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

Tracklist Hide Credits

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
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Salsoul Record Corp.
• Copyright (c) – Salsoul Record Corp.
• Marketed By – RCA

Credits

• Arranged By – Marty Sheller
• Backing Vocals – Mestizo
• 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 German release.

Not to be confused with the version where the back cover states track on A as Rep-O Clap-O in error.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: STEMRA
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout, Variant 1): XL14135-A//43259-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout, Variant 1): XL14135-B//43260-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout, Variant 2): CR XL14135-A//43259-1-Y
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout, Variant 2): XL14135-B//43260-1->

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SA 8534	Joe Bataan And His Mestizo Band*	Mestizo ‎(LP, Album, P/Mixed)	Salsoul Records	SA 8534	US	1980
XL-14135	Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band	Rap-O Clap-O ‎(LP, Album, P/Mixed)	Salsoul Records	XL-14135	Netherlands	1980
XL-14135	Joe Bataan And His Mestizo Band*	Rap-O Clap-O ‎(LP, Album, P/Mixed)	Salsoul Records	XL-14135	Spain	1980
XL-14135	Joe Bataan And The Mestizo Band	Rap-O Clap-O ‎(LP, Album, P/Mixed, Promo)	Salsoul Records	XL-14135	Italy	1980
2044	Joe Bataan	Rap-O Clap-O ‎(LP, Album)	Salsoul Records	2044	Colombia	Unknown

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