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Cuesta Arriba Tango Club

Cuesta Abajo, Cuesta Arriba

One of the themes of tango lyrics has been the idea of being dragged downwards by life: cuesta abajo (downwards) in Gardel's famous song, or more forcefully, bajofondo: down to the bottom, a word instantly identified firstly with the famous lyric of Catulo Castillo, La última curda (the final binge), and now with the Bajofondo Tango Club

Now it's true that there's good stuff buried down in the mud, but this isn't an aspect brought out by tango lyrics! So instead we've decided to call our club cuesta arriba - upwards. And there's a tango lyric with this title as well.

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This month's cds (May 2013):

The Masters of Tango - Pedro Láurenz: Patria Mía
The Masters of Tango - Aníbal Troilo - Tres y dos Francisco Canaro - Instrumentales de Colección Tango Collection - Rosita Quiroga

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The Masters of Tango - Pedro Láurenz: Patria Mía

LCDM 2742314

A wonderful new CD of Pedro Láurenz, one of the most important orchestras of the Golden Age who never achieved the success he deserved and made relatively few recordings. If you already have the Láurenz CD on Euro Records, you don't need this. If you don't - you need this.

Track list

  1. Arrabal
  2. Abandono
  3. No me extraña
  4. Desconsuelo
  5. Amurado
  6. Orgullo criollo
  7. Al verla pasar
  8. Es mejor perdonar
  9. Firuletear de bandoneón
  10. Nunca tuvo novio
  11. Venticuatro de agosto
  12. Alma de bohemio
  13. Patria mía
  14. Garúa
  15. Que nunca me falte
  16. Recién
  17. Yo quiero canta un tango
  18. Todo
  19. Muchachos mi último tango
  20. Como el hornero
  21. Llueve otra vez
  22. La madrugada
  23. Más solo que nunca
  24. Me están sobrando las penas
  25. Nada más que un corazón
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The Masters of Tango - Aníbal Troilo - Tres y dos

The Masters of Tango - Aníbal Troilo - Tres y dos

LCDM 2742323

For those who don't like Troilo's later vocals, here's an a very attractive instrumental album in good fidelity with great sleeve notes.

Track list

  1. Guapeando
  2. Cordón de oro
  3. El tamango
  4. C.T.V.
  5. La tablada
  6. La maleva
  7. El chupete
  8. Inspiración
  9. Pablo
  10. La cumparsita
  11. Chiqué
  12. Bien porteño
  13. Piropos
  14. El entrerriano
  15. Quejas de bandonéon
  16. Fuegos artificiales
  17. Color de rosa
  18. El africano
  19. Bienvenida
  20. Tres y dos
  21. Buen amigo
  22. La revancha
  23. Ojos negros
  24. Patético
  25. A la parilla
Francisco Canaro - Instrumentales de Colección

Francisco Canaro - Instrumentales de Colección

EMI 473886

Nice Canaro instrumental album, with great versions of El chamuyo Charamusca and Noches de amor although as usual this has a tiny amount of the introduction chopped off.

Reliquias porteñas is not the milonga put a pot-pourri of eleven famous tangos mixed together.

Track list

  1. Inspiración
  2. Pinta brava
  3. El chamuyo
  4. Charamusca
  5. El pinche
  6. Hotel Victoria
  7. Canaro
  8. El buey solo
  9. El internado
  10. El canillita
  11. El caburé
  12. Noches de amor vals
  13. El arroyito
  14. Buen amigo
  15. Todo corazon
  16. La puñalada milonga
  17. Mate amargo
  18. El tigre
  19. A mano limpia
  20. Reliquias porteñas
Tango Collection - Rosita Quiroga

Tango Collection - Rosita Quiroga

RGS 1649

Another of the great female voices of tango, Rosita Quiroga conveys an air of melancholy and nostalgia. Her vocal style differs from the other female singers in belonging more to the country than to the city, and has been described as descending from the payadores (troubadours).

Track list

  1. Sosegate, no seas loco
  2. Viejo coche
  3. Oime negro
  4. Sentimiento malevo
  5. Carro viejo
  6. Que queres?, soy así
  7. Qué vachache
  8. Flor de fango
  9. Tus besos fueron míos
  10. Fumando espero
  11. Mocosita
  12. La musa mistonga
  13. Puente Alsina
  14. Las doce de la noche
  15. Campaneando la vejez
  16. Hacelo por la vieja
  17. Negro
  18. Mala suerte
  19. Sentencia
  20. El malevo
  21. Gran señor
  22. Apología tanguera
  23. Gorda
  24. Vete
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