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EP record "Linda Soroa" — Ramón Veloz with the guitars of Ojeda (Areíto/EGREM 7″ 45 rpm EP, EPA-6133)
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A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in its illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label (the red-and-white disc label bears the Taíno cemí device and the slogan "La música cubana alrededor del mundo"). It collects four numbers in the Cuban guajira / música campesina idiom sung by Ramón Veloz, accompanied by "las guitarras de Ojeda." Side A: "En Mi Cuba Tropical" (guajira-son, by Roberto de Moya) and "Linda Soroa" (guajira, by Roberto Font); Side B: "Guasabeándome" (son montuno) and "Solito, Muy Solito" (guajira montuno), both by Sergio G. Siaba. The front cover shows a young woman in a red-and-white striped sleeveless top, seated in profile with her hands clasped over one knee, before a soft-focus green cascade — an image evoking Soroa, the Pinar del Río waterfall-and-orchid resort named in the title track. The back credits the color illustration to "Divulgación INIT," the sleeve design to Noelvis (Díaz), gives the catalog number EP-6133, and notes "Producido y distribuido por egrem – La Habana – Cuba – (Curva RIAA)." Condition: heavily aged and edge-worn sleeve, foxed and stained; a pencilled "225" (likely a price or inventory mark) appears on the back.
EP record "Linda Soroa" — Ramón Veloz with the guitars of Ojeda (Areíto/EGREM 7″ 45 rpm EP, EPA-6133)
EP record "Linda Soroa" — Ramón Veloz with the guitars of Ojeda (Areíto/EGREM 7″ 45 rpm EP, EPA-6133) - Image 2
EP record "Linda Soroa" — Ramón Veloz with the guitars of Ojeda (Areíto/EGREM 7″ 45 rpm EP, EPA-6133) - Image 3
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EGREM, Cuba's state recording enterprise (founded 1964), issued it on Areíto; the cover image came from the publicity ("divulgación") department of INIT, the Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turística, which was created on November 20, 1959. INIT's early mandate centered on domestic tourism — making the island's beaches and beauty spots accessible to ordinary Cubans — and Soroa was exactly that kind of attraction. The music reinforces the message: the guajira and son montuno repertoire idealizes the Cuban countryside, and the title track is a sung tribute to a specific Cuban place. Ramón Veloz (1927–1986), born in Marianao, Havana, was the leading voice of the guajira de salón and música campesina; with his cancionero-tenor voice he turned especially to the guajira genre, developing a social and cultural interest in the life of the Cuban peasant, and he later co-founded the long-running television program "Palmas y Cañas" dedicated to this music, with his wife and artistic partner Coralia Fernández.
45 RPM Record
Music
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
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Ramón Veloz
Singer
Areíto
guajira
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Spanish
Model Luz María Collazo is photographed with the Soroa falls in the background.
Design by Noelvis Díaz Dating: no printed date. The Areíto/EGREM imprint (EGREM founded 1964) and the "Divulgación INIT" credit (INIT active 1959–1976) bracket it; the catalog number EPA-6133 sits below the EPA-6301 of the Enrique Bonne EP catalogued earlier, suggesting a slightly earlier release — best dated to the mid-1960s (c. 1964–1967).
En mi Cuba Tropical
Roberta de Moya
Composer
Linda Soroa
Roberto Font
Composer
Guasabeandome
Sergio G. Siaba
Composer
Solito, muy colito
Sergio G. Siaba
Composer
Inscription
back cover
EP-6133
Note
back cover
2 25
$2.25
Pencil
18.5 cm
18.5 cm
vinyl, record case
Case
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
owner
INIT
ilustration
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
production, ownership
Soroa
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
imagery
Names to confirm: "las guitarras de Ojeda" likely refers to a guitar group led by Miguel Ojeda, a laudista/guitarist long associated with Veloz (they played together in the Trío Cubanacán) — worth verifying.
Provenance mark: the pencilled "225" on the back is probably a shop price ($2.25)