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Bandolero 76 b/w Pancho Villa (Promo 12")

Jaguar Records (US) / 1976 / 7010
12" Disco single 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl record Promo

Written by Pete Napoles

Side A
Bandolero 76 (4:20)

Side B
Pancho Villa (3:40)

The amazing cover of Bandolero '76 by Florida band Viva, is a difficoult to find rare groove tune which deserves some new attention. Funky soundtrack arrangements, wah wah guitar and a Latin sound drag the tune till the nice break toward the end.

Billboard - June 19, 1976 Tom Moulton wrote:

Jaguar, a local label out of Hialeah Gardens, Florida, has released a 12-inch disco disk from the Viva. The song, "Bandolero '76," is an interesting combination of funky guitar & drum with breaks and a Latin sound in between vocals. Actually, it sounds like two different records mixed together that work.

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