Café (50th Anniversary): Vinyl LP

Label: Craft Recordings
Release Date: 9th August

Crack this one open for an instant Latin funk and soul party. An unearthed gem from the Fania archives and with the legend of the Latin percussion Ray Barretto on production duty, you know this a rhythmic and floor filling celebration of a record. 

A dive into the Fania archives unearthed Café, a Latin funk and soul gem on its 50^th anniversary.  Legendary conguero Ray Barretto produced the one Café self-titled album, released on Vaya Records. The opener “Sí Dame Tu Amor” ripples with funk grooves—sounding like something Barretto would have released himself—while “Identify Yourself” is an absolute jam. Featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, this reissue is pressed on 180-gram vinyl. 

 Side A 
1.     Si Dame Tu Amor 
2.     Search For Love 
3.     Identify Yourself 
4.     I Like To Be With You 
5.     I Got To Be Away 
6.     Move and Groove 
 
Side B 
1.     But Once I Loved You 
2.     Siempre Mas Y Mas 
3.     Someday 
4.     Don’t Let Me Cry Again 
5.     My Chance Is Due