Design Compatible Fidelity · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Holiday In Havana
| Recorded | c. 1958 |
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| Label | Design Compatible Fidelity |
| Released | 1958 |
| Discogs | master 536566 |
The record
A budget-label snapshot of Noro Morales' piano-led mambo sound, cut as Latin dance crazes swept late-'50s American living rooms. Design's Compatible Fidelity pressing trades documentation for pure party utility -- horns and rhythm section hitting hard, made for spinning at full volume.
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Design Records (2) · DLP 86 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1958 | Gala Records (2) · GLP 333 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Styrene |
| 1958 | Stereo Spectrum Records · SS 38 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1960 | Design Compatible Fidelity — STEREO |
| 1960 | Design Records (2) · DLP 86 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| — | Design Records (2) · SDLP 86 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| — | Design Compatible Fidelity · DCF-1039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| — | Stereo Spectrum Records · SDLP-86 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| — | Stereo Spectrum Records · SDLP-86 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |