Joe Acosta - The Power Of Love

Now-Again Records presents catalog-wide reissues of Latin music propellant Joe Bataan’s legendary Ghetto Records. Next up in the
series - Puerto Rico-born pianist Joe Acosta had a long, if unsung career in Latin music, but his Ghetto Records LP is his best and
most sought-after album. It’s easy to see why - deep trombones, fantastic piano solos, great Salsa alongside a couple of Latin Soul
gems make for a heady mix that embodies the Salsoul - Salsa meets Soul - movement kickstarted by Joe Bataan. Ghetto 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. As 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.” Like 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. The 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 largerthan-imagination life and his little Latin label that could. A1. I Need Her A2. Bendita Illusion A3. Una Traicion A4. Amor Perdido B1.
Juliana B2. Phoenix B3. La Bendicion B4. La Realidad