Héctor Lavoe - Reventó

I need a white suit, some yellow oxfords and aviators. I'm going to lay suggestively on the ground like this. Make sure my aviators sparkle. Oh and a giant egg cracked open. Yep. That's it! 

I mean I gotta hand it to Héctor, it's an incredible album cover. 

I have written before about going through the Fania catalogue. 1985's Revento was always on high rotation on my streaming. This is Hector's 8th studio album and whilst perhaps not regarded as his most well-known, it incorporates a lot of styles and that variety is possibly why I enjoy this one so much. Cut by Kevin Gray it's a solid sound. Does that guy ever get a holiday? 

2025 is the year I'm trying to focus on making my way through my discogs want list. I finally crossed this repress off via the post this week.

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Joe Bataan - Mr. New York and the East Side Kids

How is the first of June already!?!

Recently I've been making my way through the Fania Records back catalogue. A gap in my music knowledge. I remembered this repress I bought years ago. What a great cover. I love the type face. I don't know why I haven't given this the attention it deserves over the years. Possibly because the opening track "My Opera" is a bold brilliant but soul crushing song about a brother taking the wrap for his sister's death over his parents for neglect and spending time in a mental health facility. How they thought that was a good album opener I do not know. My partner after hearing that track thought I'd picked a wild Sunday morning choice initially.

I'm glad I revisited it again. I would have played a second time if I wasn't going out.

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #records 
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