Ray Barretto

Pastime Paradise

Ray Barretto - Pastime Paradise

Stone cold classic, although Pastime Paradise has been reissued a couple of time on compilations every single reissue has used the rocky LP version which is not nearly as good as the original 7'' cut. As we at Athens of the North like to do things right we went back to the Sony Tape vault and had the 7'' version transferred for the first time since the O.G 45 was cut. This 45 sounds fantastic, much stronger then the O.G 45 cut so it's a no brainer. On the flip we took one of our favourite track from the LP and introduced it to 7'' for the first time, Mambotango is a dreamy sountracky latin disco number I used to spin on warm up duty, very new York.

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH028