VA - Early Hot Dance Music From Cuba vol.2 (2006)

In the 1930 and 40s Cuban bands and Orchestras were the toast of Europe, conquering all the fashionable cities were they played. Many of these orchestras contained the cream of Cuban musicians and they recorded regularly.
These recordings would have been released on 78 rpm discs and are nowadays collectors' items. Lucky for us mint copies these 78 rpm discs have now been re-mastered using the latest technology (de-clicking, de–hissing and noise reduction etc) and are presented here in this 3 CD box set.
Several of the top orchestras are represented here, and the quality of the recordings is simply stunning! At times it is hard to believe that these recordings were made over 60 years old.

01. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Conga para ti
02. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Cubanella
03. Orchester Hermanos Palau - Lengua larga
04. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Carinosamente (Bolero)
05. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Serenata tropical
06. Enrique Bryon - La comparsa se fué
07. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Louisette
08. Trio Cubain Weeno-Bravo-Gody - Negro bembon
09. Havana Cuban Boys - Chino Li Wong
10. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Calabozo
11. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Noche de biarritz
12. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Batucada
13. Feli´s Boys Orchestra - El manisero
14. Antobal´s Cubans - The night the lady said No
15. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - I want my Mama
16. Havana Cuban Boys - Bon Bon
17. Maravillas de Arcaño - Quien pudiera
18. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Maryval
19. Havana-Riverside Orchester - Kuki (Bolero son)
20. Antobal´s Cubans - La mulata rumbera
21. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Abaneque yamba
22. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Rumba azul (Rumba)
23. Pedro Via - Muévete y verás
24. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Pampa

01. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Calientito
02. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Lucumi
03. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Cubano soy (Rumba)
04. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Bongo
05. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - La arrolladora
06. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Siboney
07. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Corazon para que (Bolero)
08. Pedro Via - Quiéreme mucho
09. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Rumba blanca
10. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Dulce mujer
11. Antobal´s Cubans - El maraquero
12. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Nosotros ( Bolero)
13. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Panama
14. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Adios
15. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Beguine sentimental (Beguine)
16. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Illusion
17. Belisario López - Año 40
18. Hermanos Contreras - Coconay
19. Pedro Via - Carioca
20. Oscar de la Rosa - Una dos tres
21. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Facundo
22. Orquesta de Antonio Romeu - Matagua
23. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Ti Pi Tin

01. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Incertidumbre
02. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Usted
03. Oscar de la Rosa - La conga de Broadway
04. Havana Cuban Boys - Sin compromiso
05. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Rumba bomba
06. Maravillas de Arcaño - Cuéntame algo
07. Trio Pinareno - Cuando canta el carretero (Momuo Guajiro)
08. Lecuona Cuban Boys - No me vas a engaña
09. Hermanos Contreras - Botamos la pelota
10. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Adversidad
11. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Para decirte adios
12. Casino de la Playa Orchester - Muy junto al corazón (Bolero son)
13. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - At a time like this
14. Trio Avileno - El nene chiquitico (Guaracha)
15. Ernesto Lecuona and the Cuban Boys - Folie negre
16. Antobal´s Cubans - Tierra tropical (The Cuban in me)
17. Augusto Coen - Cambia la aguja
18. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Linda Chilena
19. Trio Matamoros - Comentarios del solar (Son)
20. Che Belén - Bella cubana
21. Havana-Riverside Orchester - Quiero amar
22. Trio Antillano - La negra Florinda (Conga)