34: Latin Playboys

I've always been someone who "liked" Los Lobos till I heard the

1996 Colossal Head album.

This one was "different" and raw compared to all the other albums !

A killer album, daring and very powerful.

Indeed, AMG mentiones this about it:

"it certainly shows signs of David Hidalgo's lo-fi,

experimental Latin Playboys project."

And that takes us to where we wanna be today,

the 2 albums from the Latin Playboys!

As I played them and tried to make a 10 song selection for this post, I (once again)

couldn't really pick the 10 stand out songs.

(what does indicate something bout me OR the music:-)

So here it is, or better, here they are, all songs alphabethically mixed into one trip!

Out of stock for many years, but today you can get them for a nice price (secondhand).

Enjoy!

Oh, and if you really like this stuff, don't miss out on another

Los Lobos "spin-off":

the 1999 Houndog album, it's even a bit more "out there" ...

1. Latin Playboys-chinese surprise (3:07)

2. Latin Playboys-crayon sun (3:09)

3. Latin Playboys-cuca's blues (3:16)

4. Latin Playboys-dose (2:35)

5. Latin Playboys-fiesta erotica (3:11)

6. Latin Playboys-forever night shade mary (3:04)

7. Latin Playboys-gone (2:52)

8. Latin Playboys-if (1:41)

9. Latin Playboys-ironsides (1:48)

10. Latin Playboys-lagoon (2:27)

11. Latin Playboys-latin trip (3:00)

12. Latin Playboys-lemon 'n ice (3:52)

13. Latin Playboys-locoman (2:50)

14. Latin Playboys-manifold de amour (2:02)

15. Latin Playboys-mira! (1:25)

16. Latin Playboys-mustard (3:30)

17. Latin PLayboys-new zandu (3:13)

18. Latin Playboys-nubian priestess (2:01)

19. Latin Playboys-paletero (3:15)

20. Latin Playboys-paula y fred (3:07)

21. Latin Playboys-pink steps (2:06)

22. Latin Playboys-rudy's party (2:31)

23. Latin Playboys-same brown earth (3:45)

24. Latin Playboys-ten believers (3:17)

25. Latin Playboys-tormenta blvd (2:10)

26. Latin Playboys-toro (0:39)

27. Latin Playboys-viva la raza (2:48)

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