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Quinteto Don Pancho - Viejo tangos de mi flor

EMI 595154

Quinteto Don Pancho was the original name of Canaro's Quinteto Pirincho, the quintet he formed in 1937 to make studio recordings of guardia vieja material.

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Track list

El choclo; Rodriguez Pena; Derecho viejo; Don Esteban; Zorro gris; La clavada; El pollo Ricardo; Champagne tango; El alacrán; El garrón; La viruta; Marianito; El flete; El irresistible; El ciruja; La rezongona; Gloria; Cuando llora la milonga; Loca; Quejas de bandoneón

Mariano Mores - Temas Memorables

EMI 595155

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These are modern recordings made with a sextet. There's a drum kit, xylophone, and the bandoneón sounds like an accordion. It's totally kitsch, but I find my foot tapping despite myself. You'll hate yourself for liking the gypsy version of Milonga triste, but no such problem exists with the massacre of El día que me quieras whose mutilated body is left bleeding in the gutter having received the full international tango treatment. This cd will be very popular with the ballroom community, but for fans of Argentine tango it's unforgivable. Mariano, how could you?

Track list

Uno; Gricel; Muchachita porteña; Cristal; Toda mi vida; Milonga sentimental milonga; Cada vez que me recuerdes; Yira yira; Sueño de juventud vals; Patio de la morocha; Silbando; Fina estampa; Tu piel de jazmín; Frente al mar; Milonga triste milonga; Adiós; Tierrita; Amarraditos; Porque?; El día que me quieras

Roberto Firpo - Tangos y valsecitos vol.2

EMI 595156

Ten tangos and ten valses from Guardia Vieja master Roberto Firpo.

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Track list

El talento; De rincon en rincon; Homero; El talar; Apolo; De mi flor; De pura cepa; Bravo porteño; Madre; Mi Pebeta (Mi Nena); Atardecer Campero vals; Alma Poetica vals; Nunca Me Olvides vals; El Resplandor vals; Dulce Perdon vals; Ni Flores Ya Se Ven vals; Copos De Espuma vals; Olas Nocturnas vals; Clarita vals; Horas De Pasión vals;

Osvaldo Pugliese - Tangos Que Traen Recuerdos

EMI 595157

Recordings made with Jorge Maciel on vocals from 1955-1959. This is the combination which gave us the high octane pyrotechnics of Remembranzas and Cascebelito and there are some great tracks here. Still, a whole album of this will be too much for most tangueros, which is a shame: this is heartfelt music.

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Track list

Esta noche de luna; Remembranzas; Cascabelito; No juegues a la guerra; Y sigo esperando; Muchacha; Y todavia te quiero; Novia del suburbio; No me hablen de ella; Tango para el recuerdo; Perla fina; Quién; Adiós corazón; Tres banderas; Porque me la nombran; Mamita; Si nace chancleta; Y no podrás querer; Silencio; Dónde estás?

Héctor Varela - Noches De Cabaret

EMI 595158

Lesica, Ledesma and Laborde and vocals.

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Track list

Noches de cabaret; Tal para cual; Bulin de la calle ayacucho; Paciencia; Que sigan charlando; Murio el malevo; As de los ases; Volve mi negra; Novia provinciana; Yo también; Prienda; Moneda de cobre; Y no te voy a llorar; Farolito viejo; Yuyo brujo; Anoche a las dos; Carreta; Bailongo; Patio porteño vals; Igual que dos palomas vals

Francisco Canaro - Bailando Tangos, Valses y Milongas

EMI 595159

Reliquias's answer to EBCD-30: a starter album of Canaro's best material from the decade 1935-1945. With seven valses (including Desde El Alma and Corazón De Oro) and six milongas this album is a winner. A clear first choice for a Canaro CD.

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Track list

Retintin; Pampa; Maleva; Quiero verte una vez más; Desde el alma vals; Corazón de oro vals; Tres jolie (muy lindo) vals; Etincelles vals; Milonga de mis amores milonga; Reliquias porteñas milonga; Milonga de antano milonga; Milongón milonga; Pimienta; Sentimiento gaucho; El tigre; Amor y primavera vals; Dolores vals; Aclamación vals; Historia sentimental milonga; Milonga de mis tiempos milonga

Pedro Láurenz / Ricardo Malerba - Grabaciones Olvidadas Vol.2

EMI 595160

Ten tracks each from Láurenz and Malerba. Of the 10 Láurenz sides, 8 fill in the end of his recordings on Odeón from 1944-47 and two (Amurado and Quejas de Bandoneón) are from the eight sides cut with Pampa in 1952/53. The sleeve notes claim that this CD completes the Láurenz discography on EMI but this simply isn't true.

Ricardo Malerba by contrast belongs more to the second tier of orchestras, blending a rhythmic approach with the light romanticism De Angelis. It's pleasant but unobtrusive.

