Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band – Rap-O Clap-O

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Label:	Salsoul Records – XL-14135
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Partially Mixed
Country:	Netherlands
Released:	1980
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Latin, Disco

Tracklist

A1.a		Mestizo Written-By – Joe Bataan
A1.b		Rap-O Clap-O Written-By – Joe Bataan
A1.c		Sadie (She Smokes) Written-By – Joe Bataan
A2		Latin Lover Written-By – Leon Bryant
B1.a		Rock Me All Night Long Written-By – Joe Bataan
B1.b		I See Your Hiney Written-By – Joe Bataan
B1.c		Rap-O Dance-O Written-By – Joe Bataan
B2		Always And Forever Written-By – Rod Temperton

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – RCA Nederland BV
Marketed By – RCA
Produced For – Bataan Music Productions, Ltd.
Recorded At – RCA Studios, New York
Recorded At – Blank Tape Studios
Mixed At – RCA Studios, New York
Mixed At – Blank Tape Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Salsoul Record Corp.
Copyright © – Salsoul Record Corp.
Record Company – Cayre Industries
Made By – RCA BV
Published By – Bataan Music
Published By – Salsoul Music
Published By – Gemitarius Publishing
Published By – Rondor Music
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 43259
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 43260

Credits

Arranged By – Marty Sheller
Backing Vocals – Mestizo (2)
Bass – Francisco Centeno, Gordon Edwards, Toti Negron*
Congas, Percussion – Rocky Cuascut
Cover – Spiral Studio
Guitar – Boston Andre Carriere*, Will Hawes
Percussion – Nando Pintor
Piano – Frank Owens, Leon Bryant
Producer, Performer [Executed By], Piano – Joe Bataan
Recorded By, Mixed By – Joe Arlotta, Joe Lopes, Pat Martin

Notes

A1, B1: Bataan Music/Salsoul Music
A2: Bataan Music/Gemitarius Music/Salsoul Music
B2: Rondor Music

Produced and executed for Bataan Music Productions Ltd.
Recorded and mixed at RCA studios New York and Blank studios New York
Mastered by Sterling Sound New York
Marketed by RCA
℗ © 1980 Salsoul Record Corporation, A Cayre Industries Company
Made in The Netherlands by RCA bv, Amsterdam, from master recordings owned and controlled by Salsoul Record Corporation

Special Thanks to following who helped Mestizo come about. Denise "Sunshine" Chatman - Ken Cayre - Billy Smith - Joe Cayre - Connie Johnson - Glenn Larusso (Salsoul Records) - The Clinton Community 110th Street Block Assoc. and Larry Levan
This album is dedicated to my family and Red Knight, Ralphi Pagan and to Cees Wessels and the entire staff at RCA records Holland

Artist name - title:
Front cover: Joe Bataan - Rap-O Clap-O
Back cover: Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band - Rap-O-Clap-O
Center label: Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band - Rap-O Clap-O

This release indicates 8 separate tracks on label and cover in error. The correct reflection of the tracks on label and cover appear on the "Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band - Rap-O Clap-O", German release

Back cover states track on A as Rep-O Clap-O in error
Not to be confused with the version where "Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band - Rap-O Clap-O" is stated correct on back cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): XL14135-A//43259-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 1): XL14135-B//43260-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): CR XL14135-A//43259-1-Y
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): XL14135-B//43260-1-Y

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Rap-O Clap-O (LP, Album, Partially Mixed)	Salsoul Records	XL-14135	Netherlands	1980
Recently Edited	Mestizo (LP, Album, Partially Mixed, Stereo)	Salsoul Records	SA 8534	US	1980
Recently Edited	Rap-O Clap-O (LP, Album, Partially Mixed, Stereo)	Salsoul Records	XL-14139	Netherlands	1980
Recently Edited	Rap-O Clap-O (LP, Album, Partially Mixed)	Salsoul Records	XL 14135	Germany	1980
Recently Edited	Rap-O Clap-O (LP, Album, Partially Mixed)	Salsoul Records	XL 14135	Greece	1980