De Ti Depende [Import]

1. Vamos a Reir un Poco

2. De Ti Depende

3. Periodico de Ayer

4. Consejo de Oro

5. Tanto Como Ayer

6. Hacha y Machete

7. Felices Horas

8. Mentira

De Ti Depende,Hector Lavoe,Fania,Latin,Tropical

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Average customer rating: Disappointed Horrible sound

De Ti Depende Héctor Lavoe Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Comedia La Voz El Sabio Recordando a Felipe Pirela Lo Mato ASIN: B000ETRCH6 Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

1. Vamos a Reir un Poco
2. De Ti Depende
3. Perio de Ayer
4. Consejo de Oro
5. Tanto Como Ayer
6. Hacha y Machete
7. Felices Horas
8. Mentira

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed.......2007-08-02

MamboCha's review was right on the money.

It is a shame that Emusica releases this item with such lousy sonics.

It sounds muffled and without the dynamics that the original CD or vinyl had.

To add insult to injury the artwork used on this CD is pretty cheesy since it appears that they got an LP from a flea market and they blacked out the price tag with a black magic marker (See upper right corner of the cover). They could have used the artwork from the original CD.

Avoid this item unless you do not have the old CD!!!

Horrible sound.......2007-02-21

I took the time to write this review because I consider Hector Lavoe to have been one of the best soneros ever ("son" is the original Cuban name to what was later called salsa; therefore, salsa singers are most times called soneros). Lavoe was not much of a composer, but was an extremely versatile original singer with a voice and timbre hard to match. This combined with great composers, writers, and orchestras; meant that "most" of the productions Hector Lavoe was in were worth the time, there was a collaboration of talent from everyone.

Lavoe started and became famous under the Fania label as the singer for the famous trumpet player Willie Colon and his band, they started in the late 60s and separated in early 80s. All those Willie Colon records made with Lavoe around the 1970s are landmarks in salsa history as well as some of Lavoe's solo pieces in the 80s. The image created around this two was to make them the bad boys of salsa. They had like a mature streetwise tone to them, in terms of music and lyrics; some songs were danceable, sad, instrumental, etc. In other words, they had musical substance: and for such, they usually were the top sellers in the label.

Why the low score here? The Fania label did millions during its LP era but during the CD era this music was horribly marketed and packaged (just a picture of the album cover, no info, no back art, and hard to find outside niche markets). So in 2006 as soon as the Fania repackaged and re-mastered CDs started to come out this album was one I was waiting for, I was curious to hear "Periodico de Ayer" (yesterdays newspaper) one of Lavoe's most (if not the most) original, memorable, instrumental, and famous classic re-mastered after so long. I was waiting for a more vibrant and dispersed sound. Boy oh boy, was I disappointed and surprised. Not only did it sound noticeable worst than the one on the old CD "Hector's Gold", I was surprised that [...] would be released in the first place. This sounded horrible and I mean it. It sounded like something they took out of an 8-track cassette that was taking sun inside a Chevrolet since the 70s and then sold in a flea market for 25 cents, please get the picture because it's not an exaggeration. It sounded baaaddd and it is a farce to call such thing re-mastered, please.

If you have the original then there is not much point in this, aside the booklet, and if you don't then I strongly recommend trying to get the now out of print "Hecto's Gold" which is the only other album to date that contains "Periodico de Ayer" with its original acceptable quality. Hector's Gold leaves a lot out but has "El Cantante" and "Periodico de Ayer" and trust me, just for that, is worth it especially if you are going to have only one Lavoe CD. I have many of these new Fania re-mastered CDs including others from Lavoe and Willie Colon, I can tell you that the early ones they took out were very inconsistent, some sounded great and vibrant, some others were questionable in comparison to the original CDs of the early 90s, but this one sadly is the one that just takes it a higher label of mediocrity. It was later that they got their act together. They have been informed of this but who knows if they will do anything about it.

Sadly Hector died in 1993, Willie Colon is alive and kicking but his new music is not. There were people behind that music that are not around anymore. Most of the Salsa being done these days is not worth a cent. All this great Puerto Rican, Cuban & Dominican artists that created the Salsa movement of the 70s in N.Y. with the Fania label grew up in the era when Cuba was the #1 in tropical music and was extremely influential. Cuban culture is the real mother of "Salsa", but under its long(over due) tyrannical communist government Cuba is by now almost as dead and destroyed as Lavoe's flesh. If it was not for the Dominican Johnny Pacheco who started the Fania label, and the Puerto Ricans in N.Y. that took the music, elaborated, and prolonged its existence, this music would have died before it did: Right in Havana clubs in the early 60s instead of in N.Y.C. clubs in the early 80s. This Fania guys were for the 60s & 70s what the Grammy winner Buena Vista Social Club was for the 40s & 50s, just the best among their era. I also recommend everything Lavoe did along with Willie Colon and also the albums La Lupe- Es la Reina, Cheo Feliciano- Cheo, Joe Battan- Saint Latin's Day Massacre, Tito Puente, etc, you can go on from there. Check the Fania site and the Descarga site. Also the Hector Lavoe movie "El Cantante" due summer of 2007. It could be worth it, lets hope so.

