In “Va a la Carcel Vol 2” Bobby Valentin brings out the atmosphere of the penitentiary with “Poema – Filosofia de un Confinado”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nVol 2 has 2 songs that help make the recording remarkable because they vividly remind us where the recording is taking place. One is the standard “bolero” “Como Fue<\/em>“, where Valentin introduces Juan Zenon (not sure where he came from), and as the bolero begins, Zenon tell his audience to fantasize having their woman with them, as he know they are all veterans of doing that.<\/p>\nThe other is called “Poema<\/em>“, which is actually introduced in the recording as “Filosofia de un Confinado<\/em>” (philosophy of an inmate). It is a poem, declaimed with simple musical backdrop from the band, and it vividly recounts the feelings and thoughts that cross an inmates mind as he finds himself within bars.<\/p>\nA Remarkable Bobby Valentin Recording<\/h3>\n “Va a la Carcel<\/em>” is a remarkable recording in Bobby Valentin’s musical catalog. The concept, the setting, the singers, and the band, all make it a great classic of Salsa music. However, it’s worth noting that the recording quality is not that good. There is a lot of echo in the background and band instruments are not all that clearly heard.<\/p>\nBut on the other hand, the echo and all the other sound shortcomings that reminds us of the quality gap between live and studio recordings, also serve to highlight the concept of the album. This album would have never been the same if recorded in a studio. A case in point is Marvin Santiago’s “Adentro<\/em>“. The band for the album was recorded in a studio, but Marvin’s voice was recorded live at prison, where he was serving time. The contrast between the two albums is significant, and although I enjoyed “Adentro<\/em>” very much, the songs don’t carry the same real feeling of a prison setting as “Va a la Carcel<\/em>” does.<\/p>\nAll-in-all, “Va a la Carcel, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2<\/em>” is a great recording worth having in every Salsa music lover’s collection.<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 1975, Puerto Rican bandleader Bobby Valentin left Fania Records to start his own records label, and released his debut double-album “Va a la Carcel“. Bobby Valentin; A Star in Fania since 1966 After growing up in Puerto Rico until his teenage years, Bobby Valentin’s family moved to New York, where Bobby continued studying music. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6777,"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":[1127,393],"tags":[1011,166,1012,15],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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