Pedro Harras-Hecho En Venezuela / Musica Para Exportar

This was another international pickup from the hot spot of used international records, Half Price Books of Sugar Land.  This was $4.

There is no really any other way a putting it than Venezuela these days is a real messed up place.  Three weeks ago, there were anti-Maduro out over by the Galleria area.  Not going to really delve too deep into the subject being a full hemisphere over, nor being in a spot to lecture anyone as to how democracy works.  

So in regards to this album, this is a collection of songs from Venezuelan artists.  According to the back cover, the orchestra and choir is by Pedro Harras.  Songs are from such famous Venezuelans as Luis Felipe Ramon y Rivera, Rafael Gonzalez, and Jose La Riva Contreras.  I have heard from one source that this came out in the 60’s.  From another, I have heard 1973.  It was apparently made for export purposes, according to the title.

In fact most of the information I got on this record came from a Google translation from a fellow music blogger which I offer here:

“The disks of the seal BASF and POLYDOR have the defect of not indicating the year of production. Despite this, we occupy this place in the 1970s,

Once again, we have seen the need to edit the content to correct errors or omissions in copyright, which is a constant in MADE IN VENEZUELA discs.

We seem very good musical arrangements – with some resemblance to those of RAY CONNIFF – that this production offers us.”

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For a sample, I went with a tune co-written by Juan Vicente Torrealba entitled “Campesina”.  Good little number.

Anyway, decent little album of Venezuelan tunes which seems to have its own unique sound as compared to its neighbors.  I liked this record.  It seemed to share some characteristics with Northern Brazilian and Colombian music, yet it had its own flavor as well. Satisfactory.

 

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