Nuevo Ritmo...!

Nuevo Ritmo...! was released by Medellín record label Discos Fuentes in 1966. It was the first album by Los Corraleros de Majagual following the departure of founding member Alfredo Gutiérrez to pursue a solo career on record label Sonolux. Trumpeter Manuel Cervantes took over leadership of the band, while Gutiérrez was replaced on accordion by Lisandro Meza, who, alongside bassist Julio Ernesto Estrada (Fruko), introduced bass guitar to the Corraleros for the first time notably on hit track "La Burrita". José Luis Mercado wrote that the use of the bass "not only modernized the sound of Los Corraleros, but also contributed to the development of the [tropical] genre." The first side of the record is a medley, including songs written by members of the band as well as covers of hits like Spanish Flea, which had been made famous by Herb Alpert. ==Cover==

Jaime Andrés Monsalve criticised the cover of the album, writing that it "speaks to the limited resources available in the photographic studio and of the eternal stereotype of the Afro-Colombian hitting the leather." Ana Cecilia Calle suggests that images of Afro-Colombians were used on the covers of Colombian tropical music albums as a means of authenticating the Caribbean rhythms to mestizo audiences. ==Track listing==