There was also something about the sounds of “Buena Vista Social Club”. It was recorded in real time at Havana’s venerable Egrem studio, on analogue tape, on a rickety tape recorder (which needed repair on the first day of sessions) and without any flashy finishing, which gave the music an extra patina. In 1996, you …

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