Who would have imagined that decades later, in 2025, copies of the vinyl—long thought lost after the original master was destroyed in a fire—would resurface. From those copies, the music was remastered, rising again like a phoenix from the ashes.
—Sharon Riley Rexach
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More than fifty years after its original release, the rare and long-lost album Sylvia Rexach en la Voz de Sharon Riley has been carefully restored and remastered, allowing audiences to once again hear this important recording of Puerto Rican música bohemia. It is scheduled for release on all digital streaming platforms on October 17th, 2025.
The album, recorded in the early 1970s, features actress and vocalist Sharon Riley Rexach, daughter of Puerto Rico’s beloved composer Sylvia Rexach, performing her mother’s songs. She was accompanied by guitarist Tutti Umpierre, one of the era’s defining interpreters of the bohemian guitar style, with production by José Pagán at his famed Eco Sound studio. As noted in the original liner notes, Pagán gave the project ad honorem, lending his technical mastery and devotion to ensure Sylvia Rexach’s music reached a new generation.
“I was working at Telemundo Channel 2 in Puerto Rico, acting in telenovelas” said Sharon. “One of my co-workers was José Pagán. At first, he was a coordinator technician on the studio floor, but later he became a director of telenovelas. One afternoon, José approached me with a suggestion. He wanted me to sing my mother’s songs, the music of Sylvia Rexach, together with Tutti Umpierre. His idea was to record a LP at his recording studio, EcoSound. I was only twenty-four years old at the time, so young and eager. I immediately said yes. Money was never part of it, it was simply his dream to make this record. We recorded the entire album in a single afternoon. Who would have imagined that decades later, in 2025, copies of the vinyl — long thought lost after the original master was destroyed in a fire — would resurface. From those copies, the music was remastered, rising again like a phoenix from the ashes.”
In recent years, Sharon Riley has found a new artistic home collaborating with Puerto Rican vocalist
More than fifty years after its original release, the rare and long-lost album Sylvia Rexach en la Voz de Sharon Riley has been carefully restored and remastered, allowing audiences to once again hear this important recording of Puerto Rican música bohemia. It is scheduled for release on all digital streaming platforms on October 17th, 2025.
The album, recorded in the early 1970s, features actress and vocalist Sharon Riley Rexach, daughter of Puerto Rico’s beloved composer Sylvia Rexach, performing her mother’s songs. She was accompanied by guitarist Tutti Umpierre, one of the era’s defining interpreters of the bohemian guitar style, with production by José Pagán at his famed Eco Sound studio. As noted in the original liner notes, Pagán gave the project ad honorem, lending his technical mastery and devotion to ensure Sylvia Rexach’s music reached a new generation.
“I was working at Telemundo Channel 2 in Puerto Rico, acting in telenovelas” said Sharon. “One of my co-workers was José Pagán. At first, he was a coordinator technician on the studio floor, but later he became a director of telenovelas. One afternoon, José approached me with a suggestion. He wanted me to sing my mother’s songs, the music of Sylvia Rexach, together with Tutti Umpierre. His idea was to record a LP at his recording studio, EcoSound. I was only twenty-four years old at the time, so young and eager. I immediately said yes. Money was never part of it, it was simply his dream to make this record. We recorded the entire album in a single afternoon. Who would have imagined that decades later, in 2025, copies of the vinyl — long thought lost after the original master was destroyed in a fire — would resurface. From those copies, the music was remastered, rising again like a phoenix from the ashes.”
In recent years, Sharon Riley has found a new artistic home collaborating with Puerto Rican vocalist
Más de cincuenta a?os después de su lanzamiento original, el raro y largamente perdido álbum Sylvia Rexach en la Voz de Sharon Riley ha sido cuidadosamente restaurado y remasterizado, permitiendo que el público vuelva a escuchar esta importante grabación de la música bohemia puertorrique?a. Su lanzamiento en todas las plataformas digitales está programado para el 17 de octubre de 2025.
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