Mericana Records 1972 - 197?

Mericana records was founded by The Cayre Brothers in the beginning of the seventies. First release on Mericana was Tempo 70 (1972), with material written by Bebu Silvetti.

In 1974 Joe Bataan recorded an album called 'Salsoul' on the Mericana label: XMS124. It appears that this album gave the Salsoul label its name.

Mericana discography:

Mericana-----Tempo 70-----El Primer-----MYS-101-----1972-----LP
incl. the much sought after Rare Groove "El Galleton"

Mericana-----Joe Bataan-----Salsoul-----XMS-124-----1973-----LP
incl. "Latin Strut"

91-----us-----saoco original-----cuare-----lp----Salsoul / slammin salsa / SAL-4120

Mericana recording artists

Manny Oquendo
ConJunto Libre
Grupo Folklorico y Experimental
Roberto Torres
Saoco
Joe Bataan
Cachao
Chocolate
Graciela
Rey Roig
Machito
Paul Marrero
Miguelito Valdez
Tempo 70