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His contributions to the world of music are immeasurable, making him an influential figure in contemporary American music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-meeting-by-the-river-analogue-productions","title":"A Meeting By The River Analogue Productions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican composer, musicologist and guitar legend Ry Cooder teams with North Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to create an exquisite musical realm, with both musicians playing exceptional slide guitar. Their collaboration evokes musical elements from many cultures and styles. Percussion by Sukhvindar Singh on tabla and Cooder's 14-year-old son Joachim on dumbek. 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The iconic track \"Paris, Texas\" helped the album earn critical acclaim, including a BAFTA for Best Film Music. Cooder's score perfectly captured the film's themes of isolation and redemption. It's been more than four decades since the film was awarded the 1984 Palme d'Or at its acclaimed Cannes Film Festival debut. The film's mystifying personae and desolate neo-western vistas have lost none of their original intrigue, thanks in large part to Ry Cooder's iconic soundtrack — a defining showpiece by a slide guitar savant. Recorded over three days, his music plays a pivotal mood-setting role, providing a plangent underpinning for German director Wim Wenders' postcard renderings of Americana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ry Cooder\u003c\/b\u003e created the sound of a lonely American road, in the sunset, with the desert dust creeping. 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All tracks are handled with the right amount of his own music personality and with respect to the original recordings. His dirty blues style is nesting in your mind, with his slide guitar and instrumental strength. Highlights are the title songs, the instrumental Hispanic ballad for \u003ci\u003eMaria Elena\u003c\/i\u003e and a touching version of\u003ci\u003e Dark End of the Street.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Music On Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"LP - Silver","offer_id":50449182884171,"sku":"1069292","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black (Speakers Corner Version)","offer_id":56923926135115,"sku":"R2888-6319","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/af2a92af-066e-4ba7-a8ac-a3f128c83370_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727099965"},{"product_id":"borderline-1","title":"Borderline","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist Ry Cooder continued his movement towards R\u0026amp;B, but added an extra touch of the American Southwest with \u003ci\u003eBop Til You Drop's\u003c\/i\u003e successor \u003ci\u003eBorderline\u003c\/i\u003e. The 1980 release, and Cooder's ninth studio album, kept a primarily electric sound and included terrific finds like the Tex-Mex-flavoured \u003ci\u003eThe Girls from Texas\u003c\/i\u003e a cover of Billy 'The Kid' Emerson's 'Crazy \u003ci\u003eBout an Automobile\u003c\/i\u003e and Cooder's take on Wilson Pickett's 1966 hit 634-5789..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e180 Gram Vinyl cut from Analogue Masters\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50458120454475,"sku":"369066","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/49832cfb-f66c-4211-b726-e211b23a1d4f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727210019"},{"product_id":"into-the-purple-valley","title":"Into The Purple Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003ewith an emphasis on eclecticism, intricate syncopations and dazzling slide guitar and mandolin work, ry cooder's into the purple valley remains one of the artist's most intriguing and influential albums. while the lp's tune stack ranges from the charming calypso strains of \"f.d.r. in trinidad\" to a dark-hued version of woody guthrie's \"vigilante man\", into the purple valley also highlights little known songs of the dust bowl era, rediscovered and reworked by cooder with distinctive and authentic musical touches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50462560846155,"sku":"132837","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d1471d93-50de-4d64-a9ec-65aa61036312_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727258250"},{"product_id":"the-border","title":"The Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoundtrack to The Border - one of Ry's finest. 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Displaying a voracious eclecticism that eventually took him light-years from his traditionalist roots, and the kind of slide-guitar playing that could make a lizard crawl down a wall, cooder turned out a series of dazzling 1980s film soundtracks - including 'the border' (1982).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracks: Earthquake \/ Across The Borderline \/ Maria \/ Texas Bop \/ Highway \/ Palomita \/ Rio Grande \/ Too Late \/ No Quiero \/ Skin Game \/ El Scorcho \/ Building Fires \/ Nino\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BGO","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50483120275787,"sku":"274710","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/19a6e966-7bc8-4041-9cc8-ac3e5f6c93b1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727561586"},{"product_id":"trespass-original-motion-picture-score","title":"Trespass - Original Motion Picture Score","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe film score to the 1992 film \u003ci\u003eTrespass\u003c\/i\u003e was performed by Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner, along with Jon Hassell. 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With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo – joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass – the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonesuch","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50522536706379,"sku":"1143447","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50522536935755,"sku":"1143446","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/48a9daa1-274d-4756-b00f-2af18fcea626_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728011434"},{"product_id":"the-main-point-live-1972-io","title":"The Main Point - Live 1972 - RSD 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuy in-store on Record Store Day (12\/04\/2025). This product is an RSD Exclusive title and is not available to pre-order. 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