This is Ray Barretto with the guardrails off. “Head Sounds” is a Fania compilation pulling the most exploratory tracks from Barretto’s late-60s run — “Acid,” “Tin Tin Deo,” “Abidjan” — plus the previously unreleased “Drum Poem (Free Spirit),” eight minutes of pure percussion consciousness that sounds like it was recorded in another dimension. The group stretches out into jazz territory that rivals Eddie Palmieri’s most ambitious work from the same era.
Genre: Latin Jazz / Descarga / Son
Year: 1968
Label: Fania Records — SLP-388
Country: US
Condition: Media: VG+ / Sleeve: VG+
Notes: Late-70s reissue; 1st Palm Tree label variation. Tracks compiled from Acid (1968), Together (1969), Hard Hands (1968); “Drum Poem (Free Spirit)” previously unreleased. Cover design by Izzy Sanabria; produced by Jerry Masucci.
This is Ray Barretto with the guardrails off. “Head Sounds” is a Fania compilation pulling the most exploratory tracks from Barretto’s late-60s run — “Acid,” “Tin Tin Deo,” “Abidjan” — plus the previously unreleased “Drum Poem (Free Spirit),” eight minutes of pure percussion consciousness that sounds like it was recorded in another dimension. The group stretches out into jazz territory that rivals Eddie Palmieri’s most ambitious work from the same era.
Genre: Latin Jazz / Descarga / Son
Year: 1968
Label: Fania Records — SLP-388
Country: US
Condition: Media: VG+ / Sleeve: VG+
Notes: Late-70s reissue; 1st Palm Tree label variation. Tracks compiled from Acid (1968), Together (1969), Hard Hands (1968); “Drum Poem (Free Spirit)” previously unreleased. Cover design by Izzy Sanabria; produced by Jerry Masucci.
