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This video captures the rapture of the Havana public during the Manolin-mania period better than any other I've found. It took place at the massive, outdoor Anfeteatro de Marianao in 1996 as el Médico and his crack surgical team were in the process of pouring an ocean of kerosene on Havana's already raging live music scene. It's also priceless for its documentation of the wicked hot rhythm section of Mipa, Nápoles and the Pututi brothers.

This reconstruction uses film from the cameras of two participants in Caribbean Music & Dance Programs' yearly February pilgrimages to Havana. The main camera is by Michael Croy, who, among other things, filmed the legendary Issac Delgado Valentine's Day concert the following February. I forgot who sent me the other angle (please send me an email if you're reading this!), but I've spliced them together, in some cases repeating sections.

00:00:00 Aventura loca
00:09:31 Si te vas conmigo
00:18:00 Te conozco mascarita
00:36:40 Hay amores
00:37:04 Romeo y Julieta
00:42:55 Me pasé de copas
00:55:35 Un tipo loco (camera 1)
01:02:24 Un tipo loco (camera 2)
01:09:05 La mitad de La Habana (camera 1)
01:13:17 La mitad de La Habana (camera 2)
01:18:31 A pagar allá (camera 1)
01:31:20 A pagar allá (camera 1)
01:39:47 Somos lo que hay