Various Artists - Roots of Salsa, Vol. 2 (2018)

"This is the second volume in our series on the roots of salsa...The main criterion was to pick tracks that sounded adequate for today’s DJs to play at a gig, or were sufficiently interesting (or enough of a surprise to fans of the later version) to merit inclusion. The other measuring stick was that they needed to come from the old-school, before the more modern era (from 1962 on) and all of its recording innovations and marketing strategies...for now, listen to these dozen gems and then go back to their more familiar cousins from recent times and compare and contrast, and we’re sure you’ll be enlightened and entertained."

Pablo "DJ Bongohead" Yglesias

Tracklist:
1-1 Conjunto Colonial de Nelo Sosa - El Paso Del Mulo [2:36]
1-2 Conjunto Chappottín y Sus Estrellas;Chappottin y Sus Estrellas - Micaela Me Botó [2:18]
1-3 Trio Matamoros;Trío Matamoros - Nadie Se Salva De La Rumba [3:32]
1-4 Flores Valdés y su Conjunto Musical;Flores Valdés y su Conjunto Musical - Salsa [2:55]
1-5 Tito Rodriguez y Los Lobos del Mambo - Hay Cráneo [3:11]
1-6 Estrellas De Chocolate - Fania [3:15]
1-7 Bebo Valdés y su Orquesta;Pacho Alonso;Bebo Valdés y su Orquesta - Yo No Quiero Piedra En Mi Camino [3:09]
1-8 Conjunto Kuvabana - Corta El Bonche [3:15]
1-9 Conjunto Niagara - Tumba Mabó [3:26]
1-10 Orquesta Siboney - Llora Timbero [3:20]