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Title: Gato Barbieri - Ruby, Ruby
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1977, Jazz, Latin Jazz Fusion, Rosario, Argentina 6/26
Matrix #: SP 4655
Condition: Mint (TC) | Members: Gato B (32' - 16')
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle: Barbieri built much of his career outside Argentina while 70s political violence and exile shaped how Latin American artists were heard abroad.
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Political Science: His earlier Chapter albums carried explicit Third World liberation themes, giving his later A&M crossover records a deeper political backstory.
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Media Narrative: After Last Tango In Paris made him visible beyond jazz circles, A&M sold Barbieri as both sensual film-score figure and serious Latin American voice