\u201cSoogie\u201d (1969) was Willie Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s first album for Mary Lou Records. Mary Lou Records, at that time, was also one of the labels in the right place at the right time, just before Fania smashed almost all the competition. <\/p>\n
The album is mostly comprised of guaguanc\u00f3s, boleros, and improvised-space-filling descargas (jam sessions). This is remarkable, as it hardly includes boogaloo, which was still prevalent during those years, yet already on the way out. According to Bobby Mar\u00edn, its musical director \u201cwe didn’t call it salsa at the time; it had no name. It was mambo or m\u00fasica movida, they used to call it on the radio.\u201d <\/p>\n
The first tune, \u2018My Dog Soogie,\u2019 which provides the title for the recording, is a playful guaracha about a dog. The following track is the wildly popular \u2018La Puerta del Dolor.\u2019 \u2018El Chivo\u2019 (the goat) is a spicy guaracha, which changes into a son montuno-guajira. \u2018Grande\u2019 is a guaguanc\u00f3, followed by \u2018Los Callos de Dolores,\u2019 also a delightful guaguanc\u00f3. Then comes the ballad \u2018Porque yo te Amo,\u2019 a monster hit of the sixties by popular Argentine singer Sandro. Next we have \u2018Al Comp\u00e1s del G\u00fciro,\u2019 a guaguanc\u00f3, with the delicious chorus that goes \u201cc\u00f3mo va, c\u00f3mo va, c\u00f3mo va, mi g\u00fciro c\u00f3mo va.\u201d \u2018Paul’s Thing\u2019 is an instrumental guaguanc\u00f3, with engrossing sax solos. Finally, we have the smashing, extended descarga \u2018Salsa con Willie Rodr\u00edguez.\u2019 <\/p>\n
We are now happy to reissue this rare and in-demand 1969 salsa gem after decades unavailable! It includes an insert with liner notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1969 salsa gem originally released on Mary Lou Records, one of the labels in the right place at the right time, just before Fania smashed almost all the competition. The album is mostly comprised of guaguanc\u00f3s, boleros, and improvised-space-filling descargas (jam sessions). <\/strong><\/p>\n We are now happy to reissue this rare and in-demand album after decades unavailable! It includes an insert with liner notes. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":117912,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[193,206],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117915","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-latin-en","7":"product_cat-salsa-en","8":"product_shipping_class-lp-en-3","9":"pa_formato-lp-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/117915","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\/117912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=117915"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=117915"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=117915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}