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Autumn 2000 saw the fifth set of tango releases on Reliquias (529xxx): 20 new tango discs heavily featuring their favourite artists De Angelis (3 discs), Pugliese (2 discs) and Biagi (2 discs). However there are also fantastic discs of Pedro Láurenz and Lucio Demare. These discs look certain to be big sellers.

There are also two discs of the hitherto hard to find Florindo Sassone and a disc of the tangos of Enrique Rodriguez with his best singer Armando Moreno.

Two more discs of Canaro's Quinteto Pirincho bring us more of their 1950s output with a further disc shared with Firpo consisting entirely of milongas. A further disc dedicated entirely to Firpo is split equally between tangos and valses.

There are also discs from Sexteto Mayor, Héctor Varela and Mariano Mores.

All these discs are available from us priced £8. Certain titles we keep in stock and the rest are available to special order.

Catalogue of the Releases

Sus éxitos con Julio Martel vol.2

Alfredo de Angelis

EMI 529103
Reliquias 529103 - De Angelis / Martel vol. 2

Solid De Angelis from the 1940s with Julio Martel. Excellent transfers.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Rosicler; Altar sin luz; Melodía gris; Ivón; Aquí he venido a cantar; Rendido; Por eso grito; Yo también carrero fuí; Sigan tomando muchachos; Una carta; Entrá si miedo hermana; Yo también reí; Misa de once; Adiós muchachos; No te perdono más; La limosna; Esa noche vals; El santo de la espada milonga; El mayoral del tranvía milonga; Pa' que te voy a contar milonga;

Tangos con Armando Moreno

Enrique Rodriguez

EMI 529105
Reliquias 529105 - Rodriguez / Moreno

Argentina's reply to El Bandoneón's Rodriguez / Moreno CD, EBCD-101. Compared to that disc we get the superb Llorar por una mujer but, having included Son cosas del bandoneón on an earlier release, Reliquias omit it here. This is a great disc but most Europeans will prefer the El Bandoneón offering on price grounds.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Naranjo en flor; La vi llegar; Luna llena; A media luz; Tango argentino; Un tropezón; El tabernero; La gayola; Suerte loca; Llorar por una mujer; Como has cambiado pebeta; En la buena y en la mala; Mi piba; Adiós para siempre; Mirame de frente; Tu cielo y tu; Adiós muchachos; Tu intimo secreto; Y así nació este tango; Yo también tuve un cariño

Ruíz - Martel - Dante: sus primeros vocalistas

Alfredo De Angelis

EMI 529106
Reliquias 529106 - De Angelis / Ruíz - Martel - Dante

I've always hard a soft spot for De Angelis' very early recordings, particularly those with Floreal Ruíz, so I'm especially pleased by this disc which gathers all eight cuts together for the first time on a single CD. Also presented are other lovely early sides from Julio Martel and Carlos Dante including the very first side De Angelis ever cut, Que Buena Es, recorded with Julio Martel on 23/7/1943. The "B" side of that '78 was Floreal Ruíz's Marioneta. Of the other tracks with Ruíz the melodramatic Como Se Muere De Amor (How One Dies Of Love), with its spoken introduction, and in particular Dejame Así (Let Me Be) are superb.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Marioneta; Cero al as; Dejame así; Mi novia de ayer vals; La guitarrera milonga; Madre; Como se muere de amor; Bajo el Cono azul; Ya se que siguen hablando; Buenos Aires de ayer milonga; Que buena es; Va llegando gente al baile; Acordes porteños; La mañana milonga; Melenita de oro; No me importa su amor; Cuando tu me quieras; Cruz de palo; El tropero del amor; El vals de nochebuena vals

Cantan:

Floreal Ruíz (1 al 8); Julio Martel (9 al 14); Carlos Dante (15 al 20)

Sus cantores de los '50: Vidal, Cobos y Montero

Osvaldo Pugliese

EMI 529108
Reliquias 529108 - Pugliese / Vidal - Cobos - Montero

This disc presents Pugliese's singers of the 1950s: Jorge Vidal, whom we know from one of the very early El Bandoneón releases (EBCD 5), as well as the less known Juan Carlos Cobos and Miguel Montero, generally known only for his great hit Antiguo Reloj de Cobre. The bulk of the work of these last two singers will be reaching the public for the first time, even in Argentina. Montero in particular is a magnificent singer and the interpretations presented here are sure to find a firm place in the public's affections, particularly Acquaforte.

