Episode 44 can be replayed at the bottom of this page (26 tracks, 2:00:57).
A tribute session celebrating the 60th anniversary of Fania Records was posted earlier this year (Episode 35). Despite its length of move than 2 hours, I felt I had not included enough songs. Besides, there were so many outtakes from my original shortlist of tunes. Doing a second tribute thus seemed absolutely necessary. Here it is: Part 2. See the pre-show post for context.
Artists included are listed below. Full attribution is given on the show.
Angel Canales
Baby Gonzalez, Orquesta Riviera
Bobby Valentin
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco
Chamaco Ramirez
Cheo Feliciano
Chino Rodriguez y La Consagración
Chivirico Davila
Fania All Stars
Frankie Dante y Su Orquesta Flamboyan
Hector Lavoe
Impacto Crea
Ismael Miranda con Orchestra Harlow
Ismael Rivera
Julio Castro & Orquesta La Masacre
Justo Betancourt
Larry Harlow
Latin Tempo
Markolino Dimond
The Lebron Brothers
Ray Barretto
Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound
Ricardo "Richie" Ray & Bobby Cruz
Ruben Blades
The list of artists spans several labels in the Fania universe, as it was a parent company with sub-labels it either established or acquired, such as Alegre, Cotique, Tico, International, and Vaya. Note that some of the artists featured here were not exclusively on Fania, but the songs selected for the show are from the Fania discography.
Fania Records is owned by Concord Records.
