Orquesta Los Melodicos on single (Odeon)
  • 12:34pm Gitana Mora by Roland Aguilo y su Orquesta on Se Pone Sabroso (Puchito)
  • 12:37pm Black Orchid by Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri on El Sonido Nuevo (Verve)
  • 12:40pm Bembe Sin Zapatos by Luis Grinan y su Orquesta on Ritos Santeros (Suave)
  • 12:42pm Amor Veradero by Chappottin y sus Estrellas on Chappottin y sus Estrellas (Antilla)
  • 12:45pm Oriente by Chappottin y sus Estrellas on Chappottin y sus Estrellas (Antilla)
  • 12:48pm No Te Vayas Pal Monte by Luis Grinan y su Orquesta on Ritos Santeros (Suave)
  • 12:51pm Como Tiene Cosas Cubita by Luis Grinan y su Orquesta on Ritos Santeros (Suave)
  • 12:54pm Borinquen Tu Guaguanco by Montuito El Unico y su Conjunto on Montuito El Unico y su Conjunto (Fania)
  • 12:57pm Jhon Emiliano by Chico Cervantes on La Sonora Caliente (Caliente)
  • 1:00pm Cosas de Manteca by Manteca on Bailables A Santa Barbara (Asere)
  • 1:03pm Me Gusta Boogaloo by Carlos Hayre y su Orquesta on Ritmo al Rojo Vivo (Delujo)
  • 1:06pm Bomba by Dax Pacem Orchestra on DJ Amir presents Buena Musica y Cultura (BBE)
  • 1:10pm Listen to Lovie by Joe Acosta & His Empresarios on Joe Acosta & His Empresarios (SMC Pro-Arte)
  • 1:13pm Salsa by Los Megatones de Lucho on Descargas (Discomoda)
  • 1:16pm Soul Child by Joe Acosta & His Empresarios on Joe Acosta & His Empresarios (SMC Pro-Arte)
  • 1:19pm Mama Calunga by Johnny Sedes & His Orchestra on Mama Calunga (Fonseca)
  • 1:22pm Ahora Bailo Yo by Orquesta Melodia on Ahora Bailo Yo (Fonograma)
  • 1:25pm Honka-Monka Soul by Joe Acosta & His Empresarios on Joe Acosta & His Empresarios (SMC Pro-Arte)
  • 1:29pm En La Isla Se Goza by Rolando Valdes on Charanga Sensacion (Ansonia)
  • 1:33pm Pescao en Salsa by Rey Roig y su Sensacion on Otra Vez (Mericana)
  • 1:37pm Mi Chica Se Vuelve Loca by Carlos Hayre on Ritmo al Rojo Vivo (Delujo)
  • 1:40pm Orquideas by Carlos Hayre y su Orquesta on Ritmo al Rojo Vivo (Delujo)
  • 1:43pm Angelica by Carlos Hayre y su Orquesta on Ritmo al Rojo Vivo (Delujo)
  • 1:46pm La Verdad by Johnny Sedes & His Orchestra on Mama Calunga (Fonseca)
  • 1:49pm El Ritmo Soledad by The Orchestra Soledad on DJ Amir presents Buena Musica y Cultura (BBE)
  • 1:52pm Carupano by Johnny Sedes & His Orchestra on Mama Calunga (Fonseca)
  • 1:55pm Errante y Bohemio by Jorge Cabrera on Homenaje a Arsenio Rodriguez (Kubaney)
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