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Con la Banda...El Recodo (English With the band...El Recodo) is the twenty-fourth studio album by Mexican singer Juan Gabriel, released on December 8, 1998. Mexican Banda Sinaloense group Banda El Recodo provided the music for the album. The album was recorded in two cities, in two diferent countries. Juan Gabriel and La Banda El Recodo began to record in Hugo's Digital Studios in Los Mochis, Sinaloa and then they flew out to New River Studios in Lauderdale, Florida. The album is a collection of upbeat banda dance music. Banda dance music includes the sounds of crashing symbols, oomping tuba and thumbing bass drum so for Juan Gabriel this was an exploration of newer Mexican music forms. The album did not sell many copies(550,000)however, it was well received as it was certified 2x Platinum in the United States and certified Platinum and Gold in Mexico. For five weeks, it maintained the position of number one on on Billboard and spent six weeks on the charts. Most of the songs on the album are reprises of past hits that Juan Gabriel wrote for himself and others and these reprises are actually the highlights of the album. Almost all the songs on the album were written by Juan Gabriel himself and he also sang all of them. La Banda El Recodo and Juan Gabriel never got the opportunity to perform the album live together but they did perform live a year prior to the release of the album. The performance took place at Pico Rivera in California. Before they ever got together to finally make an album, Juan Gabriel would often request them to accompany him during his live performances or in studio sessions. La Banda's success really caught the attention of Juan Gabriel's. La Banda El Recodo has gone through many personnel changes because they started off playing instrumental music but Juan Gabriel was able to step in and the results show that his contribution payed off.