Alegre Majagual

Alegre Majagual
Studio album by
Los Corraleros de Majagual
ReleasedMay 1962
Length33:04
LabelDiscos Fuentes
Los Corraleros de Majagual chronology
Alegre Majagual
(1962) 		Los Corraleros de Majagual
(1962)

Alegre Majagual is the debut album by the Colombian musical group Los Corraleros de Majagual.[1] It was released on 30 May 1962 on the Discos Fuentes label as LP-0079.[2][3] The album's liner notes described it as the first jam session in a costeña (coastal) style.[4] The tracks "Majagual", "La Ombligona" and "Se Salió el Toro" were recorded in 1960.[5] The success of those tracks led the group to record the album, in December 1960.[5][6]

The members of the original group contributing to the album were Calixto Ochoa (humorous antics), Alfredo Gutiérrez (accordion), Tobias Garces (trombone), and César Castro (vocals).[4] Antonio Fuentes was the producer, and Jose Maria Fuentes was the sound engineer.[4][7]

In a ranking of the 600 greatest Latin American albums compiled by music critics in 2024, Alegre Majagual was ranked No. 488. Critic José Luis Mercado wrote: "The debut of Los Corraleros de Majagual stands out because the sound of cumbia is intertwined with porro and vallenato, and there is an evident prominence of the accordion thanks to Alfredo Gutierrez, who would mark an evolutionary point in the sound of Colombian coastal music in the following discography of the group."[8]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)StyleLength
1."Se Salió el Toro"César CastroFandango2:50
2."La Ñata"Calixto OchoaPaseaíto2:56
3."Paloma Guarumera"Alfredo GutiérrezPasaje2:56
4."La Trombona"Enrique BonfanteGaita2:36
5."La Ombligona"Calixto OchoaPaseaíto2:41
6."Rabo Largo"Alfredo GutiérrezPorro2:43
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)StyleLength
7."Ana Felicia"Alfredo GutiérrezPasaje2:55
8."Cielito Azul"Calixto OchoaMerengue2:21
9."La Cachuchona"César CastroCumbia2:45
10."Majagual"Alfredo GutiérrezPorro2:37
11."El Muerto Borracho"Calixto OchoaPaseo2:46
12."El Dentista"Calixto OchoaGuaracha2:53
Total length:33:04

References

  1. ^ Fausto Pérez Villarreal (2001). Alfredo Gutiérrez: La Leyenda Viva. Fondo de Publicaciones de la Universidad del Atlántico. ISBN 9588123143.
  2. ^ "Los Corraleros de Majagual: 60 años de historia", radionacional.co, Radio Nacional de Colombia, 2022-05-29, archived from the original on 2022-05-30
  3. ^ Los Corraleros de Majagual – Alegre Majagual at Discogs
  4. ^ a b c Logreyra Jose Luis (1962). Alegre Majagual (Liner notes). Discos Fuentes.
  5. ^ a b "Alfredo Gutiérrez biografía", discosfuentes.com (in Spanish), Discos Fuentes, archived from the original on 2011-08-27
  6. ^ Juan Sebastian Ochoa (2018). Sabanero sound and Paisa soung: The production of tropical music in Medellin during the sixties. Pontifical Javeriana University Publishing House. ISBN 9789587812794.
  7. ^ Diana Estrella (2018-10-05). "Alfredo Gutiérrez: la leyenda rebelde". El Tiempo. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  8. ^ "488 «Alegre Majagual» Los Corraleros de Majagual". Los 600 de Latinoamérica. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  • Complete album, licensed to YouTube by Altafonte Network S.L., Sunflower Entertainment Co., Inc on behalf of Discos Fuentes
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