Average customer rating: The Singer of All Singers Amazing singer Hectro Lavoz "De Ti Depende" 1976 Consider the Source Chicago Lack of vocals???? Are you insane???

De Ti Depende Héctor Lavoe Manufacturer: Fania ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Siembra ASIN: B00004TGJB Release Date: 2000-05-15

Tracks:

1. Vamos a Reir un Poco
2. De Ti Depende
3. Perio de Ayer
4. Consejo de Oro
5. Tanto Como Ayer
6. Hacha y Machete
7. Felices Horas
8. Mentira

Customer Reviews:

The Singer of All Singers.......2007-03-28

This album will forever be etched as one of the best Salsa recordings ever. Immortal hits such as "Periodico De Ayer", "Hacha Y Machete", "Vamos A Reir Un Poco", and "Felices Horas" are featured here. Produced by his best friend, the great Willie Colon, De Ti Depende is an unbelievable album and is a must have for any Lavoe fan and Salsa collectionist. Esto es Salsa Dura de Pura Sepa y Jibaro como El Coqui. QUE VIVA EL CANTANTE DE LOS CANTANTES!

Amazing singer.......2005-11-23

This is the one of the best salsa singer. I,m a eternal fan of Hector Lavoe. If you also want a hand-made drawing of Hector Lavoe or other artist, go to Ebay and search for "Hector Lavoe".

Hectro Lavoz "De Ti Depende" 1976.......2005-04-19

Hector Lavoe (the singer of singers)is one of the best soneros (salsa singers) ever. Only second after the Sonero Mayor Isamel Rivera.

This is an original album, not a compilation of "hits". This is important because there is no way you can put all his best songs in a CD. And all those hits compilations always repeat the same songs. If you like his music you have to buy the original records, cause almost everything he sang is good.

This album is his second as a soloist. This is not sweet sixteen's music. This is the real stuff. Real salsa music.

1. VAMOS A REIR UN POCO (Let Os Laugh A Little) Is about "I don't care what you think about me". A five stars hit.
2. DE TI DEPENDE (Its Up To You) This is a bolero about an impossible love. A five stars hit.
3. PERIODICO DE AYER (Paradise Of Sweetness) This song is from the great composer Tite Curet. It is about a bad love that comes to and end. A five stars hit.
4. CONSEJO DE ORO (Golden Advice) this song is not that good.
5. TANTO COMO AYER (rompe saraguey is a medicinal plant's name) this song is not that good.
6. HACHA Y MACHETE (Ax And Machete ) This song is about driving on. A five stars hit.
7. FELICES HORAS (Happy Hours) this song is not that good.
8. MENTIRA (Lie) This song is about a bad love that comes to and end. A five stars hit.

Consider the Source Chicago.......2004-06-01

The person that wrote that heard Hector Lavoe and called his tunes "catchy". Come on.......not a true Salsa Fan. No one ever does it the way Hector does it and not only Hector but every orquesta he ever worked with. I truly hope that Jlo and Anthony do a good job and do him justice in the movie that is in the making. Yo Soy La Gringa con Sabor y yo se la salsa magnifica y este Señor es esto.

Lack of vocals???? Are you insane???.......2003-03-13

As a long time Lavoe fan (since birth nearly 28 years ago) I had to respond to this review. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but are you kidding me? Hector Lavoe is the greatest Salsa singer of all time. Punto! Final! Se acabo! His vocals are legendary. Today's singers strive to mimic la voz de Lavoe. No offense, but maybe you need to listen to more salsa in general or more Lavoe in particular to truly grasp the greatness of this man's voice, passion, and improvisational talent. You cannot listen to Calle Luna Calle Sol, Triste y Vacia, Todo Tiene Su Final, or Sonando Despierto, and not recognize how gifted Lavoe is vocally. It just doesn't get any better than Hector.

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De Ti Depende Héctor Lavoe Manufacturer: Fania ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008F2E8 Release Date: 1992-12-30

Tracks:

1. Vamos a Reir un Poco
2. De Ti Depende
3. Perio de Ayer
4. Consejo de Oro
5. Tanto Como Ayer
6. Hacha y Machete
7. Felices Horas
8. Mentira

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De Ti Depende Hector Lavoe Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N0QY0C Release Date: 2000-01-01

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De Ti Depende Forty Grados Manufacturer: Fonovisa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005OLGQ Release Date: 2001-09-25

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