acid jazz is pleased to announce that it has teamed up with the legendary fania records for our latest 7 inch release. june 1st will see us release ray barretto’s “mercy mercy baby” lifted from his classic album “acid” produced by harvey averne. it is backed by an astounding and previously unreleased instrumental version, which is longer than the released version and has a stunning trumpet solo making it a summer dance-floor cooker. released on a specially designed label, which pays tribute to the first gold fania labels, this will be limited to a run of a 1000.

stone cold classic, although pastime paradise has been reissued a couple of time on compilations every single reissue has used the rocky lp version which is not nearly as good as the original 7inch cut. as we at athens of the north like to do things right we went back to the sony tape vault and had the 7- version transferred for the first time since the o.g 45 was cut. this 45 sounds fantastic, much stronger then the o.g 45 cut so its a no brainer. on the flip we took one of our favourite track from the lp and introduced it to 7inch for the first time, mambotango is a dreamy sountracky latin disco number i used to spin on warm up duty, very new york.

red vinyl

as a true reference cultural media, trace completes its musical offer with a first collection of 3 vinyls! find the cream of salsa selected by trace and journalist osman jr. with tito rodriguez-setenta-the alegre all star....

the good old times

double vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

14 salsa classics on 180 gram vinyl.

first release on supalatino, a fantastic new 12 inch compilation of five hard-to-find floor-friendly latin flavoured club monsters brought to you by the people behind the respected supafrico imprint. kicking things off in style is the truly awesome >meu amigo blanco< from brazilian songstress marcia maria. originally released as an impossible-to-find lp track from 1978, this track on its own is worth the price of the 12inch but theres four equally brilliant tracks to follow. first is ray barrettos brilliant eight-minute latin version of the stevie wonder classic *pastime paradise* followed by the uplifting vibe of spirit of love from the king of latin piano eddie palmieri. next up is the wonderful brazilian fusion of paulinho da costas >love til the end of time< which became a classic on early eighties jazz-funk scene and then rounding off this great comp we get yambus latin disco crossover cover of the classic >sunny< produced by the legendary milton hamilton. top quality - dont sleep!

vinyl edition to the fania release! stock will be very limited!the project is a marriage between old and new,a fresh take on classic sounds from the fania archives.late last year, fania records hand-delivered the original multi-tracks in a battered cardboard box to joe claussells nyc studio.each track was approached and assembled differently, each on its own terms. as joe says,some songs were edited,some were time-stretched many parts were re-recorded some new parts were recorded on top.the first disc features nine classic fania tunes from lou perez, celia cruz,eddie palmieri, ray barretto and more,all re-worked with the joe claussell touch!