Latin Soul Page

[Mike]

may been there before, but if not this page may be worth a visit for a look at latin soul

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.....For a time Cotique was the only Latin label taking chances on new, younger acts. These kids sang about pot, LSD, hippies, and whatever it else took to get across "the message." Chollo Rivera sang about his love for the blues as expressed in soul. Cotique served as the Blue Note of Latin soul but failed to survive the bad business deals that ruined the top Latin labels. Fleshing out the top tier were a few micro labels such as Fonseca, Swinger (Fania's token pitch to youth), and the tiny but fantastic Speed (which picked up where Cotique left off), but their output failed to surpass even the paltry offerings (under-pressed tax write-offs, some claim) on mainstream, non-Latin labels such as Decca and Columbia. Fania.....

https://www.hipwax.com/music/lat_soul.html