Buena Vista Social Club

CD 2021

Buena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just seven days in 1996 in Havana’s 1950s vintage Egrem studios. It was clear from the atmosphere of the recording sessions that something very special was taking place. Produced by Ry Cooder for World Circuit, the timeless quality of the music and the sheer verve of the veteran performers have ensured that this will go down as one o...

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Boleros (Music) Cuba

Dance music Cuba

Jazz Cuba 1991-2000

Popular music Cuba 1991-2000

Songs, Spanish

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Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition

Description:

2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital
optical
audio file
CD audio

Notes:

Originally released in 1997; bonus tracks previously unreleased
Buena Vista Social Club (Compay Segundo, vocals, guitar, congas ; Eliades Ochoa, vocals, guitar ; Ibrahim Ferrer, vocals, bongos, conga, clave ; Ry Cooder, guitars, oud, bolon, mbira, percussion ; Rubén González, piano) ; with additional musicians (Omara Portuondo, vocals ; Juan de Marcos González, conductor, guiro, background vocals ; Julio Alberto Fernández, vocals, maracas ; Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, vocals, congas ; Benito Suárez Magana, guitar ; Barbarito Torres, laoud ; Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, trumpet ; Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Salvador Repilado Labrada, bass ; Joachim Cooder, drums, udu drum, dumbeck, conga ; Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés, maracas, background vocals ; Luis Barzaga, vocals ; Carlos González, bongos, cowbell ; Julienne Oviedo Sánchez, timbales ; Lázaro Villa, güiro, conga)
Recorded 1996 Havana's 1950s vintage EGREM Studios, Cuba
recorded Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
Compact disc
Sung in Spanish

Contents:

CD 1. 2021 remaster. Chan chan ; De camino a la vereda ; El cuarto de tula ; Pueblo nuevo ; Dos gardenias ; ¿Y tú que has hecho? ; Veinte años ; El carretero ; Candela ; Amor de loca juventud ; Orgullecida ; Murmullo ; Buena Vista Social Club ; La Bayamesa
CD 2. Bonus tracks. Chan chan (monitor mix) ; Vicenta ; La pluma ; Dos gardenias (alternate take) ; Mandinga ; Siboney ; A tus pies ; El carretero (alternate take) ; Ensayo ; La cleptómana ; Descarga Rubén ; Orgullecida (alternate trio take)

LCCN:

1262141775

Control Number:

3101310

UPC:

405053867220

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