Omara Portuondo - Buena Vista Social Club Presents (National Album Day 2021)

This is a National Album Day 2021 release, available in-store on Saturday 16th October.

Omara Portuondo, the leading lady of the Buena Vista Social Club, is one of Cubas most celebrated voices.

Thealbum Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo was released in 2000 in the wake ofthe phenomenal receptionof the original Buena Vista Social Club album, and was remastered from the analogue tapes for its 2019 LP reissue. Omara is backed by a dream band formed of many of the original Buena Vista Social Club members including Ibrahim Ferrer (vocals), Rubn Gonzlez (piano), Compay Segundo (guitar) and Orlando Cachaito Lopez (bass).

To celebrate the Women In Music theme of this years National Album Day, this classic album will be pressed on limited edition purple colour vinyl.

The kind of record that forces you to stop worrying and enjoy life to the fullest.. an exquisite trip to the heart of Afro-Cuba. Rolling Stone
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