Before he was Juan Luis Guerra, global merengue royalty, he was just 440 — a Dominican jazz-and-merengue outfit pressing records out of Santo Domingo. Soplando came years before "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" made him a household name across Latin America, and it plays like an artist still working out the exact fusion that would eventually take him global. Pressings of this record barely surface outside the Dominican Republic.
Genre: Latin / Merengue
Year: 1984
Label: EmA (6)
Country: Dominican Republic
Condition: Media: VG / Sleeve: VG+
Notes: Original shrink still on the jacket (unsealed). Includes original photo/credits insert. Vinyl has surface noise throughout; sleeve shows minimal wear.
Before he was Juan Luis Guerra, global merengue royalty, he was just 440 — a Dominican jazz-and-merengue outfit pressing records out of Santo Domingo. Soplando came years before "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" made him a household name across Latin America, and it plays like an artist still working out the exact fusion that would eventually take him global. Pressings of this record barely surface outside the Dominican Republic.
Genre: Latin / Merengue
Year: 1984
Label: EmA (6)
Country: Dominican Republic
Condition: Media: VG / Sleeve: VG+
Notes: Original shrink still on the jacket (unsealed). Includes original photo/credits insert. Vinyl has surface noise throughout; sleeve shows minimal wear.
