Flor Silvestre (album)

Flor Silvestre is a studio album by Mexican singer Flor Silvestre, released in 1959 by Musart Records.[1] It is Flor Silvestre's first Musart album and contains the hit singles she recorded for the label in the late 1950s.

Flor Silvestre
Studio album by
Released1959
Recorded1957–1959
Genre
LabelMusart Records
Flor Silvestre chronology
Flor Silvestre
(1959)
Flor Silvestre con el Mariachi México
(1963)

The album was reissued several times in its original LP format. In 2008, an abridged version of the album, Laguna de pesares, was released digitally.

Background

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This is Flor Silvestre's first studio album for Musart. Flor had only recorded singles and tracks for soundtrack albums prior to the release of this album.

According to the liner notes, Musart took "great care in choosing songs that are most appropriate for the style and tessitura of such a unique singer [Flor Silvestre]".[2]

Track listing

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Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."El ramalazo"Tomás Méndez 
2."Qué bonito amor"José Alfredo Jiménez 
3."Te fuiste y qué"Federico Curiel 
4."Por su culpa"José Pantoja 
5."La flor de la canela"Chabuca Granda 
6."Échame a mí la culpa"José Ángel Espinoza 

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ay el amor"Tomás Méndez 
2."Lágrimas del alma"Bony Villaseñor 
3."Laguna de pesares"Tomás Méndez 
4."Quién te lo dijo"Tomás Méndez 
5."Amémonos"Manuel María Flores (lyrics)
Carlos Montbrun Ocampo (music)
 
6."Todo se paga en la vida"
 

Personnel

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  • Mariachi México – accompaniment
  • Mariachi Zapopan – accompaniment

References

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  1. ^ Schwann Supplementary Catalog. W. Schwann. 1970. p. 97. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ Liner notes from the Musart LP D-481, Flor Silvestre.
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