Colección is a two-disc compilation album from Puerto Rican singer Roy Brown. It features a collection of Brown's hits and old songs, some of them recorded live. The album was released under Brown's label Discos Lara-Yarí in 1996.Colección on Cancioneros
Background and recording
Roy Brown describes Colección as a "self-conscious journey" through his career. He says that the album includes songs that are "favorites of the public, others favorites of mine, some forgotten and unknown, others never recorded and that had their chance, even if they never made it to the 'hit parade'".Colección album booklet
Most of the songs on Disc one were recorded live. The first eight tracks were recorded during a concert in San Juan in 1993, while tracks nine to eleven were recorded during a presentation in Jayuya in 1992. "Mister con macana" (Track 12) was recorded for this album on E 1212 Studio in 1994. The remaining songs on the first disc ("Oubao-Moin" and "Encántigo") originated from the albums Casi Alba and Aires Bucaneros.
All of the songs on Disc two were taken from Brown's previous albums as well, like Roy Brown III, La Profecía de Urayoán, Nuyol, Árboles, and Balada de Otro Tiempo. The only exception was the song "Monón" (Track 1), which was recorded on Rubby Haddock Studio in 1996.
Track listing
Disc one
Disc two
Personnel and credits
Disc one (Tracks 1–8) Nicky Aponte - musical direction, keyboards, violin Tato Santiago - piano and keyboards Eguie Castrillo - percussion Gonchi Sifre - drums Toni Asencio - bass Lissette Gregory - background vocals Aidita Encarnación - background vocals, co-lead on "Seattle" Pablito Rosario - percussion Pedrito Guzmán - cuatro Angel Morales - live sound Hilton Colón - recording
Disc one (Tracks 9–11) Nicky Aponte - keyboards, violin Tato Santiago - piano Eguie Castrillo - percussion Gonchi Sifre - drums Toni Asencio - bass Roy Brown - guitars Cholo Echevarría - live sound Hilton Colón - recording
Disc one (Track 12) Nicky Aponte - keyboards, arrangement Tato Santiago - piano, background vocals Gonchi Sifre - drums Toni Asencio - bass Freddy Camacho - percussion Cachete Maldonado - percussion Zoraida Santiago - background vocals Edwin Colón Zayas - cuatro Juancito Torres - trumpet Angie Machado - second trumpet Rafi Torres - trombone Angel Torres - saxophone Edgardo Sierra - recording
Disc one (Track 13) Zoraida Santiago - co-lead vocals Carl Royce - cuatro Pablo Nieves - percussion Harry Rodríguez - bass Roberto Reverón - drums Kevin Zambrana - recording
Disc one (Track 14) Carl Royce - cuatro Zoraida Santiago - vocals and percussion Pablo Nieves - percussion Jesús Sánchez - recording Frank Ferrer - production
Disc two (Track 1) Tato Santiago - piano, keyboards Gonchi Sifre - drums Edgardo Sierra - bass Freddy Camacho - percussion Roy Brown - guitars Iván González - background vocals, collective arrangement Víctor "Sonny" Hernández - recording, background vocals
Disc two (Tracks 2, 15) Pablo Milanés - co-lead vocals on "Negrito bonito" Anabell López - co-lead vocals on "Mujer poetisa" Oriente López - keyboards, arrangement Oscar Valdés - drums Ernán López-Nussa - piano Omar Hernández - bass Mario Luis Pino - percussion Fernando Acosta - saxophone Roberto García - trumpet Edilio Montero - trumpet and trombone Jerzy Belc - recording Silvio Rodríguez - producer
Disc two (Track 3) Rembert Egues - vibraphone, arrangement Carlos Puerto - bass Guillermo Barreto - drums Chucho Valdés - piano Carlos Emilio - guitars Oscar Valdés - percussion Roberto García Valdés - percussion Eusebio Domínguez - recording
Disc two (Tracks 5–6) Antonio Cabán Vale - co-lead vocals on "Oda a una generación" Henry Vázquez - guitars and quinto Rucco Gandía - bass Roy Brown - guitars Pedrito Enríquez - engineer
Disc two (Tracks 7–11) José González - drums and guitars Miguel Cubano - guitars and cuatro Harry Torres - bass Toni Fornaris - percussion Emiliano Salvador - piano Manuel Valera - soprano sax Pedro Téllez - recording German Pinelli - production
Disc two (Tracks 13–14) Carl Royce - cuatro Pablo Nieves - percussion Jeff Fuller - bass Robi Ameen - drums Steve Sandberg - piano David Rodríguez - recording
Disc two (Track 12) Roy Brown - guitars Carl Royce - cuatro Pablo Nieves - percussion
Disc two (Track 16) Rucco Gandía - bass and production Tato Santiago - keyboards Pedrito Guzmán - cuatro Eguie Castrillo - percussion Luis Juliá - guitars Jimmy Rivera - drums Roy Brown - guitars Hilton Colón - recording
Additional production credits Digital Recording Services - mastering Carlos Rivera - digital editing and restoration David Rodríguez - mastering coordination Rosalía Ortíz Luquis - cover design Ricardo Betancourt - album concept and photography Rafael López - photography Frida Medin - photography Paco López - photography José Rubén Gaztambide - photography
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