Release: 16-02-2024<\/p>\n
Now-Again Records presents catalog-wide reissues of Latin music propellant Joe Bataan\u2019s legendary Ghetto Records. Next up in the series – La Fantastica. This brash, big band Latin orchestra from Brooklyn debuted on Ghetto Records with an underground Salsa album which also contains the beguiling, English-language Psychedelic Soul of “Latin Blues.” Ghetto Records was Joe Bataan\u2019s way to get over on \u201cThe Man\u201d and out of the \u2018hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel. As Bataan puts it today, \u201cGhetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I\u2019ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.\u201d Like many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault. Hatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception. The seven albums in its discography languished out of print – until now. These are the definitive reissues of these albums, licensed from Joe Bataan, with his oversight and input into a 16 page oversize book by Pablo Yglesias that details Bataan\u2019s larger-than-imagination life and his little Latin label that could.<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/p>\n
A1 Borinquen
\nA2 Con Quien Andas
\nA3 Latin Blues
\nA4 Ya No Te Quiero
\nB1 Negrita Mia
\nB2 Telegrama
\nB3 M & M
\nB4 Sassie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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