It is his first album. Recorded with the Boîte à
Musique, Paris, 1974. A bilingual record, in Galician and Castilian, it contains songs
inspired by the poems of Rosalía de Castro, Celso Emilio Ferreiro, Darío Xoán Cabana,
Nicolás Guillén, Luis López Álvarez, Miguel Hernández and Prada himself...
Amancio Prada´s guitar playing is accompanied by his habitual collaborator during the
bohemian Parisian days and in subsequent recordings, Eduardo Gattinoni, on the cello.
Vida e Morte (Life and Death) was published in Spain by
Hispavox. It is the only record which, so far, has not been reissued in CD format.