Buena Vista Social Club 1997 Original 180-gram 2LP Classic Analogue Audiophile
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
1997 Original 180-gram Analogue Audiophile pressing.
Classic Records - RTH 79478
Double Vinyl - 2LP Set
VINYL GRADE : EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- (10.5)
Vinyl look EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- : small superficial scuff on A-2; a few, small, very light, faint imperfections.
Vinyl play EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- : a light click on A-1 at 10-seconds and a moderate click near the end of A-1; a few, other, light clicks in a few other passages.
Labels are EX++ to Mint- : light marks and imperfections.
Gatefold cover is EX to EX+ : intact seams; bends, light-wear and indentations.
Lyric insert is EX++
The original inner-sleeves have intact seams.
Includes HQ inner-sleeves (pictured) which the vinyl are stored in after being thoroughly machine-cleaned and professionally graded.
Out of print original ~
This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. While bandleader Desi Arnaz became a huge hit in the States, several equally talented musicians never saw success outside their native country, and have had nothing but their music to sustain them during the Castro reign. Ry Cooder went to Cuba to record a musical documentary of these performers. Many of the musicians on this album have been playing for more than a half century, and they sing and play with an obvious love for the material. Cooder could have recorded these songs without paying the musicians a cent; one can imagine them jumping up and grabbing for their instruments at the slightest opportunity, just to play. Most of the songs are a real treasure, traversing a lot of ground in Cuba's musical history. There's the opening tune, "Chan Chan," a composition by 89-year-old Compay Segundo, who was a bandleader in the '50s; the cover of the early-'50s tune "De Camino a la Verada," sung by the 72-year-old composer Ibrahim Ferrer, who interrupted his daily walk through Havana just long enough to record; or the amazing piano playing on "Pablo Nuevo" by 77-year-old Rubén González, who has a unique style that blends jazz, mambo, and a certain amount of playfulness. All of these songs were recorded live -- some of them in the musicians' small apartments -- and the sound is incredibly deep and rich, something that would have been lost in digital recording and overdubbing. Cooder brought just the right amount of reverence to this material, and it shows in his production, playing, and detailed liner notes. If you get one album of Cuban music, this should be the one.
-allmusic
Both scales below are the same; I am using the one on the left (some listings may have the right). Also there a point scale 1 thru 12 Half points & grades; (example: example EX++ to M-, mostly M- is a 10.5/12)
Replace the VG from GOLDMINE with EX; Its the NEW RECORD GRADING SYSTEM for the 21st Century
Please email with any questions ~
12 Point GRADING SCALE :
12 MINT aka MINT 11 MINT- MINT- 10 EX++ to MINT- VG++ to MINT- 9 EX++ VG++ 8 EX+ to EX++ VG+ to VG++ 7 EX+ VG+ 6 EX to EX+ VG to VG+ 5 EX VG 4 EX- to EX VG- to VG 3 EX- VG- 2 Poor/Worst to EX- Poor/G to VG- 1 Poor/Worst Poor/G
Note : possible camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces.
Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping with USPS tracking.
Thank you ~ all the best to your vinyl endeavors ~
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