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Beginner's Guide to Salsa Volume 1 - 3CD set

A sound investment - a good range of salsa music at just 27p per track (that's five bob in old money...)



Buy from:    HMV - £7.99

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Beginner's Guide to Salsa - Volume 2 - 3CD set

A popular CD of salsa tracks - it's a pretty safe bet at a very good price for 30 tracks of reasonable and well-paced salsa



Buy from:    HMV - £7.99

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The Essential Guide to Salsa

3 CD set - The Essential Guide to Salsa focuses on music made in Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York, Colombia and the UK by musicians from these places and more. A great collection!

Buy from: Amazon - £7.99    HMV - £6.99

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Alex Wilson - Inglaterra

Inglaterra is a fresh, contemporary, cutting-edge salsa album from top UK salsa and jazz pianist - Alex Wilson.

Buy from:    HMV - £9.99

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Baloba - Africando

It's ok now... you've found your copy of Aisha... oddly, you'll also find La Vie En Rose to a salsa beat as well... well it takes all sorts!

Buy from:    HMV - £9.99

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Best Of Ruben Blades - Fania Salsa Classics: 2cd set

Check out the YouTube videos we've linked up to Ruben playing live (click the details link below) then by this 2 CD set - for less than £7 can you really be going that wrong?

Buy from:    HMV - £6.99

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Blackout by Jose Monguito Santamaria

Stone funky Latin soul from the younger member of the Santamaria family! Black Out is one of Monguito's greatest -- a hip album of groovy late 60s tracks that perfectly blend the Latin and soul sides of the Spanish Harlem scene.

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Crime Pays by Willie Colon

Willie Colón is a Puerto Rican salsa music icon. First and foremost a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts - here is a powerful CD released in 2006

Buy from:    HMV - £7.99

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Mandali - Africando

Excellent salsa music - you'll recognise Betece - beautiful vocal and great horns - an unusual salsa CD in that all the tracks are pretty damn good!

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Salsa Legende - Best of Tito Puente Vol.1

You simply can't have a salsa music collection without Tito Puente - here is the master at work...

Buy from:    HMV - £7.99

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Salsa Magic



Buy from:    HMV - £4.99

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The Essential Guide to Latin

40 tracks of consistently good latin music - a great mix of salsa, some cha cha, some Cuban but every track has it's own clear identity and integrity.

Buy from: Amazon - £8.99    HMV - £5.99

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Vamonos Pal' Monte by Eddie Palmieri

Eddie Palmieri is considered one of the most creative, unique artists in musical history.

Buy from:    HMV - £7.99

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