Released in 1997 by Rhino Records, this is the first of a three disc series featuring songs by Chicano artists and soulful ballads favored by Chicano listeners. The influence of Chicanos as musicians and as an influential listening audience has been omitted from many rock & roll histories but Rhino's compilations bring this influence out of the darkness and into the light.
The songs on this compilation are tunes requested on local radio stations and played by local disc jockeys such as Huggy Boy, Godfrey and Art Laboe. They are also the songs we listened to while cruising Whittier Boulevard.
The compact disc comes with an informative booklet with many rare photographs and is a great and must buy for any beginning collector.
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Solely for historical, educational and listening pleasure.
There is a companion book to this CD set, Guy. Called "Land of a Thousand Dances" by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, University of New Mexico Press 1-800-249-7737. Just bought me a copy - my Christmas present to myself !
ReplyDeleteRB great Christmas present. I know you will enjoy the book. It's a great read. I recently picked up the second edition of the book and both editions are reviewed in the RECOMMENED READING section.
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