Ritmo De Estrellas "Pituka La Bella" -1960 Miami

"Pituka La Bella"

Orq. Ritmo De Estrellas

Miami 1960 or 1961
Discuba vinyl LP
Never reissued on LP or CD.

LP vinyl sold on Ebay 3/4/12 $92.00

The tunes "Pituka La Bella" and "Arrimate Pa' Ca" were written by Juanito Marquez and done in the "Ritmo Pa'ca", the rhythmic form attributed to him.
Ritmo De Estrellas, my favorite South Florida Cuban Charanga band circa early '60's.
With much influence by Orq. Aragon, especially in their tight crisp vocal style.
With acoustic bass... so much more natural sounding than electric bass.
This LP is now obscure and hard to find a copy in good condition.
Many later pressings of this LP have very poor sound, with much of the bass very low or almost missing. The early pressings are the best, with the bass very full and the thick album cover with a very high glossy cover photo.

1. Pituka La Bella
Comp: Juanito Marquez
Ritmo Pa'ca

5. Se Callo Del Caballo

7. En El Vacilon

8. Como Goza Elena

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"Pituka La Bella"
Tito Gomez with Orq. Riverside 1952
Very rare and now obscure track.

Video of Orq. Aragon singing "Pituka La Bella" written by Juanito Marquez.
In this video Juanito Marquez walks out and plugs his electric guitar into his amplifier just after the song starts.
Aragon with guests Los Zafiros, Elena Burke and
Juanito Marquez (Ritmo "Pa'ca").

Ebay auctions: Orq. Ritmo De Estrellas - Pituka La Bella '60-'61

Juanito Marquez - "Pa' ca" 1964 & '71 Cuba

Juanito Márquez Urbino

Composer, arranger, guitarist
and creator of the Cuban ritmo "Pa' ca".
Born in Holguin Cuba on July 4, 1929

"Arrimate Pa' ca"
The "Original" 1964 LP cover on Egrem.
With sessions at the correct speed.

"Arrimate Pa' ca"
The "reissue" CD on 'Caney'

Unfortunately everything on this "remastered/reissue" is at the wrong speed.

With additional materiel taken from the original 1964 Egrem LP and from several LP's that Juanito Marquez played on with 'Pacho Alonso' y Los Bocucos.
(includes "Billy The Kid", composed by 'Enrique Bonne')

"Marquez" - early 1970's
Out of print.

2. "Que Cosa Es Esto" 

5. "Clap Clap Pa' Ca" 

7. "Ohe Le Le" 

8. "Melao"

9. "Barahunda" 

This is one style of playing Pa' ca

 Juanito Marquez with his Orch.

The rhythm is Pa'ca which he created.

The Conga plays Pa'ca while the bongo

player plays an Okonkolo Batá drum part.

A video of 'Orq. Aragon' with guests Elena Burke, Los Zafiros and at the beginning, Juanito Marquez comes out and plugs his guitar into his amplifier.

The song is "Pituka La Bella" writen by Juanito Marquez - Ritmo Pa' ca

Orq. Aragon playing "Arimate Pa' Ca" 
written by Juanito Marquez - Ritmo Pa' ca

'Juanito Marquez' - "Sax Cha Chá"

Vinyl LP on Velvet

"Juanito Marquez y Su Combo"Areito vinyl LP
1960's
Tumbao N°. 11

"La Mejor Guitara De Cuba"
Vinyl LP on Duher