The great gypsy guitarist Manitas de Plata at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
with Hyppolite Balliardo, Manero Balliardo, Ricardo Bissaro in a programme which includes fandangos, bulerias, tarantas, and gypsy rumbas, with an audience of 5,000 clapping and stamping to the exciting flamenco rhythms.
About Manitas de Plata's concert appearances the Press comments:
"...held a huge and knowledgeable audience spellbound" (The Times)
"...swept from obscurity to international fame" (Daily Express)
"...uninhibited exploitation of the utmost resources of the guitar" (Daily Telegraph)
"...gypsy guitarist from Montpellier has become one of the hottest personalities in France" (New York Herald Tribune)
Introduced by Richard Baker.
Manitas de Plata appears by arrangement with Robert Paterson
(Colour)