Buena Vista Social Club
2021
CD
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 of the landmark recordings of the twentieth century. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album’s recording, producer Ry Cooder and World Circuit’s Nick Gold have gone back to the original tapes and into the archive to produce these Deluxe Remaster packages.
Item Details
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
Publisher: [London] : World Circuit, [2021]