Flamenco

Flamenco on vinyl: guitar and song from Andalusia

In short: Flamenco comes from Andalusia in southern Spain and combines song (cante), guitar (toque), dance (baile) and hand-clapping (palmas). It was shaped above all by the Andalusian Gitanos; since 2010 flamenco has been part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Vinyl Room currently has 20 flamenco records.

What is flamenco?

The guitar as a solo instrument: Sabicas is represented with “Soul Of Flamenco” and “Solo Flamenco”, as is Carlos Montoya – both made the flamenco guitar known internationally. Rafael Riqueni plays on “Juego De Niños”, José Menese sings on “... Los Que Pisan La Tierra...”.

Flamenco meets pop: in the seventies Santa Esmeralda combined disco with flamenco guitars, the Gipsy Kings from the south of France combined rumba flamenca with pop; Rosalía is here with “Motomami”, an album that mixes flamenco roots with reggaeton and pop.

What to look for

Our flamenco records range from the fifties to today; label, catalogue number and year of release help you tell which edition you have – it’s noted with each copy.

From our stock

First pressings

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FAQ

Where does flamenco come from? From Andalusia in southern Spain.

What do cante, toque and baile mean? Song, guitar playing and dance.

Since when has flamenco been cultural heritage? Since 2010 it has been part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Which flamenco records do you have? Here, for example, Sabicas’s “Soul Of Flamenco” and Rafael Riqueni’s “Juego De Niños”.