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01. Orquesta Reve - Guajira Guantanamera
02. Orquesta Reve - Ahora Me Toca A Mi
03. Orquesta Reve - Santiago
04. Orquesta Reve - Yo No Te Olvido
05. Orquesta Reve - La Batea
06. Orquesta Reve - Chicas De Secundaria
07. Orquesta Reve - Barceló
08. Orquesta Reve - Si Se Acaba El Mundo
09. Orquesta Reve - Mi Son Combinado
10. Orquesta Reve - Estoy Loco Por Ti
11. Orquesta Reve - Tremendo Vacilón
12. Orquesta Reve - Dominga
ARTIST
TITLE
De Habana A Lima Con La Orquesta Reve
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
VAMPI 259LP VAMPI 259LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/24/2022

Vampisoul present a first-time reissue of Orquesta Revé's De Habana A Lima Con La Orquesta Revé. In 1956, the percussionist and composer from Guantanamo, Elio Revé, founded the orchestra popularly known as La Revé, which in the space of a few years became the Cuban music group par excellence for foreign audiences. Elio, dubbed the father of changüí for his seminal work on this genre, is also considered one of the forerunners of salsa music and his orchestra included musicians of the stature of vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer; pianists Chucho Valdés, César Pedroso and Juan Carlos Alfonso; and bass guitarist Juan Formell, who left the group in 1969 to form Los Van Van. Acting as an artistic ambassador for Cuba, the Orquesta Revé made several tours abroad in the seventies, traveling to countries such as Spain, Belgium, and the People's Republic of Angola, and these journeys are well documented on the internet. However, little is known about their trip to Peru in 1971... The local record label MAG quickly signed the Cuban groups that arrived in the Peruvian capital and that the head of the label, Manuel Guerrero, agreed to record. The La Revé LP was followed by a Los Compadres album the following year. De Habana a Lima... comprises a dozen songs labeled changüis, mostly written by Cuban composers, the exception being the closing track: "Dominga", an original song by Brazilian artist Jorge Ben. In contrast, the album opens with the distinctly Cuban song "Guajira Guantanamera". Quite an invisible record even for hardcore collectors, and almost impossible to find in any condition, De Habana a Lima... is now reissued for the first time.