Welcome to the second volume in the Vampi Soul series of tropical Peruvian music of the 60s. The casual music enthusiast might not think that Peru was a hotbed of tropical music in the 1960s and 70s. But with it's indigenous tradition of Afro-Latin percussion on the coast, and an obsession with mambo in the 50s, Peru was actually the perfect place for the Cuban and Nuyorican sounds of son, boogaloo, and guaracha to take root.

The proximity of Columbia and Venezuela made sure that cumbia was popular as well. The MAG label producer Manuel A. Guerrero Silvestre captured this emerging pan-latino sound in Lima, with the help of a few visiting Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and South Americans. While artists like Mario Allison, Alfredo Linares, Nilo Espinosa, Silvestre Montes, Tito Chicoma, Charlie Palomares, Ñico Estrada, and Willie Marambio may not be household names in ‘el Norte’ YET, the tasty tunes they cut over 30 years ago are a rare treat for the Latin music enthusiast, and will finally come into the spotlight thanks to this compilation. This second sampler gives you another sabroso taste of a very special period in Peru’s musical and social history.Gózalo otra vez!

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