TITO PUENTE - DANCE MANIA: LEGACY EDITION (2CD)
Tito Puente Dance Mania: Legacy Edition On 2 x CD
The album that taught American how to dance! With the nation riveted to Dancing With The Stars and Latin ballroom dance peaking in popularity, there couldn't be a a more perfect time to reissue a special Legacy Edition of the album that started it all, Tito Puente's legendary Dance Mania! After 50 years, the original 38-minute LP is teamed with its accompanying Vol. 2 and a whopping 21 bonus tracks for a collection of more than 2 hours of music! The 21 bonus tracks are collected from 7 different albums, many of which have been unavailable for years, highlighting more of Tito at the peak of his powers.
Dance Mania is the album that taught Americans how to mambo, cha cha cha, bolero and more. It sowed the seeds of modern salsa. Recorded a decade into Puente’s 50-year recording career, Dance Mania was his first major foray into dance music, released just as stereo recording technology gave the music a vibrancy that helped it shine. It ranks as one of the “25 albums representing turning points and pinnacles in 20th-century popular music,” according to The New York Times. As the Times reported in 2000, Dance Mania “represents the height of the mambo craze, America’s first lasting infatuation with Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Its fusion of sophisticated jazz arrangements with Afro-Cuban percussion remains hot and elegant, and it was a bellwether, plotting the salsa revolution of the following decades.”
Beyond his standing as the King of Latin Music, Tito Puente was one of the most memorable entertainers of the 20th century in any genre. As a composer, musician and band leader, the NYC native of Puerto Rican heritage was embraced by Americans of all colors for his exciting fusion of Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds tailor-made for the dance floor. Tito Puente remains a cultural icon whose appeal transcends demographics. His career spanned more than 50 years and 100 albums, his composition “Oye Como Va” was made famous by Santana, and his memorable appearances on The Cosby Show, The Mambo Kings and The Simpsons all contributed to his legend. The image of the flamboyant superstar dubbed “el Rey” playing his signature timbales is familiar to every generation of Americans. He remains the most famous name in all of Latin music.
Tito Puente Dance Mania: Legacy Edition Track Listing
Disc 1 – Dance Mania
1. El Cayuco
2. Complicacion
3. 3-D Mambo
4. Llego Mijan
5. Cuando Te Vea
6. Hong Kong Mambo
7. Mambo Gozon
8. Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe
9. Varsity Drag Mambo
10. Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti
11. Agua Limpia Todo
12. Saca Tu Mujer
Bonus Tracks
13. El Cayuco (Outtake)
14. Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti (Outtake)
15. Mambozooka
16. Havana After Dark
17. Cual Es La Idea
18. Tito Guajira
19. Yambique
20. Son De La Loma
21. Guaririambo
22. Pa’ Los Rumberos
Disc 2 – Dance Mania Vol. 2
1. A Gozar Timbero
2. Si Te Contara
3. Separala Tambien
4. Caonao
5. Una Mujer
6. Baila Como Es
7. Dance Mania
8. Porque Te Perdi
9. Guancona
10. Son Guacha
11. Con Sandunga
12. Cua Cua
Bonus Tracks
13. Si Te Contara (Outtake)
14. A Gozar Timbero (Outtake)
15. Una Mujer (Outtake)
16. Chanchullo
17. Guaguanco
18. Cha-Con-Cha
19. El Bajo
20. Suave Asi
21. Cha Cha Son
22. Delisse
23. El Palo
