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Compay Segundo: Guitar, vocals, composer (2)
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Ibrahim Ferrer: Vocals, coro
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Rubén González: Piano, soloist, composer (1e)
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Omara Portuondo: Vocals
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Eliades Ochoa: Guitar, vocals, coro
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Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez: Bass, composer (5)
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Manuel "El Guajiro" Mirabal: Trumpet, coro
- Manuel Galbán: Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Jorge L. Chicoy: Electric guitar
- Swami Jr.: 7-string guitar
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Barbarito Torres: Laoud
- Adolfo Pichardo: Piano
- Roberto Fonseca: Piano
- Ramses M. González: Claves
- Miguel "Angá" Diaz: Congas, composer (5)
- Angel Terri Domech: Congas
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Amadito Valdés: Timbales
- Filiberto Sanchez: Timbales
- Roberto García: Bongos
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Carlos González: Bongos
- Joachim Cooder: Dumbek
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Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés: Maracas, coro
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Lázaro Villa: Maracas, coro
- Enrique Lazaga: Guiro
- Alejandro Pichardo: Trumpet, coro
- Luis Alemány Conde: Trumpet
- Yanko Pizaco Pichardo: Trumpet
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Yaure Muñiz: Trumpet
- Miguelito Valdés: Trumpet, soloist
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Jesús "Aguaje" Ramos: Trombone, coro
- Demetrio Muñiz: Trombone, coro
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Rafael "Jimmy" Jenks: Tenor sax
- Tony Jimenez: Tenor sax
- Ventura Gutiérrez: Baritone sax
- Javier Zalba: Alto sax, soprano sax
- Panthaleón Sánchez: Alto sax
- Julian Corrales: Violin
- Pedro Depestre: Violin
- Carlos Manuel Calunga: Vocals
- Idania Valdes Casuso: Coro
- Riena Hernández Centeno: Coro
- Caridad Valdés Menéndez: Coro
- Yaremi Alfonso Nápoles: Coro
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Arsenio Rodríguez: Composer (1, 11)
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Ignacio Piñeiro: Composer (3)
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Rolando Valdés: Composer (3)
- Miguel Failde: Composer (4)
- Ernesto Duarte: Composer (7)
- Alegre All-Stars: Composer (8)
- Gonzalo Roig: Composer (9)
- Francisco Simó Alberto Damirón: Composer (10)
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Miguel Matamoros: Composer (12)
- Nick Gold: Producer
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Ry Cooder: Producer
- Tim Jenkinson: Additional production, archive research
- Jerry Boys: Engineer, mixing
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Juan de Marcos González: Conductor, coro
- Bernie Grundman: Mastering
- Tom Leader: Mastering
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- Karl Haimel: Photography
- Christien Jaspars: Photography
- Nigel Williamson: Sleeve notes
