Name: The Best Of Silvio Rodriguezcuba Classics 1
Brand: Silvio Rodriguez

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-LBOP-0005

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-06-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

680899000529

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Silvio Rodriguez

Genre US

South American - Latin

Label US

Luaka Bop

David Byrne was very interested in new forms of Latin music, and since there was an embargo on most things Cuban at the time we didn't really know what was going on there without going over and seeing for ourselves. So in 1990 we did. We did three albums there, the first, Cuba Classics 1 The Best of Silvio Rodriguez, is actually our best selling Luaka Bop album of all time (selling 400,000 copies!!!!) but it sold so evenly that we had no idea it was doing so well. In that annoying way of Westerners to compare people from another culture to someone in their own, Silvio was often compared to being Bob Dylan of Latin America. This was not only because he sang songs of political importance but also because he could fill stadiums and he sang poetry. His influence is not to be underestimated.

The Best Of Silvio Rodriguezcuba Classics 1

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