La Gran Fuga

La Gran Fuga (The Great Escape) is an album of Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe issued in 1971 by Fania Records.[1][2] It was the second of Colón and Lavoe's records to go gold, after Cosa Nuestra (1970) and before El Juicio (1972).[3]

La Gran Fuga
Studio album by
Willie Colón
Released1971
Genrepost-Boogaloo
Salsa music
LabelFania Records
Willie Colón chronology
Cosa Nuestra
(1970)		 La Gran Fuga
(1971)		 El Juicio
(1972)

Track listing
  1. "Ghana' E" (Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe) – 4:01
  2. "Pa' Colombia" (C. Curet Alonso) – 5:47
  3. "No Cambiare" (Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe) – 3:37
  4. "Sigue Feliz" (Carlos Román) – 4:12
  5. "Barrunto" (C. Curet Alonso) – 5:52
  6. "Abuelita" (Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe) – 4:21
  7. "Panameña" (Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe) – 6:36
  8. "Canción Para Mi Suegra" – 0:55
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References
  1. Juan Flores - Salsa Rising: New York Latin Music of the Sixties Generation 2016 0190499532 "The defining role of Lavoe's colloquial Spanish in the performance of these songs is obvious, as are the historic compositions of the revered songwriter from Puerto Rico, Tite Curet Alonso, in much of Colón's repertoire. ... and violence of the first four, and anticipating the next four to come, La Gran Fuga (The Great Escape), El Juicio (The Verdict), Lo Mato (I'll Kill Him), and Crime Pays (title in English)."
  2. Music, Writing, and Cultural Unity in the Caribbean Timothy J. Reiss - 2005 p 240 "All contributed to create the image of Colon and Lavoe as the bad guys of salsa and their band as a gang of the Latin community. After Lo mato, Colon broke up the group in order to make other experiments with Latin music (Rondon).
  3. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Volume 2 - Page 899 1561591769 Colin Larkin - 1995 " Cosa Nuestra (1970), was the first to go gold, followed by gold record awards for The Big Break - La Gran Fuga ( 1971 ), El Juicio (1972) and Lo Mato (1973)."
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