Covers of Los Hijos del Sol's "Cariñito"

I'm back in the US, my dog is great, and I'm able to sit down and digest these jams with my own computer, finally being able to make some mixes of what I've been immersed in for a past few months. Here are a couple of covers of the Los Hijos del Sol's big track "Cariñito." The track is often covered by local bands during live shows or put onto demos, always a staple to perfect if you want to get a lot of gigs. Here are a couple different takes on it, separated by about 25 years and varying in sound quality.

This version done by Los Flamencos has a slightly out of tune keyboard/guitar dynamic going on, not totally sharp, but a nice grainy production quality, making it as raw as your first attempts with a 4-track. They were part of the Iquitos jungle sound with other bands like Juaneco Y Sus Combo. Tune in on this:

Los Flamencos - Cariñito

Now here goes a version by cumbia/reggae/ska group Bareto, hometown heroes of the Barranco neighborhood in Lima. Of course, it's blessed with a pair of real life calendar girls shakin it on stage with them. I picked up a Barato mixtape and this song was not on it, so not sure if there's actually a recorded version of it.



Here's a version by a group who's name I haven't discovered yet. All these videos so far mandate a lot of booty for this particular track.



And then the original version performed live by Los Hijos Del Sol (with booty):



Grab that here, from an earlier post: Los Hijos Del Sol - Carinito