{"product_id":"la-fantastica-from-ear-to-ear","title":"La Fantastica - From Ear To Ear","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow-Again Records presents catalog-wide reissues of Latin music propellant Joe Bataan’s legendary Ghetto Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext up in the series - La Fantastica.\u003cbr\u003eThis brash, big band Latin orchestra from Brooklyn debuted on Ghetto Records with an underground Salsa album which also contains the beguiling, English-language Psychedelic Soul of \"Latin Blues.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhetto Records was Joe Bataan’s way to get over on “The Man” and out of the ‘hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel.\u003cbr\u003eAs Bataan puts it today, “Ghetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I’ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault.\u003cbr\u003eHatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Now-Again Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58922807394636,"sku":"BLX-15432","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/2738\/3884\/files\/0659457523411.jpg?v=1790166324","url":"https:\/\/badlands.co.uk\/products\/la-fantastica-from-ear-to-ear","provider":"Badlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}