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We’re going to hear a little music from Panama for today’s Global Hit. Specifically music recorded between 1960 to 1975. It’s from a CD is called Panama 3. It’s part a three CD collection of historic music from Panama released by Sound Way records. Here’s music critic Tom Schnabel:

The thing that struck me about Panama’s music is that we know about Cuban and Puerto Rican music, but we hardly know anything about classic Panamanian pop.

This was also a total labor of love. There was a guy named Miles Cleret of Sound Way who went to Panama on vacation and wound up spending all his time going to radio stations and stores and basically taking bundles and bundles of old 45 rpm 7″ records away with him. He had help from co-compiler Roberto Ernesto Gyemant, and on the 3rd collection they were joined by Will ‘Quantic’ Holland.

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Panama! 3
Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica on the Isthmus 1960–75
Track List:
1. Lord Panama and The Stickers – Fire Down Below
2. Orquesta de Armando Boza con Manito Johnson – Samba Calypso
3. Papi Brandao y Sus Ejecutivos – Bilongo
4. Ceferino Nieto – El Pajaro Zum Zum
5. Little Francisco Greaves – Moving-Grooving
6. Los Silvertones – Up Tight
7. Orquesta Los Embajadores con Camilo Azuquita – Shingalin en Panama
8. Soul Apollo with Fredrick Clarke – Chombo Pa’ La Tienda
9. Amalia Delgado con El Conjunto Inspiracion Santena – Carretera Al Canajagua
10. Yin Carrizo – 20 de Enero en Ocu
11. Maximo Rodriguez y Las Estrellas Panamenas – Chevere Que Chevere
12. Ralph Weeks With The Telecasters – Gua Jazz
13. Panaswing – Me Lo Dijo Una Gitana
14. Beby Castor con Los Juveniles – Lloraras
15. Los Mozambiques – Llegamos Ya
16. Los Salvajes del Ritmo – St. John’s Guaguanco
17. Lord Cobra – Colón Colón
18. Conjunto Panama – Trigueñito y Solo
19. Black Czar – Bamboo Dance
20. Lord Cobra and His Sugar Tone Band – Partido Calpysonian
21. Sir Valentino con Combo Esclavos Alegres – Masters Are Gone
22. Los Invasores – El Raton
23. Los Silvertones – Carmen

Panama! 2
Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77
Track list:
1. La Murga De Panama – Papi Brandao y Su Conjunto Aires Tablenos
2. Tamborito Swing – Los Silvertones
3. Flora – Maximo Rodriguez y Sus Estrellas Panameñas
4. Decidete Mi Amor – Papi Brandao y Sus Ejecutivos
5. Te Toca Tocar La Tumba – Skorpio
6. Descarga Superior – Los Superiores
7. No Llores Porque Me Voy – Idamerica Ruiz con Osvaldo Ayala y Su Conjunto
8. Mi Bella Panama – Los Revolucionarios (Soul Revolution)
9. Dreams (edit) – The Duncan Brothers
10. Ain’t No Sunshine – The Soul Fantastics
11. Ese Muerto No Lo Cargo Yo – The Exciters
12. La Confianza – Meñique El Panameño con Bush y Los Magnificos
13. Borombon – Camilo Azuquita
14. Jazzy – Los Papacitos
15. La Escoba – Alfredo y Su Salsa Montañera
16. Juck Juck Pt.1 – Sir Jablonsky
17. Love Letters – Lord Cobra y Los Hnos. Duncan
18. Ceferino En Salsa – Ceferino Nieto
19. Si La Vez – Ormelis Cortez con Su Conjunto Viva Guararé
20. Piculina – Chilo Pitty

Panama!
Latin, Calypso and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-75
Track List:
1. Los Exagerados – Panama Esta Bueno y … Ma
2. Bush y Sus Magnificos – Nana Nina
3. Victor Boa y Su Musica – Soy Solo Para Ti
4. The Exciters – The New Bag
5. Los Fabulosos Festivals – El Mensaje
6. Lord Cobra and Pana-Afro Sounds – Rocombey
7. Los Dinamicos Exciters featuring Ralph Weeks – Let Me Do My Thing
8. Freddy y sus Afro Latinos – Maltrato
9. The Exciters – Exciters Theme
10. Los Caballeros de Colon – Con Los Caballeros
11. Bolita y su Tentacion Latina – Descarga Tentacion
12. Los Silvertones – Old Buzzard
13. Los Mozambiques – Viva Tirado
14. Papi Brandao Y Su Ejecutivos – Viva Panama
15. Maximo Rodriguez y Sus Estrellas Panameñas – Mambologia