Color De TrópicoVarious Artists

• Los Darts – Despertar
• Hugo Blanco – Guajira Con Arpa
• La Retreta Mayor – Zambo
• Combo Los Capri – Gaita Universal
• Nelson Y Sus Estrellas – Fantasia Latina
• German Fernando – Socorro Auxilio
• Grupo Almendra – Tu Y Yo
• Tulio Enrique Leon – Bimbóm

• 1. Los Darts – Despertar
• 2. Hugo Blanco – Guajira Con Arpa
• 3. La Retreta Mayor – Zambo
• 4. Combo Los Capri – Gaita Universal
• 5. Nelson Y Sus Estrellas – Fantasia Latina
• 6. German Fernando – Socorro Auxilio
• 7. Grupo Almendra – Tu Y Yo
• 8. Tulio Enrique Leon – Bimbóm

DJs El Palmas and El Dragón Criollo have chosen eight impossibly hard-to-find jewels, originally released between 1966 and 1978, reissued here for the first time on vinyl.

In this period, Venezuelan musicians assimilated a wide range of influences and styles, both local and global, to generate something new, a “modern” identity for Venezuelan music; artists who set their eyes on the future without giving up the search for their own sabor (flavour). This is how jazz, rock, salsa, funk, psych, prog and disco, sat next to guajira, cumbia, cha-cha-cha and even the hugely-popular Venezuelan style of joropo. It started a long tradition of Venezuelan musical pioneers, many of whom are still to get the recognition they deserve.