Classic Salsa Album 'Barretto Power' Gets A 50th Anniversary Vinyl Release In October

Craft Latino, the Latin division of Craft Recordings, will be releasing a 50^th anniversary vinyl reissue of Barretto Power, out on October 23^rd. The album will also be released in hi-res 96/24 and 192/24 digital formats for the first time.

Barretto is one of the key artists in the history of both the Fania label and the New York salsa explosion. Born in New York of Puerto Rican roots, Barretto began his career as a young conga player, performing with some of the best jazzmen of his day, from Charlie Parker and Gene Ammons to Dizzy Gillespie and Kenny Burrell. The album was originally released in 1970, which was an important year for tropical music.  

Barretto would go on to record a number of definitive salsa albums during the ’70s: The Message (1971), Qué Viva La Música (1972) and Indestructible (1973), to name a few. In later decades, he would react to the fall of the salsa era by switching gears and recording in the Latin jazz genre.

This new edition of Barretto Power boasts all-analog mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and marks the first vinyl reissue since its original release. The 180-gram vinyl has been manufactured at Memphis Record Pressing.