Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 2

A selection of 28 Colombian cumbia bangers for the dance floor from the deep vaults of Codiscos and associated labels Costeño, Zeida and Famoso, all of them originally released between 1962 and 1983.

“Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” combines well-known classics and rarities that are difficult to find in their original formats. An invitation to enjoy and be amazed, above and beyond ethnographic and academic concerns.

Double LP.

The historical origins of cumbia in Colombia are nebulous and imprecise. The mythology surrounding it suggests an ancient past when Amerindian, African and European musical sounds were mixed together.

The main record companies in Colombia such as Discos Fuentes, Discos Tropical, Sonolux, Zeida-Codiscos, Silver, Ondina, Discos Atlantic, Vergara and Curro were created between Barranquilla, Medellín, Cartagena and Bogotá from 1936 to 1954. All of them, without exception, recorded Colombian tropical music that over the years was given different names such as porro, gaita, fandango, paseaito, merecumbé, mapalé, bullerengue or, of course, cumbia.

After digging deep into the overwhelming archive of Discos Fuentes in our previous volume, this second instalment in the series “Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” comprises 28 Colombian cumbia bangers for the dance floor from the deep vaults of Codiscos and associated labels Costeño, Zeida and Famoso, all of them originally released between 1962 and 1983. Legally established on July 1, 1950, Zeida (later Codiscos) was one of the companies that consolidated Medellín as the epicenter of the Colombian recording industry in the central decade of the last century.

“Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” combines well-known classics and rarities that are difficult to find in their original formats. An invitation to enjoy and be amazed, above and beyond ethnographic and academic concerns.

Tracklist

A1.   Los Hermanos Martelo - Cumbia Cienaguera
A2.   Los Trotamundos - Cumbia Porteaa
A3.   Antonio Leon Y Su Conjunto - Cumbia Triste
A4.   Antolín Y Su Combo Orense - El Pajaro Milano
A5.   Francisco Zapata - Una Cumbria Para Maria
A6.   Crescencio Salcedo - Tipicismo
A7.   Sonidos De Gamero - La Cumbia Del Negro

B1.   Los Teen Agers - Cumbia Sobre El Mar
B2.   Miguel Villalba Y Su Conjunto - Cumbia Manguelitera
B3.   Calixto Ochoa - El Indio Mapuchi
B4.   Alfredo Gutierrez Y Los Caporales Del Magdalena - Raspacanilla
B5.   El Michi Y Su Combo Bravo - Antonia
B6.   Los Graduados - Alumbra Luna
B7.   Gabriel Mesa - La Luna Y El Pescador

C1.   Adolfo Pacheo Y Su Conjunto - Pajaro Macua
C2.   El Conjunto Miramar - Cumbia Del Sol
C3.   El Combo Cienaguero - Fiesta De Cueros
C4.   La Sonora Universitaria - Margot
C5.   Orquesta Marcial Marchena - Lina
C6.   Rita Fernandez - Llora Su Pena
C7.   Jaime Llano González - Cumbia En Dominante

D1.   Los Arko - Cumbia Bogotana
D2.   Aniceto Molina Y Su Conjunto - Cumbia Candela
D3.   Los Bobby Soxers - Cumbia Sabrosona
D4.   Catalino De Barranquilla Y Su Combo - Cumbia Montanera
D5.   La Cumbia Moderna De Soledad - Cumbia Soledena
D6.   Alejandro Bernal - Al Compas De Las Polleras
D7.   Grupo La Droga - La Chicharra