Gypsy Woman - It's A Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records (Official Visualizer)

"Gypsy Woman" by Joe Bataan, is the first advance single from It’s a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records (The Singles), a brand-new collection that showcases Fania’s era-defining output of boogaloo and Latin soul music, available in 4-CD+7" deluxe set, 2-LP & digital formats. Order here: http://found.ee/fania-latinsoul-pivot A collectible orange-crush colored pressing (limited to 300 copies) and a commemorative T-shirt can be found exclusively at: http://found.ee/fania-latinsoul-faniastore Spanning 1965–1975, the box set compiles 89 singles from such best-selling artists as Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan, Bobby Valentín, Ralfi Pagan, and Larry Harlow, plus rarities from 125th Street Candy Store, The Latinaires, The Harvey Averne Band, and Ali Baba, among many others. Joe Bataan signed to Fania in 1967 and was one of the brightest young stars in the New York Latin soul scene. Dean Rudland's liner notes delve into Bataan's start in music. "From an Afro-Filipino background, Bataan—born Bataan Nitollano in 1942—had grown up in East Harlem, and by the age of fifteen was firmly involved in the area’s gang culture, leading one called The Dragons. Somewhat inevitably this saw him spending time in prison, which on the second spell led him to reconsider his life. In 1964, he joined his first group, The Latin Swingers, who included Joe 'Chickie' Fuentes and Ruben Hernandez on trombone, Louis Devis on bass and Eddie Nater on the timbales, the basis of his on-going musical development. Initially they were fairly traditional in their Latin sound with George 'Joe' Pagan as their Spanish singer, but with boogaloo holding sway in 1966, and Pagan unwilling or unable to sing in English, Bataan replaced him on vocals. Bataan’s style was influenced by Frankie Lyman and The Teenagers, and the combination of doowop and boogaloo influences created a unique sound for Bataan’s group. Soon after the change, they developed a version of The Impressions’ hit 'Gypsy Woman' which proved popular in the ballrooms, and Al Santiago—the founder of Alegre—tried to sign them to his new label Futura, going as far as recording a version of the track as a single. Unfortunately for Santiago, he ran out of money and Fania signed the young singer and immediately re-recorded the track, releasing it as Bataan’s first single." Available for pre-order starting August 4th 2021, It’s a Good, Good Feeling includes four CDs plus a bonus 7-inch single, all housed in a 60-page hardcover book, featuring extensive new liner notes by compilation co-producer and DJ Dean Rudland, as well as photos and ephemera from Fania’s archives. Helping to set the scene is a 7-inch single, which culls vintage promo tracks for “Symphony” Sid Torin’s radio shows on New York’s WEVD AM and FM. The famed DJ was an early champion of Latin music and helped to popularize the genre in the ’60s. Featuring newly remastered audio by the GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer, Paul Blakemore, It’s a Good, Good Feeling will also be available on digital and streaming platforms, while an abridged, 2-LP vinyl edition of the compilation offers 28 choice cuts and an eight-page booklet. #FaniaLatinSoul #Latinboogaloo #FaniaRecords #ItsAGoodGoodFeeilng Síguenos/Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FaniaRecords Twitter: https://twitter.com/Faniamusic Instagram: http://instagram.com/faniarecords Subscribe to Fania: https://found.ee/fania-subscribe-yt-lat Fania newsletter: https://found.ee/fania-subscribe-newsletter-lat