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Celia Cruz & Ray Barretto — "Ritmo En El Corazon”

$30.00

By 1988, salsa romántica had taken over the radio and the Fania empire was crumbling — so the Queen of Salsa and the hardest-handed conguero in New York walked into the studio and recorded the genre’s final defiant statement: eight tracks of pure salsa dura with Jimmy Bosch on trombone that won the 1990 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance and proved that Celia Cruz could still out-sing every trend. Both artists left Fania immediately after, Barretto heading into jazz and Celia toward superstardom — making this not just a Grammy winner but the last great record from the label that built New York salsa from the Bronx to the world.

Genre: Latin / Salsa

Year: 1988

Label: Fania Records — JM 651

Country: US

Condition: Media: NM/VG+/ Sleeve: VG+

Notes:Original 1988 US Fania Records pressing, great condition overall

By 1988, salsa romántica had taken over the radio and the Fania empire was crumbling — so the Queen of Salsa and the hardest-handed conguero in New York walked into the studio and recorded the genre’s final defiant statement: eight tracks of pure salsa dura with Jimmy Bosch on trombone that won the 1990 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance and proved that Celia Cruz could still out-sing every trend. Both artists left Fania immediately after, Barretto heading into jazz and Celia toward superstardom — making this not just a Grammy winner but the last great record from the label that built New York salsa from the Bronx to the world.