Platinum & Gold Collection

by Tito Puente

Overview

The BMG Heritage budget series Platinum & Gold Collection works best when it covers those artists who have a short discography of prize-winners, since 12 songs may be all that most listeners need to hear of the Real McCoy or the Verve Pipe. Tito Puente, of course, enjoyed a career that lasted over half a century, most of which never appeared on BMG-associated labels. Still, Platinum & Gold Collection works surprisingly well, because it includes the most energizing music of Puente's entire discography -- his late-'40s and early-'50s sides for RCA -- and, for the purposes of the curious, it will be all they'll need. Highlights include "Ran Kan Kan," "Hong Kong Mambo," and "Cao Cao Mani Picao." ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	05/04/2004
Label:	Bmg Heritage
UPC:	0828765927420
Rank:	47984

Tracks

1. Ran Kan Kan
2. Hong Kong Mambo
3. Dance Mania
4. Cao Cao Mani Picao
5. Four Beat Cha Cha
6. Cu¿¿l Es la Idea (What's the Idea)
7. Complicaci¿¿n
8. Oye Mi Guaguanc¿¿ (Listen to the Guaguanc¿¿)
9. Cuban Nightmare
10. 3-D Mambo
11. A Gozar Timbero
12. Son de la Loma

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tito Puente   Primary Artist,Percussion,Timbales,Vocals
Vitin Aviles   Vocals
Santitos Colon   Vocals
Vicentico Valdes   Vocals

Technical Credits

Mathieu Bitton   Art Direction,Design
Betty Ann Rizzo   Licensing
Herman Diaz, Jr.   Producer
Brad McCuen   Producer
Tito Puente   Composer
Miguel Matamoros   Composer
Osvaldo Estivill   Composer
Ray Santos   Composer
Marty Gold   Producer
Dennis Drake   Mastering
John Hudson   Project Director
Johnnie Camacho   Producer
Francisco Aguabella   Composer
Fred Reynolds   Producer
Gretchen Brennison   Compilation Producer
Jeremy Holiday   Project Director
Michael Hill   Liner Notes
Jose Carbo Menendez   Composer