Folk Songs of Puerto Rico (1971) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."

It’s all about cultural roots: on this record, the presence of the decima (a ballad-like song form often philosophical in nature) and the pasodoble (a fast Spanish dance that introduces a bull fight and the entrance of the bull fighters) reflects the cultural association of the majority Puerto Ricans to their Spanish colonial past. A plena (humorous, satirical song of the "common man") is distinctly Puerto Rican. A guaracha (an old-fashioned Afro-Cuban street dance) ties Puerto Ricans to their Afro-Caribbean heritage.

101     Decima      Luis Marcano, José Miguel Velez, Francisco Cruz      4:21                                                                     
102     Aguinaldo     Luis Marcano, Gilberto Laza, José Miguel Velez, Francisco Cruz     2:39                                                      
103     Pasodoble     Luis Marcano     3:49                                                                                                        
104     Me Mataron el Gallo     Luis Marcano, Gilberto Laza     3:09                                                                              
105     La Plena Viene de Cidra     Luis Marcano, Gilberto Laza     1:29                                                                          
106     Waltz     Luis Marcano     2:46                                                                                                            
107     Guaracha - La Mujer del Zapatero     Gilberto Laza     2:30                                                                                
201     Bomba     Raul and Freddy Ayala     1:36                                                                                                  
202     Juba     Raul and Freddy Ayala     1:03                                                                                                    
203     Ven Acá, Ven Acá / Melitón Tón Be (medley)     Two drummers, mixed singers at the fiesta of Santiago in Loiza Aldea     2:38                
204     El Rabo de la Cometa / Dolores (medley)     The Parilla Family     2:39                                                                    
205     Venga Ron / Agua Tiré (medley)     The Parilla Family     2:44                                                                              
206     Christmas Party: Maria Magdalena / Christmas Party: Waltz (medley)     Ana Iris Parilla, guiro player, Viviano Pizarro     3:42            
207     Piece for Concertina and Drum     Viviano Pizarro, "Chichito" Cruz Ortiz     2:47                                                          
208     Mensaje de Alto, Rondalla del Templo de Mita     Rondalla group from the Templo de Mita in Hato Rey     3:55