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Track list

Pedro Láurenz

Amurado (1952); Naranjo en flor; Trenzas; Mala junta; Mendocina vals; Barrio tranquilo; Beba; Esta noche al pasar; Piedad; Quejas de bandoneón

Ricardo Malerba

Una copa más; Encuentro; Guardia vieja; Medianoche; Corazón de artista vals; Magdalena; Mariana milonga; Charamusca; Oiga mozo; Noches de montmartre

Cantan:

Jorge Linares (2,3,5,6,8); Héctor Juncal (9); Antonio Maida (11,12,14); Orlando Medina (16-18,20)

Enrique Rodriguez - Tangos, Valses y Milongas

EMI 595165

Armando Moreno is the singer for these tracks.

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Track list

Diarios, revistas, señor; Danza maligna; Llora corazón; Los años no curan penas; Nyanzas y malevos; No le creas; Uno que ha sido marino!; Chunga que si, chunga que no milonga; Anselmo Laguna; Carta perdida; Mariquita no mires al puerto; Ficha personal; Flor de lis; Rezongando... rezongando; Caballero de la luna; Cuando te hablen del domingo; Dicen que así soy yo; Yo soy siempre el mismo; En un pueblito de españa; Horas

Alfredo De Angelis - Los Priméros Instrumentales

EMI 595166

A good De Angelis instrumental cd, but only his "first" instrumentals in the sense that he carried on recording right through the sixties and some of these tracks are from the 50s. Many of these tracks we've heard before on El Bandoneón, but of those we haven't the vals Imaginación is a storm. A good second CD of De Angelis.

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Track list

La cumparsita; Pura mana; El pial; El chañar; El entrerriano; El taladro; Jorge Duval; Imaginación vals; El otario milonga; Nueve de julio; Largaron; Cuando llora la milonga; El choclo; El once; Rayito; Para ustedes; La loba; Guardia vieja; El vazquito Olga vals

Nina Miranda - Uruguaya y Tanguera

EMI 595170

Nina Miranda is a singer from Uruguay. She recorded on the Sondor label in Uruguay from 1947-1955 accompanying various orchestras including that of Donato Racciatti (32 tracks with him). In 1955 she began to record in Argentina, recording 14 tracks on Odeón backed by the singer Graciano Gómez before retiring at the height of her success following her marriage. She would have been about 24. Note: the cd cover claims to present only tracks with the orchestra of Graciano Gómez, but this isn't true.

More information: Nina Miranda on Joventango.

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Track list

Mama yo quiero un novio; Julian; Maula; Pero yo se; Cancion de cuna; Arrabalero; Perdon viejita; Quema esas cartas; No quiero ni acordarme; Fumando espero; Vencida; Fueron tres años; Esta noche de luna; Chaparrón; Te estaba esperando; Dímelo al oído; Lágrimas de sangre; Tigra; Se te nota en los ojos; Incomparable

Rodolfo Biagi - La Orquesta y sus Cantores

EMI 595171

Pursuing a problem of putting out albums dedicated to an orchestra's individual singers, Reliquias get a bit stuck when these singers didn't record 20 tracks apiece. An album like this is the result: a mismatch of tracks from different singers and different periods. Mysteriously it's the only cd on which Reliquias have reprinted the fine instrumental milonga Picante. At least that track is now here, but missing, despite half a dozen duplicates from other discs, is the tango Levanta tu corazón - not an especially great tango, but with it Reliquias would have completed their discography of Biagi on Odeón (with whom Biagi recorded from 1938-1946).

In summary: a good album but there are other Biagi CDs you should get first.

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Track list

Santa milonguita; Alguien; Organito de la tarde; Sangre de mi sangre; Y no te voy a llorar; Picante milonga; No me digas que no; Triste comedia; El rápido; Caricias; Por eso grito; Marcheta (Marquita) vals; Anselmo Laguna; Equipaje; Maleva; Barrio reo; Arrebato; El Incendio; Cielo!; Golgota

Cantan:

Hugo Duval (1,2,4,5,7,8); Carlos Heredia (10); Carlos Saavedra (11); Alberto Amor (13); Equipaje (14); Carlos Acuña (16); Alberto Lago (17); Andrés Falgás (19); Teófilo Ibáñez (20)

Enrique Rodriguez - Solos de Orquesta

EMI 595172

One or two strong tracks (El Morochito stands out) but without his singers these Rodríguez tracks sometimes feel a little weak. Not your first choice then, but the lack of vocal and Rodríguez's clear rhythm would make this a good album for teaching.

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Track list

La torcacita; Florida; El morochito; Jueves; Siempre fiel vals; Expresion campera; Argentino soy; Cordon de oro; El africano; Las tres de la mañana; Zorro gris; Canaro en París; Arroyito; La cumparsita; Sangre ecuatoriana paso doble El rapido; Royal Pigall; El once; La racha; Danza hungara No.5 fox trot