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A1	Chekeré Son Written-By – Paquito D´ Rivera*	9:53
A2	Quince Minutos Written-By – Chucho Valdés	5:36
A3	La Semilla Written-By – Chucho Valdés	4:34
B1	La Comparsa Written-By – Ernesto Lecuona	5:59
B2	Camaguey Written-By – Chucho Valdés	5:33
B3	Cha Cha Cha Written-By – Chucho Valdés	4:36

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Estudios EGREM
• Mixed At – Victor Studio
• Designed At – Mizuno Design House
• Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
• Distributed By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Paquito D´ Rivera*
• Bass, Bass Guitar [Guitar Bass], Tuba – Carlos Del Puerto
• Congas [Tumbadora], Bata [Tambores Batá], Percussion [En General] – Jorge Alfonso
• Congas [Tumbadora], Bata [Tambores Batá], Timbales [Paila], Bongos, Percussion [Engeneral], Lead Vocals [Cantante Del Grupo] – Oscar Valdés
• Design – Hiron
• Drums – Enrique Plá
• Engineer [Recording] – Antonio Lopez*
• Engineer [Recording], Mixed By [Mixdown] – Sakae Sekine
• Executive-Producer – Shoo Kaneko
• Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Flugelhorn [Fliscorino] – Carlos Emilio Morales
• Percussion [Percusión Cubana], Vocals – Armando Cuervo
• Photography By – Roberto Salas*
• Piano, Organ, Keyboards [Bajo De Teclas], Leader [Director Del Grupo] – Chucho Valdés
• Producer – Tadao Tokoro
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute – Carlos Averoff*
• Trumpet, Trombone [Trombóne De Pistones], Percussion – Arturo Sandoval, Jorge Varona

Notes

Recorded at EGREM Studio in Havana, Cuba, on May 25 ~ June 1, 1979
Mixdown at Victor studio, Tokyo, Japan
Manufactured & distributed by Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Made in Japan
¥ 2,500

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Gatefold sleeve.
Track A1 erroneously credited to Chucho Valdés on center label.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A): JVC-6001-A
• Matrix / Runout (B): JVC-6001-B
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Center labels, circled): 3

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M-9103	Irakere	Chekeré Son ‎(LP, Album)	Milestone Records	M-9103	Japan	1981
VICJ-23150	Irakere	Chekeré Son ‎(CD, Album, RE)	JVC	VICJ-23150	Japan	1993
M-9103	Irakere	Chekeré Son ‎(LP, Album)	Milestone Records	M-9103	US	1982
VIP-6691	Irakere	Chekeré Son ‎(LP, Album)	JVC	VIP-6691	Malaysia	Unknown
EG-13.047	Irakere	Chekere Son ‎(LP, Album)	Integra	EG-13.047	Venezuela	1979

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