Following on from their disappointing (some might even say unnecessary) release of Enrique Rodríguez in April (same tracks as Reliquias, poor fidelity), July saw another new release on Tango Collection: an album of Troilo instrumentals which includes those rare tracks from Troilo’s 1938 session with Odeón: Comme il faut and Tinta verde. EMI Odeón, to their shame, have never reprinted these tracks. So, how is this new album?! Because when I saw the track list I was quite excited, and hopeful that this would be another classic from RGS.
Sadly, the new CD is disappointing to the experienced ear. There is way too much noise reduction especially on the Odeón tracks. Now, what one makes of this depends a lot on the listener. If you mostly listen to tango music in your kitchen, the excessive noise reduction will not be offensive – it’s no worse, for instance, than the RCA-Victor 100 Años D’Agostino-Vargas CD, which we all liked at the time. So in summary, the kitchen tanguero will be delighted, but for the connoisseur the new CD is little short of a disaster. Place yourself on this spectrum and then decide whether you want one – don’t worry, I won’t tell any one ;-)

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