This is the best Chilean album of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine. It contains the latest compositions by Violeta Parra, including her global hit 'Gracias a la vida'.

It was recorded for RCA Víctor at the end of 1966, despite the artist had signed a deal with EMI Odeon and released her previous albums on this label.

After spending some time in Europe, Violeta Parra was back in Chile and wanted to record her most recent songs, filled with lyrics inspired by personal life’s disappointments and social topics. The album contains great songs such as ‘Run Run se fue pa'l Norte’, ‘Maldigo del alto cielo’, ‘Rin del angelito’ and the global hit ‘Gracias a la vida’.

This is the very last album released while Violeta Parra was still alive as she would kill herself only four months later, in February 1967.

In 1974 a new version of the album was released featuring string arrangements by Chilean composer Nino García and new artwork, a full-color illustration based on the black and white photo of the original album cover. This became the most popular version of the album available in decades. The ownership of the original master tapes has been the subject of judicial disputes since the late 1990s and until very recent times, which explains the difficulty in having access to the original work, as originally conceived, throughout this period.

We are now glad to present “Las últimas composiciones de Violeta Parra” as originally released in 1966, with remastered sound from the tapes and the original artwork.