Around 1970, musician, music producer, and entrepreneur Fernando Arias founded the record label Discos Fernando Arias (Difa) in Lima, the capital of Peru. This label was crucial for the musical production, promotion, dissemination, and development of Peruvian tropical music; more specifically, the so-called “carretero style”, so named because it was rooted in the famous Central Highway (Carretera Central) of Peru, which crosses the country from west to east, from the coast to the jungle, through the Andes mountain range. This style is defined by sudden changes from ballad to fast and aggressive tropical music, with electric guitar lines drenched in fuzztone, reverb, and wah-wah. To this must be added the plaintive, melancholic vocal style characteristic of Andean Peruvian music.
A1. Los Orientales De Paramonga - Parranda de Cumbias
A2. Los Sander's De Ñaña - Caminando Juntos
A3. Grupo Remolino - El Huerfanito
A4. Los Solitarios De Chincha - Agua Que No Has De Beber
A5. Grupo Andaluz - Presentimiento
B1. Los Sander's De Ñaña - Mazamorrita
B2. Los Orientales De Paramonga - Regreso De Los Lobos
B3. Los Radiantes de Mala - Triste Esperanza
B4. El Super Grupo - El Cartero
B5. Los Happy Shaver's - Quince Años
