4260126061477

Trujillo , Peru 1971 - 1974

Manzanita Y Su Conjunto

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Format: LP

Cat No: AADE013

Release Date:  09 July 2021

Label:  Analog Africa

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4260126061477

Genres:  World Music  Latin Music  

  • Description

    New Ltd Dance Edition Vinyl from Analog Africa



    I was in Lima, hanging out with collector-extraordinaire Victor Zela, who had spent the previous few years pouring
    his passion for Peruvian Cumbia into the blog "la cumbia de mis viejos", a trove of incredible music. But after the
    birth of his first child, his priorities shifted and he decided to part with some of his rarest LPs. I was one of the
    lucky few given an early chance to examine his treasures, and when I picked up the album Manzaneando com
    Manzanita, Victor said: "Take it! its one of the best LPs ever recorded in Perú … easily in the top five". That was
    all the encouragement I needed … two years later many of the songs from that masterpiece have made it onto
    Manzanita y su Conjunto, a compilation of electrifying Cumbia sides from Manzanita's golden era.
    Berardo Hernández – better known as Manzanita – first surfaced during the psychedelic Cumbia craze. At the
    head of the scene were the magnificent Los Destellos, whose leader, Enrique Delgado, was such a six-string
    wizard that other guitarists found it impossible to escape his shadow. But when Manzanita arrived, his electric
    criollo style sent shockwaves through Lima's music scene and posed a serious threat to Delgado's dominance as
    king of the Peruvian guitar.Manzanita had come to Lima from the coastal city of Trujillo, five hundred miles up the coast – a place where
    Spanish, African and indigenous populations had been living and making music together for centuries – and came
    of age at a time when the first wave of psychedelic rock from the US and UK was starting to sweep the airwaves.
    But the sounds of Cream and Hendrix disappeared from the radio just as quickly in 1968 when Juan Velasco
    seized control of the country in a military coup. The new regime, which favoured local traditions over cultural 'imports' from the north, was a blessing in disguise for the Peruvian music scene.
    Record labels flourished as new bands, raised on a hybrid diet of electric guitars and Cuban rhythms, rushed in
    to fill the vacuum created by the lack of imported rock. A new genre, known as Peruvian cumbia, was born and
    Manzanita quickly became one of its most original voices.
    Starting in 1969, Manzanita y su Conjunto released a steady stream of singles that used Cuban guaracha
    rhythms as the foundation for dazzling electric guitar lines. After countless 45s and several years on the touring
    circuit, the band signed to Virrey, an important Peruvian label, and recorded two LPs acknowledged as masterpieces among aficionados of tropical music. Most of the songs on Analog Africa's new compilation Manzanita y su
    Conjunto are drawn from those legendary sessions of 1973 and 74.
    Although he scored a few more hits in the later 70s, his dissatisfaction with the music industry caused him to
    withdraw from the scene for several years; and when he finally retired for good, the golden age of Peruvian cumbia was a distant memory. But when Manzanita was at the top of his game he had few equals. Victor Zela was
    right: this is some of the best music ever recorded in Perú.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Shambar
      • 2. La Caihuita
      • 3. La Buenita (con Los Cañeros)
      • 4. La Mazamorrita
      • 5. Manzaneando
      • 6. No Me Marchare
      • 7. Lamentó En La Puna
      • 8. Un Sabado Por La Noche
      • 9. Salome
      • 10. Catita
      • 11. Primavera 71 (con Los Caneros)
      • 12. El Norteno
      • 13. Mama Ocllo
      • 14. Mi Pueblito

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