Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The N.Y. World’s Fair (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The N.Y. World’s Fair (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:20 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

“Engulfed in the aura of the unisphere,” as the liner notes attest, Johnny Pacheco gave a concert as part of the New York World’s Fair, with vocals by Pete “Conde” Rodriguez. The best songs here – “Se Me Fue,” “Soy del Monte,” and “Goza Negro” – alternate stinging lines from the brass section, a vocal chorus repeating the title, and Rodriguez vamping over the top. The album is a delight to hear and rarely fails despite the similarities between the 12 tracks. It surely doesn’t sound like a live recording, however: The quality is above standard for Fania LPs, and any audience that may have witnessed the performance certainly wasn’t captured anywhere here. Of course, the absence of applause makes absolutely no difference in determining the quality of the album, and Pacheco at the N.Y. World’s Fair is uniformly excellent.

Tracklist:
1-01. Johnny Pacheco – Que Pelota (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:32)
1-02. Johnny Pacheco – El Boniato (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:38)
1-03. Johnny Pacheco – Bomba Lede (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:51)
1-04. Johnny Pacheco – Se Me Fue (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:49)
1-05. Johnny Pacheco – Goza Negro (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:44)
1-06. Johnny Pacheco – Alto Songo (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (03:10)
1-07. Johnny Pacheco – Guachinango (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:43)
1-08. Johnny Pacheco – Ocurrencia (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:57)
1-09. Johnny Pacheco – Soy del Monte (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (03:07)
1-10. Johnny Pacheco – Galán Galán (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:00)
1-11. Johnny Pacheco – Prefiero el Son (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (02:29)
1-12. Johnny Pacheco – Carnavales (Live At The World’s Fair / 1964 / Remastered 2024) (03:15)

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