Andy's Show N Tell
Phonograph Where
He Played His Latin
Soul and Disco Jams.
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Who is Andy? What were his influences of Latin Soul?
My name is Andy Born in The Bronx of New
York City. One of the reasons why I hated
Latin Soul especially Boogaloo, many of the
bands such as Joe Cuba Sextet did not have
many instruments. I thought this was lame and
very sucky especially the crappy Boogaloo.
Andy at age 5
Photo Provided by
Aunt Rosie
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DJ Papo Aka Uncle
Henry spinning in
1970.
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Dona Nanda
Aka great
Grandmother
Bernalada in
the 60's.
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Click on each photo to hear the songs I stole from my family's
collection at the age of 5. You will hear the songs as I played them on
my Show N Tell Record Player with scatches and pops.
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She owned a promotional copy of Joe Acosta’s
band that looked like a 78rpm. This promo of
the vinyl was a swinging salsa “Bendito copy
was “I need her” and on the reverse side
“Show N Tell.”Illusion.” My aunt explained,
“The slow jam “I need her” is Latin Soul music
and “Bendito Illusion” is Salsa. I fell in love with
this vinyl record. I played it on my record
player called “Show N Tell.”
The Symphony Sid Show.” Does this sound
told me they use to listen to a radio show in the
Sidney Torin (1909 –1984). They explained
familiar? The disc jockey was known as this
Sidney Torin (1909 –1984). They explained
this disc jockey that played The Latin Soul disc
tunes was one of the best. There were other
disc jockeys like Dick Sugar Ricardo but my
those days.family said Symphony Sid was the
man back in those days.
Something was happening to me. It was like
getting converted into another religion and the
religion was called LATIN SOUL. At the age of
5 I began to like only Sweet Latin Soul and
Salsa. I continued to hate Boogaloo until
about 13 years old.
My uncle Henry was a DJ back in the 60’s and
70’s. He owned a lot of records that I use to
steal and play them on my Show N Tell
phonograph. He hated that immensely. Every
Christmas and for my birthday, my Uncle Henry
and Aunt Sonia use to give me records as
gifts. I didn’t want toys. I wanted records
especially Sweet Latin Soul tunes and Funky
Disco.
Margie Aka Mom
in the 60's
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My dear great-grandmother Bernalda aka
Dona Nanda (1904 – 1999) every Saturday
took me to the OTB (Off Track Betting) so she
can bet on her horses. Every Saturday I
looked forward to this because she gave me
fifty cents every time we went to the OTB.
Guess what I purchased every Saturday with
those .50 cents? 45rpm vinyl records. I
couldn't wait to go to the mama and papa
record store to buy a record.
My first vinyl I purchased was a 7-inch 45rpm
by Joe Bataan “What Good is a Castle.” The
45rpm had part 1 and 2. I only played part 1
because it was the ‘Sweet Latin Soul’ version.
Part 2 was the crappy Boogaloo version that I
hated. Remember, I hated Boogaloo.
Albert and Andy in
1993 at Six Flags
Great Adventures
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Albert has been my bestfriend for almost 30
years. We were best friends since the 5th
grade. Albert was like me, listening to pop and
soft rock music. One day in the late 80’s I was
playing the sweet Latin Soul tune at home by
Joe Acosta’s Orchestra “I Need Her.” The first
Latin Soul tune I fell in love with and now Albert
was starting to like the Latin Soul tunes. I
recorded a compilation cassette for him.
Albert decided to record his own compilation
cassette. In his compilation cassette he
recorded some gospel songs and Latin Soul
tunes for his entertainment. At his father’s
church, he played the cassette forgetting it
was his personal compilation, when all of a
sudden Joe Acosta’s song “I Need Her” began
to play on the speakers. It was very loud.
Albert immediately ran to the cassette player to
turn it off. One church member stated “Hey,
why did you turn it off? That was a very cool
tune.” When Albert told me this story, I could
not stop laughing. I almost ended up in the
hospital. Albert actually got the chance to
meet The King of Latin Soul Joe Bataan at
juvenile correction facility in the 90's. Can you
believe this? I am like the number one fan of
Joe Bataan since the age of 5 and he gets to
meet Joe Bataan. He also got to meet Richie,
one of Joe Bataan's musician from the Riot LP.
Unbelievable!
At 13, something else was happening to me. I began to like classic
Boogaloo and Chicano Latin Rock. At this time in 1981 I was getting into
Joe Cuba, Pete Rodriguez, Hector Rivera, Santana, Mandrill etc. Oh
boy, more records to buy. There was only one problem, this music was
considered ancient, archaic, old as dirt and no longer printed anymore
on vinyl records. This music was not popular anymore. I had no other
choice but to steal my uncle and aunt’s records once again.
I destroyed many of their classic records. When the diamond needle of
my phonograph popped, I replaced the cartridge with my great-
grandmother’s sewing needle just to play their records. The vinyl record
played however it damaged their records terribly. One day I left my vinyl
records on top of the radiator and left for school. When I returned from
school, most of my 45rpm were melted. Boy was I upset big time.
In 1990, CDs were becoming popular and many record labels were
reissuing lots of the classics but not many. My uncle Henry and me
attended several record conventions in Manhattan. We visited several
record stores in Manhattan because I wanted to own my classics once
again and replace his and my aunt’s records I destroyed when I was
younger.
By 1994, I repurchased about 60% of the records. I played the CDs and
vinyls only once and I immediately recorded them on cassette. I locked
up the CDs and records and they will never to be played again. Only the
cassette will be played. Funny, whenever I had friends and family
members visit my house, my cassettes were mysteriously disappearing. I
said to myself “I had 50 cassettes on the shelf, now I only see 10. Where
the hell did they all go?” I did not get upset or got angry. I had the
originals locked up and besides; I was a little thief myself. Remember, I
stole records from my uncle and aunt’s collection.
In the year 2000, something beautiful happened. It was called
“NAPSTER.” Yeah baby, party time. Free music on-line baby! My uncle
and me downloaded many classics jams we were looking for. Every
Saturday, we would be at my computer searching and downloading stuff
for hours. I had a dial-up connection. High Speed was not available in
my area at that time.
In 2001 another beautiful thing happened. High Speed became available
in my area. Yeah Baby! More free music at a faster speed. They said
this was considered stealing. I was not stealing. I was downloading
music that my uncle, aunt and myself owned in the past. So technically,
we were getting them back. OK, I will admit, I downloaded 3 or 4 songs I
never purchased. Really it was only 3 or 4 songs. Hey, people stole
from me. It’s only fair to steal back. OK, that was a bad analogy.
In 2002, something terrible happened. NAPSTER was having their legal
issues and they had to shut down. Users had to subscribe to their
service. The party was over! Back to the record store we go. Oh well,
at least we got 80% of the songs we purchased in the past and a few
others. Just a few.
WHY DID I REBROADCAST THE LATIN SOUL SHOW?
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Even the contemporary R&B and Salsa is awful. They all sound the
same. You can not tell who's singing and the band that's playing. It’s all
preprogrammed music. Latin Jazz bands and even Disco artist all had a
different style in their music.
So I decided to rebroadcast the Latin Soul Show and give everyone not
just the Latin community but the entire planet the true classic jams from
The Eastside. Sure the station’s playlist has a few of that
preprogrammed music such as Latin Freestyle but it’s cool Freestyle. I
think you’ll like it. Enjoy The Latin Soul Show Radio.
