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Review: Ticklah (Victor Axelrod) is best known for his likely copyrightable fusion of reggae and salsa musics, and this tenth anniversary special edition of his flagship single demonstrates it as much. Originally released on NYCT in 2014, this previously sought-after pressing is actually a reinterpretation and cover version of Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe's Nuyorican dance classic 'El Dia De Suerte'. Ticklah's version is an adeptly bottomless mix; its vocals soar above like overdubbed parliaments of birds in song, while Axelrod's walloping guitar is heard scooping away in the right ear channel. 'Mi Sonsito' errs more salsa, re-rendering Eddie Palmieri's 2007 album cut 'Mi Sonsito'.