THE PEANUT VENDOR - DON AZPIAZU RARE PICTURE DISC 78 - c1930's - 1950's RARE

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STUNNING L.P (You won't find another in a hurry)
 Sleeve - Original Generic Brown Paper Sleeve
Vinyl - Unbelievably Good for being so rare and old, Print still shiny new
Beautifully printed on the 78 Surface.
Possibly the first African Picture Disc!

Side A - Peanut Vendor (Rumba Foxtrot) DON AZPIAZU and his HAVANA CASINO ORCHESTRA Antonio Machin

Side B - True and sincere love - (Foxtrot) (Grenet)

*The Peanut Vendor (original title: "El Manisero") is a Cuban song based on a street-seller's cry, and known as a pregón. It is possibly the most famous piece of music created by a Cuban musician.[1] "The Peanut Vendor" has been recorded more than 160 times,[2] sold over a million copies of the sheet music, and was the first million-selling 78 rpm of Cuban music.

History

The score and lyrics of "El Manisero" were by the Cuban son of a Basque musician, Moises Simons (1889–1945).[3] It sold over a million copies of sheet music for E.B. Marks Inc., and this netted $100,000 in royalties for Simons by 1943.[4][5] Its success led to a 'rumba craze' in the US and Europe which lasted through the 1940s. The consequences of the Peanut Vendor's success were quite far-reaching.

The number was first sung and recorded by the vedette Rita Montaner in 1927 or 1928 for Columbia Records.[6] The biggest record sales for "El Manisero" came from the recording made by Don Azpiazú and his Havana Casino Orchestra in New York in 1930 for Victor Records. The band included a number of star musicians such as Julio Cueva (trumpet) and Mario Bauza (saxophone); Antonio Machín was the singer.[7] There seems to be no authoritative account of the number of 78 rpm records of this recording sold by Victor; but it seems likely that the number would have exceeded the sheet music sales, making it the first million-selling record of Cuban (or even latin) music.[8]

The lyrics were in a style based on street vendors' cries, a pregón; and the rhythm was a son, so technically this was a son-pregón. On the record label, however, it was called a rhumba-fox trot, not only the wrong genre, but misspelled as well.[9] After this, the term rumba was used as a general label for Cuban music, as salsa is today, because the numerous Cuban terms were not understood abroad. Rumba was easy to say and remember.