# El Trabuco Venezolano Vol. III

El Trabuco Venezolano - Vol. III is a vinyl LP by Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo, originally released in 1981 and partially rereleased in two CD albums titled El Trabuco Venezolano 1977 - 1984 Vol. 1 (1994) and Vol. 2 (1995). It is the third of seven albums (two live albums) of the El Trabuco Venezolano musical project arranged and directed by Naranjo.

## Track listing

| # | Song | Composer(s) | Vocal(s) | Solo(s) | Time |
| A1 | Merengue venezolano (Intro) | Alberto Naranjo | Cecilia Todd | Melo | 0:35 |
| A2 | El muñeco de la ciudad | Adrián Pérez | J. Ruiz | | 6:41 |
| A3 | La música | Grupo Mango | M. Daubeterre | Aranguren | 6:43 |
| A4 | El gavilán | Indio Figueredo | C. D. Palacios | | 8:18 |
| B5 | Tres días | Chucho Valdés | C. D. Palacios | | 5:52 |
| B6 | Compadre Pancho | Lorenzo Herrera | C. Espósito | Monge, Guerra | 7:14 |
| B7 | Siempre te vas en las tardes | Eduardo Ramos | M. Daubeterre | R. Silva, Aranguren | 6:42 |
| B8 | Maracucha | Ricardo Hernández | Guaco | Aranguren | 5:00 |
| | | | | Total time | 44:58 |

## Personnel

* Alberto Naranjo - drums, arranger, director on all tracks; timbales on 4, 5, 6
* Samuel del Real - piano on all tracks
* Lorenzo Barriendos - bass guitar on all tracks, except on 2
* José Velázquez - bass guitar on 2
* Frank Hernández - timbales on 3
* Felipe Rengifo - congas; Afro Venezuelan percussion on 1, 2; Batá drum (Iyá) on 5
* Jesús Quintero - bongos on 4, 6; Afro Venezuelan percussion on 1, 2
* Luisito Quintero - bongos on 1, 3, 5; Batá drum (Okónkolo) on 5
* Carlos Quintero - Afro Venezuelan percussion on 1, 2
* Manuel Urbina - Bata drums (Itótele) on 5
* Luis Arias - trumpet on all tracks, except on 1, 6
* Gustavo Aranguren - trumpet on all tracks, except on 1; flugel horn on 7
* José Díaz F. - trumpet on 2, 4, 5, 8; flugel horn on 7
* Luis Lewis Vargas - trumpet on 2, 4, 5, 8; flugel horn on 7
* Pablo Armitano - trumpet on 3, 8; flugel horn on 7
* Elías Guerra - trumpet on 3, 5, 8
* Rafael Silva - trombone on all tracks, except on 1, 8
* Leopoldo Escalante - trombone on 2, 4
* Carlos Espinoza - trombone on 2
* Onésimo García - trombone on 3, 4, 5, 7
* Mauricio Silva - trombone on 3, 5, 7, 8
* Alejandro Pérez Palma - trombone on 6, 8
* Oscar Mendoza - bass trombone on 8
* Carlos Daniel Palacios - lead singer on 4, 5 and chorus
* Moisés Daubeterre - lead singer on 3, 7 and chorus
* Carlos Espósito - lead singer on 6 and chorus
* Joe Ruiz - lead singer on 2 and chorus

### Guest musicians

* Cecilia Todd - lead singer on 1
* Grecia Garrett - vocals on 7
* Carolina Landaeta - vocals on 7
* Rosalía Quintero - vocals on 7
* Grupo Guaco on 8; Gustavo Aguado - lead singer
* Angel Melo - Venezuelan cuatro on 1, 2
* Gerardo Alonzo - trumpet on 6
* Carlos de León - trumpet on 6
* César Monge - trombone on 6
* Carlos Guerra (Jr) - trombone on 6

### Technical personnel

* Executive producer: Orlando Montiel
* Musical director and associate producer: Alberto Naranjo
* Staff coordinator: Freddy Sanz
* Cover design: Santiago Pol and Orlando Montiel, realized by Vibra-Crom C. A.
* Photos: Filippo Billoti (cover), Oscar Booy, César Salazar, Fernando Sánchez
* Label: YVKCT con músiC.A. in association with Integra C. A. YVLP-013
* Print: Gastello
* Place of Recording: Estudios Sono Dos Mil
* Recording engineer: Ricardo Landaeta - Ignacio Rojas (assistant)
* Produced in Caracas, Venezuela, 1981