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In the few years that the Disper record label was operative, it managed to open its doors to emerging artists, who were often ignored by the major labels but would go on to leave their mark on Peruvian popular music. In 1967, Disper commissioned trumpeter Too Reyes to form a band he called Too y sus Sicodlicos. During the recording sessions for this album, they performed a series of songs that reflected the latest tropical music trends, in his inimitable style. Instrumentals such as “Mr. Boogaloo”, “El Guayacol”, “La Anticuchera”, “La Peinadora”, and “La Fiesta es Maana” are versions that follow the lines traced by the Mexican composer and drummer Leo Acosta. In the early sixties, based in Los Angeles, Acosta played with the orchestras of Harry James, Sammy Davis Jr, Tony Bennett, Herb Alpert, and Dmaso Prez Prado. Mid-decade, Acosta turned to the novel sounds of boogaloo, which immediately caught the atte