Latin-Soul-Rock: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A record album with the title "Fania All Stars Latin-Soul-Rock." The album consists of a single vinyl (2015.195.1a), which features a green-and-brown label with a notched center hole. The top half of the label has the words [FANIA / FANIA ALL STARS / LATIN—SOUL—ROCK]. The bottom half of the label lists the songs as well as their respective artists and track length. Side A features songs such as “Viva Tirado,” “Chanchullo,” “Smoke,” “There You Go,” and “Mama Guela;” while Side B lists songs such as “El Raton,” “Soul Makossa” and “Congo Bongo.”

An album jacket (2015.195.1b) accompanies the vinyl record. The front cover of the album jacket is black, with white writings. On the top, [FANIA ALL STARS / latin ~ soul ~ rock / How It Was! How It Ended! How It Was Going To Be!] is printed. Below, there is a collage of 13 photographs of performances. Inside the album jacket is white and features a New York Post article entitled “‘Our Latin Thing’ Draws 40, 000.” The second page has a six grayscale photographs of performances. [Live at Yankee Stadium, Aug. 24, 1973] is printed in white letters. Below, there is a large color photograph of a performance; a smaller photograph is embedded in the bottom right-hand corner of the larger photo.

Some of the persons credited in the production and distribution of this album include: Pete "Conde" Rodriguez, Paquito Navarro, Cheo Feliciano, Santos Colon, Ismael Quintana, Hector Colon, Dick Sugar, Bobby Cruz, Ray Barretto, Larry Harlow, Roberto Roena, Jerry Masucci, Edmund Newton, Bobby Valentin, Lee Marshall, Tom Monaster and Ron Levine.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973; published 1974
• Recorded by: Fania All Stars, founded 1968
• Published by: Fania Records, Inc., founded 1964
• Recorded by: Johnny Pacheco, Dominican, 1935 - 2021
• Recorded by: Manu Dibango, Cameroonian, 1933 - 2020
• Recorded by: Justo Betancourt, Cuban, born 1940
• Recorded by: Willie Colón, American, born 1950
• Recorded by: Ismael Miranda, Puerto Rican, born 1950
• Recorded by: Mongo Santamaría, Cuban American, 1917 - 2003
• Type: record covers
• Type: long-playing records
• Medium: vinyl and cardboard, with ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: Diameter (a. disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (b. album jacket): 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 1/8 in. (31.8 × 31.8 × 0.3 cm)
• Place made: Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: Puerto Rico, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Salsa (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Soul (Music)
• Object number: 2015.195.1ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1974 Fania Records Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.