Subway Salsa The Montuno Records Story

• tambo – coco my my

• 1. tambo – coco my my
• 2. yambu – coballo
• 3. zaperoko – no quedo ni el gato
• 4. manny oquendo y libre – bailala pronto
• 5. son primero – el avance
• 6. son de la loma – marina
• 7. tambo – muneco
• 8. scorpio – ensem...ensem
• 9. yambu – vecindad
• 10. lou perez y su charanga – bon bon de chocolate
• 11. batacumbele – la tia
• 12. zaperoko – bailare
• 13. airto moreira – aqui se puede
• 14. totico y sus rumberos – a una mamita
• 15. son de la loma – y yo ganga
• 16. yambu – professor
• 17. manny oquendo y libre – que humanidad
• 18. son primero – pido que lo toque
• 19. zaperoko – el zaperoko
• 20. tambo – mientras yo viva
• 21. manny oquendo y libre – estoy como nunca
• 22. bongo-logic – corta la cana
• 23. skah shah 1 – a sandy
• 24. son de da loma – songo y guantanamo
• 25. zaperoko – zaperockero
• 26. yambu – a new thing
• 27. son de la loma – monte tiene garabato
• 28. totico y sus rumberos – what's your name?

The shop Record Mart, one of Latin New York's most important historic musical landmarks, served as the home base for Montuno Records, a small but important independent label started by proprietor Jesse Moskowitz in the 1970s.

This collection samples the recordings from Montuno's catalogue that exemplify danceable Afro-Antillean music, from Nuyorican salsa to Haitian compas, Latin jazz to traditional Cuban genres as well as several interesting hybrids incorporating funk, doo wop and Brazilian sounds.

Includes tracks by key artists such as Airto Moreira, Manny Oquendo y Libre, Son de La Loma, Totico y sus Rumberos, Lou Pérez. Comprehensive liner notes by Pablo Yglesias aka DJ Bongohead, including an in-depth interview with Jesse Moskowitz, plus original LP artwork and many unseen pictures.