A monster! If you buy one Latin record this year – make it this one – because it`s one of the greatest ever recorded! Ray`s late 60s Acid album is a landmark recording – a sublime mixture of Latin jazz, percussion, and soul – grooving hard in a variety of styles, and always hitting the money on every single track. The title cut "Acid" is one of those tunes you`ll be playing until you`re locked up in a nursing home – and the rest of the record is equally great – with cuts like the bouncy groover "Soul Drummers", the tasty boogaloo "El Nuevo Barretto", and the extended "Espiritu Libre", a great Latin jazz track, with very "out" piano!
SIDE A:
1. El Nuevo Barretto (6:49)
2. Mercy, Mercy Baby (2:42)
3. Acid (5:05)
4. A Deeper Shade Of Soul (2:45)
SIDE B:
1. The Soul Drummers (3:46)
2. Sola Te Dejare (3:48)
3. Teacher Of Love (2:26)
4. Espiritu Libre (8:25)

PERSONNEL:
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ - Trumpet
RENE` LOPEZ - Trumpet
ORESTE VILATO - Timbales
LOUIS CRUZ - Piano
"BIG DADDY" - Bass
ADALBERTO SANTIAGO - Vocal, Bell
PETE BONET - Vocal, Guiro
RAY BARRETTO - Conga