Long Out Of Print Grammy-Winning, Dreamy Cuban Swing Classic Remastered & Presented As Gatefold 2LP-Set With D-Side Etching

In a career that began in 1970 and reached a high point with the production of 1997's Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club project – the biggest-selling World Music album in history – Ry Cooder has created a body of work that may represent one of the broadest ranges of material ever recorded by an American popular musician. As a virtuoso guitarist, producer, and collaborator, he has acquired legendary status among fellow musicians, music fans, and guitar afficionados.

In 2003, his first record as producer and featured artist in fifteen years was a collaboration with the Cuban guitarist and keyboard player Manuel Galbán, a member of the 1960's group Los Zafiros – the influential Cuban doo-wop quartet – whom Cooder referred to as "the last man twanging in Havana." Galbán pioneered a tough, surf-guitar style that is considered unique in Cuban music, and even in his 60's, he was still drawn to experimentation. As Cooder put it, "I thought we might be able to get off the main road and go somewhere fun and interesting together."

That musical trip is the stunning Grammy Award-winning Mambo Sinuendo. Twin electric guitars penetrate the cool mysteries of mambo-jazz and harken back to a point in the late 50's when Cuban popular music began to hint at a fusion of American pop-jazz and futuristic creations of musicians such as Perez Prado, who were leading Cuban music away from traditionalism. The sound spread into America as lounge music and typified an era of martinis, leopard print sofas and chrome-dappled Cadillacs – like the '59 Eldorado on the cover.

Cooder noted, "You can look at this as a road trip through different wordless fantasy landscapes. Sometimes you're in bright daylight, sometimes the streets are dark and empty. You're riding with the Conjunto Sinuendo: drummers Jim Keltner and Joachim Cooder, conga-player "Anga" Diaz, and bassist Cachaito Lopez, to hold you on the road. The music is powerful, lyrical, and funny...high-performance twang – what more could you ask?"