Talk:Buena Vista Social Club (album)

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The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) Article requirements: Y All the start class criteria Y A completed infobox, including cover art and most technical details Y At least one section of prose (excluding the lead section) N A track listing containing track lengths and authors for all songs N A full list of personnel, including technical personnel and guest musicians Y Categorisation at least by artist and year Y A casual reader should learn something about the album. Andrzejbanas (talk) 05:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Contents 1 members-only club 2 Some disambiguation needed? 3 Questionable Claim in Article 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Buenavistasocialclubalbumcover.jpeg

[edit] members-only club

For me clubs are members-only per defenition; if you are in it then you are a member :). So the formulation "members-only club" says the same thing twice (there is a word for that in retoric, but it escapes me). Thue | talk 13:52, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I think it refers to an actual building wherein only members could enter - I agree clubs imply membership, but a (e.g.) night club needn't necessarily restrict entry only to members of said club. So there ya go. (Anonymous)

[edit] Some disambiguation needed?

I think some degree of disambiguation is needed on this page because from what I know the Buena Vista Social Club can indicate more than what is here.

Right now the Buena Vista Social Club wikipedia entry only consists of two things; the album and the movie. The name, however, also includes "a membership club that was at its height during the 1940s" which is only briefly mentioned. Lots of music (vinyls and CDs too) were produced and lovingly preserved by cuban music lovers. Some history could be included as well.

I don't really know enough on this to write the article - can someone more knowledgeable than me help out?

[edit] Questionable Claim in Article

I don't believe that it is true that "The musicians featured on this album were all once part of the Buena Vista Social Club, a membership club that was at its height during the 1940s;", as claimed in the article. At the very least, it is questionable and requires something to back it up (e.g. a citation). In the documentary movie of the same name, on the director's audio commentary track (which can be enabled under "special features" on the DVD), the director claims that Compay Segundo had in fact never been to the location of the Buena Vista Social Club. This is during the segment where Compay is driving around asking everyone where it is - another indication that he probably wasn't a "member". In addition, I got the impression (although I am by no means certain) that the club was actually a music and dance club that was open to the public.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Buenavistasocialclubalbumcover.jpeg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)