Joe Acosta - The Power of Love (1971) – Rappcats

Vinyl, 1LP black vinyl. The Story Of Ghetto Records LP 5 of 7         Puerto Rico-born pianist Joe Acosta had a long, if unsung career in Latin music, but his Ghetto Records LP is his best and most sought-after album. It’s easy to see why - deep trombones, fantastic piano solos, great Salsa alongside a couple of Latin
Vinyl, 1LP black vinyl. The Story Of Ghetto Records LP 5 of 7         Puerto Rico-born pianist Joe Acosta had a long, if unsung career in Latin music, but his Ghetto Records LP is his best and most sought-after album. It’s easy to see why - deep trombones, fantastic piano solos, great Salsa alongside a couple of Latin Soul gems make for  heady mix that embodies the Salsoul – Salsa meets Soul – movement kickstarted by Joe Bataan. Ghetto Records Collection Ghetto Records was Latin music legend Joe Bataan’s way to get over on The Man and out of the ’hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel. As Bataan puts it today, “Ghetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I’ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.” Like many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault. Hatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception. The seven albums in its discography languished out of print - until now. These are the definitive reissues of these albums, licensed from Joe Bataan, with his oversight and input into a 15 page oversize book by Pablo Yglesias that details Bataan’s larger-than-imagination life and his little Latin label that could.  The Story of Joe Bataan's Ghetto Records

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Vinyl, 1LP black vinyl. The Story Of Ghetto Records LP 5 of 7 Puerto Rico-born pianist Joe Acosta had a long, if unsung career in Latin music, but his

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