Spanish Grease

The album peaked at No. 137 on the Billboard Top LP's chart in 1966.^[2]

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The Allmusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album 4 stars stating "The timbales player and his band lay down respectable grooves, but "Spanish Grease" is the only original on the album, and by far the most rewarding number".^[3]

1. "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) – 2:47
2. "Hurt So Bad" (Bobby Hart, Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) – 2:39
3. "It's Not Unusual" [vocal version] (Gordon Mills, Les Reed) – 2:20
4. "Our Day Will Come" (Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard) – 2:50
5. "Haitian Lady" (Harold Ousley) – 4:05
6. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 2:11
7. "Nessa" (Ed Diehl) – 4:07
8. "Elation" (Ousley) – 3:49
9. "It's Not Unusual" [instrumental version] (Mills, Reed) – 2:29
10. "Shot Gun/Blind Man, Blind Man" (Junior Walker/Herbie Hancock) – 5:11

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 8 (tracks 1 & 4), August 30 (tracks 5–8) and September 8 (tracks 2, 3, 9 & 10)

• Willie Bobo – vocals, percussion, timbales
• Melvin Lastie – cornet
• Bobby Brown – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Clarence "Sonny" Henry – guitar
• Richard Davis, Jim Phillips – bass
• Victor Pantoja – congas