<I>Recordando El Ayer</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1976
name: label: Recorded by
content: Celia Cruz, Cuban American, 1925 - 2003
label: Published by
content: Fania Records, Inc., founded 1964
label: Recorded by
content: Johnny Pacheco, Dominican, 1935 - 2021
label: Recorded by
content: Justo Betancourt, Cuban, born 1940
label: Recorded by
content: Papo Lucca, Puerto Rican, born 1946
notes: label: Description
content: A long-playing record entitled “Recordando El Ayer.” The album consists of a single vinyl long-playing record (2015.195.34a), which features a pink-and-orange patterned label with a notched center hole. In the top half of the label, the record company’s logo [VAYA] appears in bold white letters (it is this logo that is repeated on the label to create the pattern). In the bottom half of the label, the tracks, as well as their respective artists and track lengths, are printed in black letters. On Side A, the following tracks appear, “Besito de Coco,” “Ritmo, Tambor Y Flores,” “Se Wue Tu,” “Reina Rumba,” and “Vamos a Guarachah;” while Side B lists the following tracks, “La Equivocada,” “Ahora Si,” “Cuando Tu Me Querias,” “Verbero Moderno” and “Guillate.”
label: Description
content: An album jacket (2015.195.34b) accompanies the vinyl record. The front cover features a photograph of Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Justo Betancourt and Papo Lucca. The four individuals stand in front of an orange background with two plants behind them. The men wear traditional rumba shirts, while Celia Cruz, who stands in the middle, wears a pink-and-white dress. The back cover is lime green. In the center, there are four portraits, one of Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Justo Betnacourt and Papo Lucca. On the inside of the album jacket, there are portraits of the four performers, as well as short bios of each. Lee Marshall and Ron Levine are credited as the photographer and designer respectively.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Salsa (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.195.34ab
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1976 Vaya Records
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl , cardboard and ink
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (a. disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b. album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1/8 in. (31.4 × 31.4 × 0.3 cm)