Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club

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Label:	Nonesuch – 79478-2, World Circuit – 79478-2
Format:	CD, Album, Commerce Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	Sep 1997
Genre:	Jazz, Latin
Style:	Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bolero, Danzon, Trova, Son

Tracklist

1	Chan Chan Congas, Backing Vocals – Compay Segundo Written-By – Francisco Repilado	4:16
2	De Camino A La Vereda Written-By – Ibrahim Ferrer	5:03
3	El Cuarto De Tula Congas – Joachim Cooder Timbales – Julienne Oviedo Sánchez* Written-By – Sergio Siaba*	7:27
4	Pueblo Nuevo Congas – Ibrahim Ferrer Written-By – Israel López*	6:05
5	Dos Gardenias Written-By – Isolina Carrillo	3:02
6	¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? Written-By – Eusebio Delfín	3:13
7	Veinte Años Vocals – Omara Portuondo Written-By – María Teresa Vera	3:29
8	El Carretero Guiro – Juan de Marcos González Oud, Kora [Bolon], Slide Guitar [Floor Slide], Percussion – Ry Cooder Written-By – Guillermo Portabales	3:28
9	Candela Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar [Electric] – Ry Cooder Written-By – Faustino Oramas	5:27
10	Amor De Loca Juventud Bongos – Ibrahim Ferrer Double Bass – Salvador Repilado Labrada Guitar – Benito Suárez Magana* Slide Guitar – Ry Cooder Vocals, Maracas – Julio Alberto Fernández* Written-By – Rafael Ortiz*	3:21
11	Orgullecida Drums – Joachim Cooder Written-By – Eliseo Silveira	3:18
12	Murmullo Written-By – Electo Rosell 'Chepín'*	3:50
13	Buena Vista Social Club Congas – Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea Written-By – Israel Lopez*	4:50
14	La Bayamesa Written-By – Sindo Garay	2:54

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – World Circuit
Copyright © – World Circuit
Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – X3097
Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Commerce

Credits

A&R [A&R Consultant] – Juan de Marcos González
Backing Vocals – Alberto Valdés* (tracks: 2, 3, 9), Ibrahim Ferrer (tracks: 1, 8), Juan de Marcos González (tracks: 2, 8, 9), Luis Barzaga (tracks: 2, 3, 9), Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea (tracks: 2, 9)
Bongos – Carlos González (tracks: 1, 3, 9)
Claves – Ibrahim Ferrer (tracks: 6, 13)
Conductor – Juan de Marcos González (tracks: 3, 9)
Congas – Lázaro Villa (tracks: 5, 12)
Cowbell – Carlos González (tracks: 3, 9)
Design – The Team (7)
Double Bass – Orlando "Cachaíto" López (tracks: 1 to 9, 11 to 14)
Executive-Producer – Nick Gold
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] – Joachim Cooder (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 to 11)
Guiro – Lázaro Villa (tracks: 4, 13)
Guitar – Compay Segundo (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14), Eliades Ochoa (tracks: 1, 3, 8, 9, 11), Ry Cooder (tracks: 1 to 7, 11 to 13)
Keyboards – Rubén González (tracks: 4 to 6, 11 to 14)
Laúd [Laoud] – Barbarito Torres (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 11)
Maracas – Alberto Valdés* (tracks: 1 to 9, 12, 13)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mbira – Ry Cooder (tracks: 1, 8)
Mixed By, Recorded By – Jerry Boys
Photography By – Susan Titelman
Producer – Ry Cooder
Recorded By [Additional] – Larry Hirsch
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jerry Boys
Sleeve Notes – Nick Gold, Nigel Williamson
Sleeve Notes [Translations By] – Francesca Clarke, Jenny Adlington
Transcription By [Song Transcriptions By] – Juan de Marcos González, María Rodríguez
Trumpet – Mañuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal* (tracks: 1 to 6, 9, 11)
Udu – Joachim Cooder (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 13)
Vocals – Compay Segundo (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11, 14), Eliades Ochoa (tracks: 1, 3, 8, 9), Ibrahim Ferrer (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 14), Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea (tracks: 3, 14)

Notes

WEA Commerce pressing variant, issued in a standard jewel housed in a slipcase with a 48 page booklet.

Recorded at Egrem Studios, Havana, Cuba, March 1996.
Additional recording at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles.
Mixed at Livingston Studios, London & The Bakery, Los Angeles.

Track 1 is a "son"
Track 2 is a "son"
Track 3 is a "son"
Track 4 is a "danzón"
Track 5 is a "bolero"
Track 6 is a "bolero"
Track 7 is a "bolero"
Track 8 is a "guajira"
Track 9 is a "son/tumbao"
Track 10 is influenced by "americana/gospel/blues"
Track 11 is influenced by "americana/jazz"
Track 12 is a "ballad"
Track 13 is a "danzón"
Track 14 is a "criolla"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7559-79478-2 3
Barcode (Scanned): 075597947823
Matrix / Runout (Inner ring): WEA mfg. \ CA
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] X3097 2 79478-2 03 *M3 S13
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi L902
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2V2X
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] X3097 2 79478-2 03 *[Unknown]
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi L902
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2V2M
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] X3097 2 79478-2 03 *M3 S3
Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): ifpi L902
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 2V2N
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] X3097 2 79478-2 03 *M2 S1
Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): ifpi L902
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 2V1C

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Buena Vista Social Club (CD, Album)	World Circuit, World Circuit	WCD 050, WCD050	UK	1997
Recently Edited	Buena Vista Social Club (2×LP, Album, Stereo)	Nonesuch, World Circuit	WQJP-2010-11	Japan	1997
Recently Edited	Buena Vista Social Club (CD, Album, Club Edition)	World Circuit, Nonesuch	79478-2	US	1997
	Buena Vista Social Club (CD, Album)	World Circuit, Nonesuch	79478-2	Canada	1997
Recently Edited	Buena Vista Social Club (CD, Album)	World Circuit, Nonesuch	WPCR-5594	Japan	1997