GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO Jon, I have a different memory that looks like a nice counterpoint to yours. The reissue includes a few alternate takes of songs, and to me it seems the original choices were the most relaxed and comfortable. No one claimed that the years had not passed part of the appeal was that the performers and songs had mellowed with age. As elegant as the musicality is, the singers’ voices have been altered with age, and they sang to romances from decades past. “Buena Vista Social Club” was also intentionally retro. But that was not exactly the case if you wanted a time capsule, you could easily listen to real vintage recordings. So in some ways it felt like the album was a time capsule. In 1996, you would never have had that piano sound in a studio in Los Angeles. It was recorded in Havana’s venerable Egrem Studio in real time, on analog tape on a rickety recorder (which needed repairs on the first day of sessions), and without fancy post-processing, which also gave the music an additional patina. There was also something about the sounds of “Buena Vista Social Club”.
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