{"product_id":"release-date-25-09-26-from-ear-to-ear","title":"Release Date: 25\/09\/26 - From Ear To Ear","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\u003eNext up in the series - La Fantastica. This brash, big band Latin orchestra from Brooklyn debuted on Ghetto Records with an underground Salsa album which also contains the beguiling, English language Psychedelic Soul of \"Latin Blues.\" \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-than-imagination life and his little Latin label that could. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Borinquen \n\u003cbr\u003eA2 Con Quien Andas \n\u003cbr\u003eA3 Latin Blues \n\u003cbr\u003eA4 Ya No Te Quiero \n\u003cbr\u003eB1 Negrita Mia \n\u003cbr\u003eB2 Telegrama \n\u003cbr\u003eB3 M \u0026amp; M \n\u003cbr\u003eB4 Sassiel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capsule Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58555691860349,"sku":"NA5234LP","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/3826\/8152\/files\/a63129730_1x1_700.avif?v=1787126478","url":"https:\/\/capsulerecords.co.uk\/products\/release-date-25-09-26-from-ear-to-ear","provider":"Capsule Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}