[2][3] The album's liner notes described it as the first jam session in a costeña (coastal) style.

[4] The tracks "Majagual", "La Ombligona" and "Se Salió el Toro" were recorded in 1960.

[5] The success of those tracks led the group to record the album, in December 1960.

[5][6] The members of the original group contributing to the album were Calixto Ochoa (humorous antics), Alfredo Gutiérrez (accordion), Tobias Garces (trombone), and César Castro (vocals).

Critic José Luis Mercado wrote: "The debut of Los Corraleros de Majagual stands out because the sound of cumbia is intertwined with porro and vallenato, and there is an evident prominence of the accordion thanks to Alfredo Gutierrez, who would mark an evolutionary point in the sound of Colombian coastal music in the following discography of the group.