Vinyl records

La Sonora Matancera vinyl records

10 albums with 115 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Initially known as "Septeto Soprano", this Cuban group, created in 1924, adapted its name to "La Sonora Matancera" in 1932. From 1949 to 1950, Myrta Silva (a.k.a. "La Gorda De Oro") was the lead singer in this legendary Cuban salsa-group. Later, on August 3, 1950, Celia Cruz replaced Myrta Silva, who had returned to her native Puerto Rico. Celia Cruz left the group in 1965 only to be re-united 17 years later at a concert at Madison Square Gardens as a tribute to her. After Rogelio Martínez died in 2001, it was the end of La Sonora Matancera. Often considered an amateur Sonora Matancera the original no longer exists.