2 Lp`s op 1 CD op Malanga label. "Barretto Para Bailar" is Ray`s debuut album als bandleider uit 1961, in een charanga opstelling. Samen met TP`s klassieker "Dance Mania" (1957). Total playing time 78 minutes
BARRETTO
1. Pachanga Oriental
2. Barretto En La Tumbadora
3. Cumbamba 
4. El Paso
5. Linda Mulata
6. Oye Heck
7. Los Cueros
8. Pachanga Suavecito
9. Ponte Dura
10. Pachanga Para Bailar
TITO PUENTE
11. El Cayuco
12. Complicacion
13. 3-D Mambo.
14. Compilacion
15. Cuando Te Vea
16. Hong Kong Mambo 
17. Mambo Gozon
18. Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe
19. Varsity Drag Mambo 
20. Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti
21. Agua Limpia Todo 
22. Saca Tu Mujer 
23. El Cayuco [Alt Tk] 
24. Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti [Alt Tk]
25. El Bajo

"Barretto Para Bailar" is ook als LP reïssue leverbaar met 11 nummers (1 bonus track) voor 19.90 euro (HQ lp op Wax Time)
ook TITO`s "Dance Mania" is als enkele LP reïssue leverbaar, 180 gram audiophile vinyl persing voor 19.90 euro (Music On Vinyl)

This release presents Ray Barretto’s complete original LP Barretto Para Bailar (Riverside 93531), which marks his debut album as a leader. As a bonus, the complete Tito Puente LP Dance Mania (RCA LSP 1692), featuring Barretto. The latter album was rated by The New York Times as “one of the top 25 albums of 20th-century popular music”. The only two existing alternate takes from Dance Mania, as well as a further song featuring Barretto with Tito Puente round out this edition.

PERSONNEL:

RAY BARRETO, congas, on all tracks, plus

[1-10] Barreto para Bailar:
Alejandro “ El Negro” Vivar (tp), Frank Mercado (ts), José Canoura (fl), Mike Stancerone (vln),
Alfredito Valdez Jr. (p), Ricky Jackson (b), Ray Mantilla (timbales), Willie Rodríguez, Rudy Calzado (perc).
New York, June 1 & 2, 1961

[11-24] Bonus Album: Dance Manía:
Collective personnel: Tito Puente (timbales & leader) Santos Colón (lead voc), Victor Alves, Otto Bolívar (voc),
Vincent Frisaura, Frank Lo Pinto, Gene Rapetti, Larry Moser, George López, Bernie Glow, León Merian (tp);
Gerry Sanfino, Rafael “Tata” Palau, Scheppe Pullman, Tony Buonpastore (reeds); Ray Concepción (p);
Robert Rodríguez (b); Ray Rodríguez (bongos), Julio Collazo (congas).
New York, November 21 & December 5-7, 1957

[25] Bonus Track:
Collective personnel: Tito Puente (timbales & leader),
Vincent Frisaura, Patrick Iarruso, Gene Rapetti, Wilson Brignoni (tp); Allen Lehrfeld, Rafael Palau, Scheppe Pullman (reeds);
John Pacheco (fl); Gilbert López (p); Robert Rodríguez (b); Louis Pérez (bongos), Santos Colón (güira).
New York, December, 1959.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET