Los Dinamicos – Esta Llorando El Cielo
Los Dinamicos – El Huapillon
Los Dinamicos – Prendan El Radio
This post marks my first request, more or less, here on Melting Pot. A commenter had mentioned that they dug one of the tracks from this record but couldn’t find it, so I figured I’d throw it up in a Dig Deep post. If there is ever something from one of the vinyl only shows I do on KPFK that you dig, just let me know. Not having a working library at KPFK, I really miss being able to do requests, so I’m more than happy to do them here.
I don’t know much of anything about this group. I found the record at Amoeba Hollywood in their latin section, which features a ton of obscured groups from the 1970s, in many cases on sealed vinyl. In most cases these records are filled with rancheras or sub-standard balladas, but I happened to get lucky with this on, released in 1972 on Caytronics. (I was going off of the year and this picture on the back in thinking this might be a solid LP)
Los Dinamicos were a big group, with a horn section and a organ player as the lead soloist. Most of the tracks on the album are cumbias, a few are decent, virtually all feature the singer throwing out choice phrases like “Si Senor!” “Asi!” “Rico!” “Que Barbaro!” and “Con Los Dinamicos A Gozar!” “El Huapillon” has a nice kind of latin soul pseudo-breakdown (in that the same rhythm keeps going in the background) with the horns and the organ about midway, “Prendan El Radio” has a very boogaloo-ish handclap section too.
My fave on the record, and the track that sparked this request (also one that the dudes in Chicano Batman were digging on when they came to KPFK) is a ballada with a big beat “Esta Lloranda El Cielo.” The song begins with this downright spooky organ before the guitars and percussion slide in. Vocals are predicatably over the top, but man I do love that sound.
Cheers,
Michael