Héctor Lavoe Strikes Back

by Hector Lavoe

Overview

LaVoe and Willie Colon came blazing out of the bugalu era and wrote a new script for New York salsa during the late '60s and early '70s: a script that included Puerto Rican and Panamanian graftings on the basic Cuban scion, and a tough lyricism that spoke of "barrio" problems to a "barrio audience". Then the pair split, and eventually Ruben Blades filled LaVoe's place in the Colon band's developing persona. Now -- for this album at least -- LaVoe and Colon are back together with that fat, macho trombone sound and the old width of reference (including a splendid plena, "En el Fiando.") ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music

Product Details

Release Date:	06/20/2025
Label:	Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072671591

Tracks

1. Loco [Remastered 2024]
2. Ponce [Remastered 2024]
3. Taxi [Remastered 2024]
4. Comó No Voy a Llorar [Remastered 2024]
5. Ella Mintió [Remastered 2024]
6. En el Fiando [Remastered 2024]
7. Escarchas [Remastered 2024]
8. Plato de Segunda Mesa [Remastered 2024]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hector Lavoe   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bobby Allende   Congas
Isidro Infante   Choir/Chorus
Javier Vazquez   Choir/Chorus
Justo Betancourt   Choir/Chorus
Milton Cardona   Choir/Chorus
Oskar Cartaya   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jose Arturo Ortiz   Keyboards
Lewis Kahn   Trombone
Tito Allen   Choir/Chorus
Louie Cruz   Choir/Chorus
Marc Quinones   Timbales,Percussion
Willie Colon   Choir/Chorus
Leopoldo Pineda   Trombone
Louie Ramirez   Choir/Chorus
Raymond Colon   Bongos
Oskar Cartaya & the Enclave Cartaya   Bass
Ray Colon   Bongos
Marc Quinonez   Timbales,Percussion

Technical Credits

Irv Greenbaum   Mastering Engineer,Recording
Amanda Miguel   Composer
Irving Greenbaum   Engineer
Isidro Infante   Arranger
Larry Gottlieb   Composer
Arturo Ortiz   Production Assistant
Joe Tarantino   Mastering Engineer
Javier Vazquez   Arranger
Johnny Ortiz   Composer
Diego Verdaguer   Composer
Junior Klan   Arranger
Peter Baumann   Composer
Marty Sheller   Arranger
Oskar Cartaya   Assistant
Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso   Composer
Louie Cruz   Arranger
Marc Blatte   Composer
Willie Colon   Producer,Recording Producer
Public Domain   Composer
C. Alonso Curet   Composer
Cuitlahuac Delgado   Composer
Tommy Sanchez   Composer
Ricardo Nunez   Composer
P Baumann   Composer
Graciela Carballo   Composer
Laurence B. Gottlieb   Composer
Oskar Cartaya & the Enclave Cartaya   Production Assistant
Louise Hilton   Graphic Design
Marc Quinonez   Assistant,Production Assistant