Year/Genre: 1970s, Latin/World
Matrix #: LP3S-38
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks great

Cultural Facts:

1. Vicente Fernández became the defining voice of modern ranchera, carrying a tradition rooted in rural Mexican identity into the mass-media era—records like this functioned as both entertainment and cultural continuity for families on both sides of the border.

2. His image—the charro suit, the larger-than-life romantic persona—wasn’t just branding; it was part of a long lineage linking music, nationalism, and the idea of dignity through hardship and pride.

3. In Mexican-American communities, Vicente’s records often lived in the same spaces as family gatherings and weekend rituals, making his catalog feel less like “nostalgia music” and more like a shared language across generations.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $20–26
VG+: $14–19
VG: $9–13
G+: $5–8

1/3/26 CC