Buena Vista Social Club

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Not as dynamic as previous reissues like the 2015 reissue or VMP release, but this is mostly due to squeezing more songs on each side to make way for the bonus tracks on Side 4.

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They named the group after the homonymous members' club in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s. Great sense of air and space, you can feel the room of the Recording Studio, almost can measure the distance between the performers. However, no one could have predicted that Buena Vista Social Club would become a worldwide phenomenon – awarded a Grammy in 1997 and selling millions of copies around the world. Otherwise I'd go with the still available 2015 reissue if you want to hear a bit better sounding version. 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 this Deluxe Remaster package, featuring previously unheard tracks from the original 1996 recording sessions, previously unseen photos, and new liner notes.

All of the other versions do, but I have a version that doesn’t have Bernie Grundman’s initials in the deadwax. Then again, all my other Cuban music is CDRs purchased directly from bar bands in Havana and Varadero. It was clear from the atmosphere of the recording sessions that something very special was taking place.

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This anniversary release: 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 this Deluxe Remaster package, featuring previously unheard tracks from the original 1996 recording sessions, previously unseen photos, and new liner notes. When it was first released a quarter of a century ago, the Buena Vista Social Club album - a concept album produced by Ry Cooder and Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, featuring veteran Cuban musicians recreating music that had been popular on the island nation in the 1940s and '50s - had a huge cultural impact. Anniversary 180g Vinyl 2LP Reissue Newly Remastered by Bernie Grundman with Previously Unheard Tracks from the Original 1996 Recording Sessions Plus Unseen Photos and New Liner Notes! i know a good amount of music was recorded, but between tracks pulled for individual artists' albums and the bvsc lost and found comp, what's left?

The acclaim of the original album has elevated the artists (including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo) to superstar status, inspired an award-winning film by Wim Wenders, and has contributed to popularizing Cuba’s rich musical heritage. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. The rest of the review stands, but this goes to show how some varied the pressing quality is and not knowing what you're going to end up with. Buena Vista Social Club’ is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just six days in 1996 in Havana’s 1950s vintage EGREM studios.