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Acid - Orange Smoke LP
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11/08/2024
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Orange Smoke. Listening Notes Booklet by Gary Suarez, Art Print by Clay Conder. Catalog Number: VMP-RT-LP Color: Orange Format: LP UPC: 888072518797 Ray Barretto's songs are cinematic. Artfully composed, richly orchestrated, each one feels like something deserving of big-screen wonderment. And, indeed, from Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (''Ritmo Sabroso'') and Oliver Stone's JFK (''El Watusi'') to Lee Daniels' Precious (''Teacher of Love'') to Tom McCarthy's Spotlight (''Cocinando Suave''), his music as a bandleader made it into movies of major importance across the decades. Of course, you don't need to be a card-carrying cinephile to appreciate the moods and magnitudes expressed by his work, especially his seminal 1968 album Acid for Fania Records.