Vinyl records

Victor Jara vinyl records

10 albums with 179 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez. Chilean poet and folk singer Born: 23rd September 1932 Lonquén, Chile He was murdered shortly after Pinochet's coup on September 11th 1973. His wife Joan Jara campaigned for justice for her husband and others murdered by the Pinochet regime and established the Victor Jara Foundation to perpetuate his music and values. Considered one of the most influential Latin American artists of the 20th century. After singing in a University Chorus, his musical career started in 1957 when he met who encouraged him to write his own songs. He joined Conjunto Cuncumen, a folk band that published an album that year of the same name where Victor sang "Se me ha escapado un suspiro".