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EP record "Música Infantil," Vol. VII (Areíto/EGREM 7″ 45 rpm EP, EPA-6366)
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A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in an illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label — the seventh volume of a numbered Música Infantil (children's music) series. Six children's songs, performed by the credited interpreter "Amigo" with the Orquesta I.C.R. under artistic-musical director Carlos Ansa. Side A: "El Gallo Ciriaco" (Adelaida Suárez), "Qué Lindo es Sembrar" (C. Torriente–W. Riquelme), "El Chinito" (credited to Cri-Cri); Side B: "Las Mascaritas" (Gloria Agramonte), "El Barquito de Papel" (C. Torriente–E. Almanza), "El Mono Tilingo" (Wilfredo Riquelme); arrangements by E. Almanza, W. Riquelme, and Carlos Ansa. The light-blue Areíto disc label bears the Taíno cemí device, "45 R.P.M.," "EPA-6366."
2025.1.289
The disc is a direct tie-in between two state institutions: EGREM, the record monopoly, and the I.C.R. — the Instituto Cubano de Radiodifusión, Cuba's state broadcaster — whose children's programming supplied the recordings, performed by the broadcaster's own Orquesta I.C.R. under Carlos Ansa. It shows how revolutionary childhood was mediated through an institutional apparatus: radio/TV content for children, repackaged as records for the home. The repertoire is revealing — mostly Cuban children's songs ("El Gallo Ciriaco," "Las Mascaritas," "El Barquito de Papel," "El Mono Tilingo"), with at least one title, "El Chinito," credited to Cri-Cri (the Mexican children's songwriter Francisco Gabilondo Soler), placing Cuban material within the wider pan-Latin-American children's-song canon; "Qué Lindo es Sembrar" ("How Lovely It Is to Sow") carries the kind of agricultural/labor theme that fit revolutionary pedagogy. Priced $4:00.
45 RPM Record
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
2025.1
Carlos Ansa
Artistic Direction
Areíto
1973
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Spanish
The front cover is an original illustration — a folded paper boat on stylized blue waves, a palm-tree islet, a radiant sun, and gulls — signed "Amaury /73"; the back repeats the program and notes "diseño o amaury febles," "Producido y distribuido por egrem – La Habana-Cuba (Curva RIAA)," and, crucially, "Las grabaciones de este disco corresponden a la programación infantil del I.C.R."
Dating: firmly 1973 — the cover is signed "Amaury /73"; the catalog number EPA-6366 is consistent with the post-1969 EPA series, and the pre-1976 "I.C.R." name corroborates the date.
El gallo ciriaco
Adelaida Elisa Suárez Hernández
E. Almanza
Composer
Spanish
Que lindo es sembrar
Wilfredo Riquelme
Composer
C. Torriente
Spanish
El chinito
E. Almanza
Composer
Cri-Cri
Spanish
Las mascaritas
Gloria Agramonte
Carlos Ansa
Composer
Spanish
El barquito de papel
C. Torriente
E. Almanza
Composer
Spanish
El mono tilingo
Wilfredo Riquelme
Composer
Spanish
18.5 cm
18 cm
vinyl, record case
Case
Fair
María A. Cabrera Arús
María R. Cabrera Arús
owners
I.C.R.
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Credits to verify: artistic-musical direction Carlos Ansa; arrangers E. Almanza and W. (Wilfredo) Riquelme; composers Adelaida Suárez, C. Torriente, Gloria Agramonte, Wilfredo Riquelme; "El Chinito" attributed to Cri-Cri (Gabilondo Soler) — the specific song should be confirmed. Open question — "Amigo": the credited interpreter is likely a character or host from I.C.R. children's programming; identity unconfirmed and worth researching.