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1LP Vinyl – 888072588615

Salsa legend Johnny Pacheco has an extensive discography, but his 1964 album Cañonazo, the first release from the newly-formed Fania Records, was the one that changed everything. To celebrate the album’s 60th anniversary, Cañonazo has been remastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

When Cañonazo was first released, Pacheco had just reorganized his Pacheco y su Charanga band, changing it into a conjunto with trumpets instead of violins, and renaming it Pacheco y su Nuevo Tumbao. Cañonazo was the first album with Pacheco y su Nuevo Tumbao, featuring Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez on vocals. The album consists of covers of popular Cuban songs from the 50s and 60s, with the exception of the last track, an original song by Pacheco. The album also features the track “Fania,” a cover of the song “Fanía (Funché)” by Reinaldo Bolaños and recorded by Estrellas de Chocolate in 1953, which inspired Pacheco to name the label Fania.