LATIN FEVER

1. GO SNOW , GO
TRAPUCADA
COMPARSA ENOWOY
L 4 CUERO
HAVANA CLUB
WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON ?
MAMBO TUMBADORA
LITTLE MAN
EAST HARLEM QUICKSTEP
THE SOUND OF THE BERIMBAU
I AM THE MAN
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE THIS
MEET THE FLINTSTONES
TOQUE Y CANTO PARA DADA

Released 2004 METRO RECORDS [ METRCD132 ]

Notes :

It was considerate for this label to ask me what I would like to see on this compilation; so that was nice. Although the tracks aren’t in the right order [ starting with three percussion tracks in a row ?!!! ] , I’m happy with the selection. A respected d.j. and journalist friend of mine , John Armstrong , lovingly did the sleeve-notes , which I really enjoyed as , in a way , he documents our twenty year friendship in them. I also had to give a quote about each track on the compilation - although the one for ‘ L4 CUERO ‘ was a complete fabrication and I was not happy about it. I didn’t fit the keyboard hook and the yell of ‘ Charge ! ‘ in the song because it reminded me of ‘galloping horses,’ and I certainly would never describe the sound of a Farfisa Organ as ‘ cheesy.’ John assured me that he didn’t do it, which of course I believe , because I have done two compilations for this company myself and they took liberties with MY sleeve-notes too !!
I’ve always laughed at other Latin artists for giving their albums corny titles like ‘ LATIN FEVER,’ and my worst nightmare would be to have pictures of Salsa dancers on the cover: This has BOTH !!! This was obviously out of my control, to say the least !