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Post #761253 by martian-tiki on Mon, Mar 21, 2016 9:42 PM

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Two versions of what I suspect is a fairly rare record.
(On the other hand these may go for 25cents in Cuba)

It would be nice to rescue/pirate this - but $300 is a bit much for me at the moment - but maybe not for you - if you don't feel like hunting for the likely $20 unsigned and never owned by anyone Sepy knew ones in a European shop.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-HF-LP-Sepy-Presents-La-Bodeguita-del-Medio-Cuba-Riverside-Records-L59-/222060141680?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Framed-Mint-Cond-HF-LP-Sepy-Presents-La-Bodeguita-del-Medio-Cuba-L60-/322046743490?

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Vintage Inscribed and Signed HF LP “Sepy Presents: La Bodeguita del Medio” Havana, Cuba Riverside Records –L59

Up for sale is this High Fidelity Recording LP: Sepy Presents: La Bodeguita del Medio, The Music of Havana's Most Fabulous Cafe. Recorded by Riverside Records and Produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc., New York, 1957. Cover Photograph courtesy of Sepy Dobronyi. RLP 12-815. Music led by composer, Carlos Puebla and includes Santiago Martinez and Pedro Sosa a remarkable Trio (all songs are in Spanish). This particular LP is inscribed and signed by Sepy 1959 (To the first woman in my king size bed Sepy X–a 1959. For more information please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepy_Dobronyi

Dobronyi was also the co-owner of the Bodeguita del Medio, located near Cathedral Plaza in Havana, Cuba, which was the hangout for the jet setters of that era. In 1951, Dobronyi convinced owner Angel Martinez to convert his store into a tavern. There it became the hub of not only the art community but also of the social circles. Close friends were Ernest and Mary Hemingway, Hugh Hefner, Nat King Cole, John Wayne and Errol Flynn to name a few.

Size: 12-1/4” H x 12-1/4” W

Weight: Approx. 10 oz. plus shipping carton

Provenance: Private Collection.