Numero Group
Los Nombres - Los Nombres
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One
part
War,
two
parts
Santana,
and
a
dash
of
Motown,
immersed
in
a
rich
Puerto
Rican
stock,
Los
Nombres
were
the
undisputed
kings
of
Northern
Ohio’s
Rust
Belt
barrios.
Following
successive
explosions
of
brown-eyed
and
Latin
soul
in
Los
Angeles
and
New
York
during
the
mid
and
late
’60s,
Lorain’s
Boricua
underdogs
went
on
a
trial-by-fire
recording
tear
in
nearby
Cleveland,
going
all-in
on
a
series
of
no-budget
recordings
at
Way
Out
and
with
Lou
Ragland
at
Boddie
Recording
Company.
Boasting
a
voice
that
rivaled
any
on
the
Fania
roster,
Willie
Marquez
led
the
rotating
cast
of
Latino
teens
through
numerous
underfunded
recording
sessions
for
the
Day-Wood,
Beth,
and
Lorain
Sounds
imprints,
the
lo-fi
fruits
of
which
are
compiled
here.
Reaching
back
to
Los
Nombres’
most
glorious
and
fearless
era,
these
moments
of
off-the-cuff
clarity
feature
an
uncompromising
assemblage
of
searing
brass,
molten
organ,
and
crystalline
nuggets
of
chili-powdered
songwriting
that
could
only
have
come
from
Ohio’s
“International
City.”
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