Rubén Blades y Son del Solar... Live! or also known as Live! is the third live album by Panamanian singer Rubén Blades and the first with the band Son Del Solar released on March 20, 1990. For WEA International Inc. and Elektra Records. The album contains all the featured songs from Blades albums from 1984 (with Buscando América) to 1988 (with Antecedente ), with songs like Decisiones (Live), El Padre Antonio (Live) and also including his hit Pedro Navaja (Live). A song that was not in his stay in Elektra but was in Fania Records on his 1978 album Siembra.
Background After recording his curious English album Nothing But the Truth in 1988 Blades said goodbye to Elektra to go to Sony Music until 2002 with his studio album Mundo.
Recordings and songs Blades He wanted to record this album with Son Del Solar to give it a touch of eccentricity, also taking from Gabriel García Márquez the song Cuentas Del Alma, Ojos De Perro azul that was included in his album Crossover Dreams. I also include his success in Elektra Decisiones and Pedro Navaja. He also rewrote the song Muévete originally recorded by Los Van Van.
Track listing All songs from Live! were written and composed by Rubén Blades except Muévete written by Juan Formell y Los Van Van.
Musicians Obtained from Jazz en la Web (in Spanish):
Performers Oscar Hernandez: Piano Mike Viñas: Bass Ralph Irizarry: Timpani Edwin "Eddy" Montalvo: Congas Arturo Ortiz: Synthesizers Robby Ameen: Drums Roger Paiz: Bongos Marc Quiñones: Congas Angel "Papo" Vásquez, Reynaldo Jorge, Leopoldo Pineda: Trombones
Staff Obtained and adapted from Discogs:
Credits Art Direction – Carol Bobolts Composed by Cesar Miró* (Tracks: 5), Rubén Blades* (Tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9) Engineer – Jerry Solomon Lead Vocals – Rubén Blades Mixed by Jon Fausty Photography by Frank W. Ockenfels III Original lyrics and music written by Juan Formell (Tracks:9)
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