• Los Nombres – loving you
    • Los Nombres – to be sure
    • Los Nombres – cold wine
    • 1. loving you
    • 2. to be sure
    • 3. cold wine
    • 4. todos
    • 5. full of love
    • 6. here we go again
    • 7. trivialities
    • 8. untitled
    • 9. listen people
    • 10. just call me

    One part war, two parts Santana, a dash of Motown, immersed in a rich Puerto Rican stock, the Nombres were the undisputed kings of Northern Ohio's rust-belt barrios.  Following successive explosions of brown-eyed and latin soul in Los Angeles and New York in the mid and late 60's, Lorain, Ohio's Boricua underdogs went on a recording star in nearby Cleveland, going all-in on a series of no-budget recordings at Boddie and Way Out.  With a voice that rivaled any of the Fania roster, Willie Marquez led the rotating cast of latino teens through numerous underfunded recording sessions for the Day-Wood, Beth, and Lorain sounds imprints, the lo-fi fruits of which are compiled here.

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