Dois anos depois do lançamento de Buena Vista Social Club e dos Grammy Awards que ganhou, muitos desses músicos voltaram ao estúdio para gravar o album de estreia de Ibrahim Ferrer. Produzido por Ry Cooder e Nick Gold, este disco de 1999 vendeu mais de um milhão e meio de cópias mundialmente elevando Ferrer ao estatuto de super-estrela numa colecção de 11 canções com a voz de ouro de Cuba.

• 2LP Vinil 180 Gramas
• Prensagem na Optimal Media da Alemanha
• Masterizado nos Abbey Road Studios
• Inclui livrete de 16 páginas
• Inclui Código Download
• Capa Gatefold

Now for the very first time World Circuit releases the album on double vinyl. Mastered at Abbey Road the vinyl is pressed on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl and housed in gatefold sleeve. The 2xLPs are presented alongside a beautiful 16 page booklet and download card.

Two years after the release of Grammy Award winning, six million selling Buena Vista Social Club, many of the same musicians went back into the studio to record the debut album of Ibrahim Ferrer, one of the stars of the BVSC. With Ry Cooder and Nick Gold producing, the 1999 release went on to sell over one and half million copies world-wide and elevate Ibrahim to superstar status. The album is a collection of 11 songs by the golden voice of Cuban music. Using the Buena Vista Social Club rhythm section and featuring the piano of Rubén González, this record takes the listener on a very different journey to that of any other Cuban record. It is an album of great subtlety and beauty, featuring an extraordinary stylistic range from the nostalgic 1950s American big band style, to stunning ballads with an unusual and opulent guitar accompaniment, as well as rich country-style songs.

"When the Buena Vista Social Club album was released to great acclaim in 1997, it revived the careers of quite a few incredibly talented aging Cuban musicians. Like Ibrahim Ferrer, most of those musicians (who had been legendary in the '40s through the '70s) hadn't been performing professionally in decades. With the success of the Buena Vista Social Club, everything changed; they toured the globe, and plans for follow-up albums followed. Ibrahim Ferrer's was the second of what became a line of Buena Vista releases. Ferrer's album is pleasant, the kind of album you could put on during brunch on a sunny morning. The album features many classic Cuban compositions. Original arrangers, musicians, and bandleaders were involved whenever possible. One standout is "Mami Me Gusto," a rolling upbeat tune by the legendary Cuban composer/bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez. On that tune Ferrer is lively and loose, and he is joined by Rodriguez's original pianist, the masterful Ruben Gonzales. This is a much more romantic sounding album and on the right tunes, like "Aquellos Ojos Verdes," they really hit the mark; Ferrer shines and Gonzales sends glistening piano lines cascading down the keys. At age 63-plus, Ferrer was long overdue for a debut album, and as a result the disc communicates a feel of easy satisfaction." - David Lavin, All Music

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
01. Bruca Manigua
02. Herido de Sombras
03. Marieta

Lado B
04. Guateque Campesino
05. Mami Me Gusto
06. Nuestra Ultima Cita

Lado C
07. Cientuegos Tiene Su Guaguanco
08. Silencio
09. Aguellos Ojos Verdes

Lado D
10. Que Bueno Baila Usted
11. Como Fue

Músicos:

Alto Saxophone – Carlo Montenegro Ruiz, José Ramirez Nurque
Baritone Saxophone – Adrian Corzo González
Bass – Aleida Espinosa, Andrés Escalona Graña, Orlando "Cachaíto" López
Bongos – Carlos González, Roberto Garcia*
Cello – Arelis Zaldivar Copello, Roy Avila Serrano
Claves – Ibrahim Ferrer Junior
Congas – Angel Terry
Cowbell – Carlos González
Drums, Percussion – Joachim Cooder
Electric Guitar – Mañuel Galbán, Ry Cooder
Guiro – Roberto Garcia*
Guitar – Eliades Ochoa (tracks: A3)
Laúd [Laoud] – Barbarito Torres (tracks: B1, C3)
Maracas – Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés
Piano – Rubén González
Producer – Ry Cooder
Tenor Saxophone – Antonio Francisco Jiménez Sánchez, Braulio "Babin" Hernandez*, Gil Bernal (tracks: B1, C3)
Timbales – Amadito Valdés
Tres – Papi Oviedo (tracks: B2)
Trombone – Alberto Muñoz, Jesús "Agauje" Ramos*, Jorge Leal
Trumpet – Alejandro Pichardo Pérez, Carmelo González, Daniel "El Gordo" Ramos*, Mañuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal*, Octavio Calderón, Yanko Pisaco Pichardo
Viola – Angél Zaldivar Copello, Lenor Bermúdez, Rafael Cutiño Diequez
Violin – Lázaro Ordóñez (tracks: A1)
Violin [1st] – Alyoth Marichal Castillo, José Conyedo Román, Julián Corrales Subidá, Pedro Depestre González
Violin [2nd] – Ariel Sarduy Méndez, Humberto Legat Yera, José Pérez Fuentes, Rogelio Martinez Murquercia
Vocals – Ibrahim Ferrer, José Antonio Rodriguez (tracks: C1), Omara Portuondo (tracks: C2), Teresita Garcia Caturla* (tracks: A3)

Backing Vocals – Estela Guzman Vega (tracks: A2, B3), José Antonio Rodriguez, Laura Flores Hernández (tracks: A2, B3), Lázaro Villa, Mañuel 'Puntillita' Licea, Michelle Alderete Espigul (tracks: A2, B3), Odette Telleria Orduña (tracks: A2, B3), Pío Leyva