Fania All Stars: Our Latin Thing
James Maycock, Vampi Soul Records, 2004
ON 19TH JULY, 1972, the first few images flickering on the screen at the premiere of Our Latin Thing in New Yorks Line 2 cinema brilliantly articulated the movies mood and sucked in its audience:
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