VA - Early Hot Dance Music From Cuba vol. 3 (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. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Agua agua
02. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Rumba internacional
03. Antobal´s Cubans - My Margarita
04. Lecuona Cuban Boys - La rumbita
05. Havana-Riverside Orchester - No pique aqui
06. Vicente Sigler - Infiel
07. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Fúiste Tú
08. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Society conga
09. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Tipitin
10. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Loca rumba
11. Lecuona Cuban Boys - La conga de Habana
12. Ernesto Lecuona and the Cuban Boys - Como yo no hay dos
13. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Me siento amoroso (Bolero)
14. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Ay Mama!
15. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Maracas
16. Estrellas Habaneras - Buey viejo
17. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Nuestro cantar (Rumba)
18. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Cuando vuelva a Paris
19. Antonio Machín et son Orchestre Cubain - Damelo
20. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Para mi
21. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Quim-bam-ba
22. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Vamo Jose (Conga)
23. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Belle Melanie (Biguine)
24. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Caminos cruzados (Malagueña)

01. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Maria Antonia
02. Orquesta de Antonio Romeu - Bururu Barara
03. Havana Cuban Boys - Rumba Negra
04. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Son los Lecuona
05. Orchestre Castellanos de la Cabana Cubaine - Nuits de Paris
06. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Me voy pa´Brasil (Samba-Fox)
07. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Bellita
08. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Cuatro Personas
09. Lecuona Cuban Boys - No puede ser (Bolero)
10. Che Belén - La cachimba de San Juan
11. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Dark eyes (Ojos negros)
12. Maravillas de Arcaño - Canta contrabajo, canta
13. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Ahora y siempre
14. Antonio Machín et son Orchestre Cubain - Con picante y sin picante
15. Lecuona Cuban Boys - La conga de Jaruco
16. Maravillas de Arcaño - Rarezas
17. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Ay! Mamá Inés
18. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Green Eyes
19. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Tonia ferocita
20. Lecuona Cuban Boys - La Sitiera
21. Ernesto Lecuona and the Cuban Boys - El pregon del dulcero
22. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Paran pan pan
23. Havana-Casino Orchester - Loló, loló, loló (Rumba)
24. Xavier Cugat and his Orchester - Cat´s serenade

01. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Vengo por la conga (Conga)
02. Belisario López - La calandria
03. Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys - Cubafrica (Son Afro)
04. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Triguenita
05. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Biguine D´amour (Biguine)
06. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Conga de Jaruco
07. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Baila la conga
08. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Cecilia mia
09. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Ali-Baba
10. Lecuona Cuban Boys - La Cucaracha
11. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Buscando millionarias
12. Havana Cuban Boys - Mesie Julian
13. Lecuona Cuban Boys - No quiero mas trabajá (Son Afro)
14. Guida Tropical Boys - La Sultana
15. Oscar Calle´s Cuba Band - Songoro consongo
16. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Rumbantona
17. Ernesto Lecuona and the Cuban Boys - Maria La O
18. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Habana de mi amor (Cancion)
19. Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain - Ojos verdes
20. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Invocando a changó
21. Antobal´s Cubans - El trapero (Old clothes)
22. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Canto a Rio de Janeiro (Bolero)
23. Enrique Bryon - El chancletéro
24. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Por ti