In the original “Fania All Stars”, all singers remained on stage to do coro throughout the concert!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe new shows by the remains of the Fania “Old” Stars were not a shadow of what the band did at it’s prime. It became a dreadful display of singers going through their singing turn, but no interaction with the rest of the singers on-stage.<\/p>\n
Look, I know every one has the right to make a living, and the old members of the Fania All Stars are just trying to do that. The are selling nostalgia to the many Salsa fans they had back in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. I guess there’s nothing wrong with that. I just wish they did it in a format that would showcase a team of old-timers instead of a display of antiques.<\/p>\n
Fania Records at 50 Years<\/h3>\n Many years went by after the Fania label collapse before someone had the insight to buy the label and its archives in order to continue selling the old recordings. The plan to profit from these recordings didn’t work as well as expected and the label was sold again.<\/p>\n
The Fania record label is now under a stable ownership that has been re-releasing old albums in digital format, as well as making new compilations of artists.<\/p>\n
For me, Fania marked a turning point in Latin music by catapulting Salsa to new heights of popularity around the world for all to enjoy!<\/p>\n
With that, I salute Fania in its 50th anniversary!<\/p>\n
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There is a lot to celebrate and reflect about Fania’s 50th anniversary. Fania Records is synonymous with Salsa music and showed us both the best and the worst of what a record label can do. Fania did not create Salsa music. However, they are in great part responsible for the formidable boom of the Salsa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,61,840,293],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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