Kumbia Kings Live is a live album and tenth album by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings and the first live album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on April 4, 2006, by EMI Latin. The concert took place on April 30, 2005, at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The song "Pachuco" is a studio recording that was released as a single to promote the album.
The concert was released on video in DVD format in conjunction with the album.
Track listing
Notes "Baila Esta Kumbia" features prerecorded vocals by Selena Quintanilla. "Mi Gente" contains a snippet of "Fuiste Mala". "Azúcar" contains audio of the "Dance Off" towards the end. "Pachuco" is a studio recording and the only non-live track on the album.
DVD
Track listing
Personnel
Kumbia Kings A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, producer, composer Fernando "Nando" Domínguez III – vocals Frankie "Pangie" Pangelinan – vocals Abel Talamántez – vocals Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas – vocals Anthony "Nino B" López – dancer, backing vocals Juan Jesús "JP" Peña – dancer, backing vocals Cruz Martínez – keyboards, producer, composer Chris Pérez – guitar Jorge "Pekas" Caballero – percussion, congas Ronnie "Campa" Delgado – timbales Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III – keyboards "El Animal" Noe "Gipper" Nieto Jr. – accordion, backing vocals Robert "Robbie" Del Moral – drums
Crew members David "Chocolate" Martínez – road manager Jorge Adame – production manager and design Israel "Trooper" Hinojosa – ing. lighting and production Victor "Cejas" Villarreal – production Freddie Martínez – ing. monitors Luis "Heman" Mendoza – ing. monitors Juan Villarreal – ing. audio house Mario Adame – ing. audio house Emerico "Emeraco" Alfaro – backline Juan "Pinky" Hernandez – backline Miguel "El Charro" Elizondo – backline Juventino "Picucho" Galvez – backline Abel Chronis – backline
DVD recording and production Teleon – DVD recording and production Bernardo Leon Villegas – production and direction of cameras Javier Garcia Espinosa – assistant of production Bernardette Leon Flores – assistant of direction Luis Ernesto Flores Macias – editing Mariana Felix – assistant of editing Dominio Digital – mobile unit Hugo Nuñez – coordination Rual "Nico" Aguilar – interview recording of A.B. Quintanilla
Audio recording Estudio 19 Móvil – audio recording Francisco "Pancho" Miranda – system design Carlos Montaño – system design Fernando Roldan – recording engineer
A&R direction EMI Televisa – A&R Manuel Calderon – A&R Cruz Martínez – A&R
Concert production Audio and lighting A.B. Quintanilla III Cruz Martínez J. Adame Haso V. Villarreal Recording engineers Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III Fernando Gomez Roldan Cruz Martínez
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2006)PeakpositionMexican Albums Chart9US Billboard Top Latin Albums18US Billboard Latin Pop Albums8
Year-end charts Chart (2006)PositionMexican Albums Chart68
Sales and certifications
References