\u201cLibre \u2013 Free\u201d is the now legendary second album by the short-lived Brooklyn Sounds and is arguably even better than their self-titled debut, displaying a more mature and practiced sound, no doubt honed by their experiences playing more gigs in support of their first record.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Sounds were one of a handful of garage<\/i><\/em>\u00a0salsa bands from the independent scene that was gathering steam in the early 1970s in the New York boroughs, despite little support or exposure in the mainstream Latin music industry from more dominant labels like Fania, Mericana, Cotique and Alegre. As with many others, Brooklyn Sounds briefly fluoresced in a burst of creativity and defiance, yet flamed out shortly thereafter, dying like a flower among the ruins of burned-out apartment blocks in the barrios of its home city.<\/p>\n Though the band only cut two LPs and a couple singles in their brief half-decade of existence, and never really broke out of the cuchifrito<\/i><\/em>\u00a0circuit in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, their music gradually spread far and wide, eventually becoming a sought-after global commodity by the late 1990s.<\/p>\n In contrast to the first album \u201cLibre \u2013 Free\u201d is uptempo and ebullient, with fewer slow songs and more confident, creative arrangements, full of heavy Nuyorican underground salsa dura propelled by raw trombones, off-kilter piano and in-your-face percussion.\u00a0Standout tracks include the uplifting, anthemic \u2018Libre soy\u2019, and \u2018Ha llegado el momento\u2019, with its minor key \u2018Moliendo caf\u00e9\u2019 quote at the beginning\u2014both of which have become dance floor anthems over the years. Another mid-tempo killer is \u2018Guaguanc\u00f3 tropical\u2019, a favorite in Colombia since the 1970s.<\/p>\n A perfect blend of barrio attitude and Caribbean swing, the album proves Brooklyn has sabor<\/i><\/em>\u00a0y salsa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brooklyn Sounds legendary second album from 1972, full of heavy Nuyorican underground salsa dura propelled by raw trombones, off-kilter piano and in-your-face percussion. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n A perfect blend of barrio attitude and Caribbean swing, the album proves Brooklyn has <\/b><\/strong>sabor y salsa<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>!<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n Pressed on 180 g vinyl, our reissue includes liner notes featuring never-before seen photos.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":113505,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[193],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-113508","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-latin-en","7":"product_shipping_class-lp-en-3","8":"pa_formato-lp-en","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/113508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=113508"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=113508"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=113508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}