Only Mambo, Vol. 2

1. Quiero un Cuero

2. Envidisos

3. Qui Qui Ri Qui - Malafe

4. Te Lo Deje a Ti - Barimambo

5. Bocinon - Kinito Mendez

6. Cachondeo

7. Maria Se Va - La Nueva

8. No He Lo Mismo II - Charlie Valens

9. Suena el Mambo

10. Me Recoje Tu Maleta - Malafe

11. Remenéate

12. Que le Den Dinero - Grupo Tambo

13. Bebedera - Los Homeboys

14. Dos Pinas

Only Mambo, Vol. 2,Various Artists,Sony International,Latin,Latin Pop,Mambo,Tropical

Average customer rating:

Great Music / Another Poor Reissue on the part of RCA

The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 2
Tito Puente
Manufacturer: RCA Intl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Tito Timbero (Tito The Drummer)
Timbal Y Bongo
Zing A Zing A Zing Boom
Rogelio No Me Aprietes Mas
Sacala
Co-Co Coconut
Domingo Pantoja
Ya No Hay Mujeres Feas
Arroz Con Pollo
Vibe Cha Cha
Mambo Buda
Cuban Fantasy
Mack The Knife
Four Beat Cha Cha Cha
Cha Cha De Pollos
Que Sera (What Is It?)
Happy Cha-Cha-Cha

Tracks:

Oye Mi Guaguanco
What Is This Thing Called Love
Tiny Not Ghengis
What Are You Doing, Honey?
That's A Puente
Birdland After Dark
Terry Cloth
Yesterdays
Caminandito
Mentiroso Y Chaquetero
You Are An Angel
Just For You
Habanero
Ki-Ku-Ki-Kan
Lindo Cha Cha
Little Jump Cha-Cha
It's The Bururu (Dame El Bururu)

Tracks:

Cha Cha Fiesta
Vibe Guajira (Guajira En Vibrafono)
Vamos A Bailar (Let's Go Cha Cha Cha)
Silly Lil
Calypso Merengue
Sea Breeze
Emerald Beach
The Carioca
Night Beat
The Late Late Scene
Night Hawk
Live A Little
Malibu Beat
Poor Butterfly
Tito Guajira
Tea For Two (Cha-Cha)
Almendra

Tracks:

Un Poquito De Tu Amor
Bragada
Obatala Yeza
Alumba Chemeche
Oguere Madeo
Obaricoso
Four By Two
Conga Alegre
Hot Timbales
Complicacion
El Cayuco
Saca Tu Mujer
Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti (Bolero)
Agua Limpia Todo (Guaguanco)
Varsity Drag Mambo
3-D Mambo
Mucho Cha-Cha

Tracks:

A La Salud
Frenesi
Perfidia
Juanita
Sand In My Shoes
Tampico
Cha-Con-Cha
Un Cha-Cha
Doing The Cha-Cha
Baubles, Bangles And Beads
At The Balalaika
Sweet Sue Just You
Mangua, Nicaragua
Speak Low
Comme-Ci-Comme-Ca
Guaguanco
Rumba Timbales

Tracks:

Ceremony Of Tambo
Ritual Drum Dance
Velorio
Call Of The Jungle Birds
Caonao
Porque Te Perdi
Guancona (Guaguanco)
Si Te Contara
Son Guacha
Con Sandunga
Blue Moon
So In Love
Moonlight In Vermont
Harlem Nocturne
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
I Concentrate On You

Amazon.com

This multi-CD box set contains more celebrated tracks from the legendary Tito Puente's RCA recordings of the '50s and '60s. Like the tracks for The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 1, this collection showcases selected sides from several Puente classic LPs, including Top Percussion, Cuban Carnival, Dance Mania, and Mucho Puente. Supported by the best musicians in the business, including congueros Ray Barretto, Candido, and Francisco Aguabella, Puente swings hard in a number of authentic Afro-Cuban grooves.

His fierce and frenetic timbales solos made mambos and rumbas like "Complicacion," "Conga Alegre," and "Hot Timbales" timeless classics. On "Vibe Guajira," Puente displays his chops on the vibraphone, and he laces several big band jazz tunes like "Harlem Nocturne," "Moonlight in Vermont," and "Birdland After Dark" with spicy syncopated Cubop flavors. Think of this set as an indispensable aural document detailing the dynamic, dance-oriented genius of the Mambo King. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Great Music / Another Poor Reissue on the part of RCA.......2002-05-13

As I said in my review of Vol. 1, this is great music. Vol. 1 was a terrible reissue, however -- just over 4 discs worth of music spread over 6 discs, no personnel listing, no indication of which albums tracks were drawn from. Did RCA correct any of these flaws for volume 2?

2 steps forward, 1 step back. Personnel are now listed (in an extremely confusing and inconsistent format, with names listed next to dates for sessions that they played on) -- but this time, the dates of recording were omitted! It would be laughable if it weren't so typical of the major labels.

Vol. 2 has 290 minutes of music -- which would easily fit on 4 discs. This time around, the discs are packaged in 3 dual disk boxes, while last time they were packaged in 6 cardboard sleeves. (Either format is fine, consistency would have been nice.)

The booklet is a little better this time: the essay tells you (more or less) which LPs the tracks were drawn from, and identifies which tracks were not previously issued or issued only on 78's.

If you have both sets, does that mean you have all of TP's RCA output? Nope. For example, there's an alternate take of DANCE MANIA's "Estoy Siempre junto a Ti," but the master take is not available in the two collections. (DANCE MANIA is available on its own.)

Verdict: most of the original LPs have been issued on CD, and the programming is superior. If you just want 5 hours of great music and don't care about the context, this set will do you fine.

Which is better, vol. 1 or vol. 2? I might give the slight edge to vol. 1, but the tracks seem to have been randomly chosen, so it's not like vol. 2 is second best.

Tracks:

Quiero Un Cuero - El Plebe
El Envidioso - Mambo Bachata
Qui Qui Ri Qui - Mala Fe
Te Lo Deje A Ti - Barimambo
El Bocinon - Kinito Mendez
Cachondeo - Sutanejo Y Perensejo
Maria Se Va - La Nueva
No He Lo Mismo II - Charlie Valens
Suena El Mambo - Crusa Caye
Merecoje Tu Maleta - Mala Fe
Remeneate - Marcos Caminero
Que Le Den Dinero - Grupo Tambo
La Bebedera - Los Homeboys
Dos Pinas - Dos Pinas

Customer Reviews:

The MAMBOness continues!.......2000-06-09

This collection, like the first one, contains artists like Kinito Mendez, Sutanejo & Perensejo, and Barimambo. Charlie Valenz returns with "No es lo mismo II" which is funny as the first. However, the best highlights come from the new hitters like La Nueva, Dos Pinas, and El Plebe. Only Mambo II continues the party!