{"product_id":"release-date-25-09-26-drug-story","title":"Release Date: 25\/09\/26 - Drug Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow-Again Records presents catalog-wide reissues of Latin music propellant Joe Bataan’s legendary Ghetto Records. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe series concludes with Drug Story - Rare and unreleased material from Joe Bataan and his Ghetto Records vaults, including an entire side of Bataan’s never before issued Latin Funk that spans the gamut from Salsa to Soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrug Story was inspired by true events and ranks highest among Bataan’s finest achievements as the poet laureate of El Barrio. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGhetto Records was Joe Bataan’s way to get over on “The Man” and out of the ‘hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Bataan puts it today, “Ghetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I’ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault. Hatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe seven albums in its discography languished out of print - until now. These are the definitive reissues of these albums, licensed from Joe Bataan, with his oversight and input into a 16 page oversize book by Pablo Yglesias that details Bataan’s larger-thanimagination life and his little Latin label that could. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Joe Bataan - Drug Story \n\u003cbr\u003eA2 Joe Bataan - Latin Soul Square Dance \n\u003cbr\u003eA3 Joe Bataan - (Goodbye Adios) Roberto Clemente \n\u003cbr\u003eB1 Eddie Lebron - My Vows To You \n\u003cbr\u003eB2 Eddie Lebron - Sigue Tu Vida \n\u003cbr\u003eB3 The Edwards Generation - Someone Like You \n\u003cbr\u003eB4 The Edwards Generation - School Is In \n\u003cbr\u003eB5 One'Sy Mack - Never Listen To Yo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capsule Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58555691467133,"sku":"NA5235LP","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/3826\/8152\/files\/OTctNjE3OC5qcGVn.jpg?v=1787126470","url":"https:\/\/capsulerecords.co.uk\/products\/release-date-25-09-26-drug-story","provider":"Capsule Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}