Willie Colón - No Me Den Candela (Letra Oficial)

Shop for the Guisando: Doing A Job reissue vinyl + T-shirt bundle: https://ffm.to/willie-colon-guisando-pivot Subscribe to the Fania Newsletter for updates: https://found.ee/fania-subscribe-newsletter-lat This is a special reissue of 1969’s GUISANDO: DOING A JOB, the third collaboration from pioneering salsa duo Willie Colón featuring Héctor Lavoe. With such classic tracks as “No Me Den Candela,” the instrumental “I Wish I Had a Watermelon” (Colón’s response to Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man”) and “Guisando,” the album is a must-have for fans of classic salsa. Returning to wax for the first time in over half a century, Guisando was mastered from its original analog tapes by Dave Polster and Clint Holley at Well Made Music and pressed on 180-gram vinyl for an optimal listening experience. The album, which arrives May 30, 2025, will also make its debut in hi-res digital. A limited-edition “Candela Orange” color vinyl variant (limited to 300 copies), with an exclusive bundle option that includes a Fania T-shirt, is available at Fania.com. GUISANDO (slang for earning a quick buck, but literally translating to “cooking up a stew”) finds the band serving a bold blend of sonic flavors—from Latin jazz and the Puerto Rican bomba to the guaguancó, the guaracha, the guajira, and the son. The result is a refreshing and irresistible line-up of seven original tracks, including such favorites as “No Me Den Candela,” the lively “Guisando” and “El Títan,” plus the popular “Te Estan Buscando,” penned by pianist Mark Diamond. The album also features the instrumental “I Wish I Had a Watermelon,” which was Colón’s musical response to Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man.” Lavoe, meanwhile, can be heard developing his legendary storytelling skills as he sings tales of urban life. Despite the album’s cover art, Torres Torres explains, “Willie and Héctor never incited the youth to rob banks, to traffic in drugs [or] to murder people. As exponents of urban salsa, their sociocultural discourse was strengthened by their observations of life in the neighborhoods and communities with the greatest concentration of Latins in New York. Their lyrics tackle, sometimes with humor, the stories of the purse-snatchers or thieves who…do not escape justice.” Praised by Allmusic for its “Exuberance, humor, [and] innovation,” Guisando—and the pair behind the record—certainly resonated with fans in New York and beyond. In the years that followed, Colón and Lavoe skyrocketed to fame, releasing a string of best-selling titles, including Cosa Nuestra (1969), La Gran Fuga (The Big Break) (1970), Lo Mato (1973), and the classic holiday albums Asalto Navideño Vols. 1 & 2 (1971 and 1973, respectively) with Yomo Toro. While they would each embark on solo projects in the mid-’70s, Colón served as producer for many of Lavoe’s most successful releases. #WillieColón #HéctorLavoe #Guisando #GuisandoDoingAJob #Fania #FaniaRecords #Salsa #SalsaMusic #NoMeDenCandela *Sígue/Follow Fania Records* Facebook: https://found.ee/faniarecordsFB Instagram: https://found.ee/faniarecordsIG YouTube: https://found.ee/fania-subscribe-yt-lat Twitter: https://found.ee/faniarecordsTwitter TikTok: https://found.ee/faniarecordsTikTok Newsletter: https://found.ee/fania-subscribe-newsletter-lat