Turning back to Juan Carlos Cobos we find a singer who has been largely forgotten. Cobos is possessed of an extraordinary pianissimo which draws you into his performances, but when he finally erupts his bass-baritone voice lacks the outright power of the singers with whom history has bracketed him. I found myself wondering how Cobos would have sounded with the Pugliese orchestra of the 1940s; in the present company he can sound a little underpowered, but this is music that grows on you.

Looking over the disc as a whole, then, it presents much new material to us, but many tangueros will be satisfied with the El Bandoneón Pugliese/Vidal disc which has a completeness about it which makes it more satisfying. Those wanting to hear Cobos and Montero can snap up this disc without fear of disappointment.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Puente Alsina; La cieguita; Testamento de arrabal; Ventanita de arrabal; Vieja recova; Porque canto el tango; Barra querida; Un baile a beneficio milonga; Milonguera; Olvidao; Es preciso que te vayas; Picaneao; No es más que yo; Te aconsejo que me olvides; Antiguo reloj de cobre; Que te pasa Buenos Aires; Cacha viaje; Gurisa; Acquaforte; Dicha pasada

Cantan:

Jorge Vidal (1 al 8); Juan Carlos Cobos (9 al 14); Miguel Montero (15 al 20)

Sus éxitos con Carlos Dante

Alfredo De Angelis

EMI 529109
Reliquias 529109 - De Angelis / Dante

This is actually the second volume of Carlos Dante with De Angelis on Reliquias. Solid 1940s De Angelis which collectors, DJs and De Angelis fans will snap up immediately.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

La brisa; Mocosita; Carnaval; Soy un arlequín; Mano a mano; Lunes; En la noche de tus ojos; Para que te quiero tanto; Con alma de tango; Que lindo es enamorarse; Vieja luna; Para mi lo mismo da; Sirva otra copa; Así es Ninón; Alelí; Con la otra; Sentencia; Justicia criolla; Allá en el bajo; Ilusión azul vals

Creaciones inolvidables con Podestá y Bermudez

Pedro Láurenz

EMI 529110
Reliquias 529110 - Láurenz

The magnificently inventive Pedro Láurenz has been very difficult to find; this CD is only the third ever to be released, and one of the first two (on Disco Latina) has already been deleted! The El Bandoneón disc (EBCD-82) gave us an excellent overview of his oeuvre with both instrumentals and vocal numbers; this disc concentrates on the vocalists Alberto Podestá and Carlos Bermudez. This is because Láurenz only signed to the Odeón label in 1943 but, whatever the reason, it means that the two discs have very little overlap and compliment one another very nicely.

With Láurenz Podestá sounds far more refined than he does with Di Sarli or even Caló and his interpretations presented here such as Alma de Bohemio, Recien and Que Nunca Me Falta are amongst his very finest work.

Carlos Bermudez is another fine vocalist with a sensitive, refined and romantic style well suited to Láurenz. The fact that he was a relatively minor vocalist in the Buenos Aires of the 1940s reminds one of the musical depth that the city enjoyed at that time. His voice lacks the resonance of Podestá but what little he lacks on technical side he more than makes up for in his interpretations. Here he transforms the simple lyric of Lleuve Otra Vez (It’s Raining Again) into a masterpiece and he is never less than moving in any of these performances.

The recordings presented on this disc may lack the sheer drive of Láurenz’ earliest recordings, which is nothing more than the fashion of the time as the D’Arienzo revolution was assimilated and tempi began to fall back, but in terms of the quality and invention that were Láurenz’ hallmarks it lacks for nothing. This is a superb CD.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Alma de bohemio; Garúa; Recién; Que nunca me falte; Patria mía; Yo quiero cantar un tango; Como el hornero; Todo; Muchachos mi último tango; Paisaje vals; Yo soy de San Telmo milonga; Maldonado milonga; El criollito oriental milonga; Más solo que nunca; Me están sobrando las penas; Nada más que un corazón; Llueve otra vez Tango canción; La madrugada; Temblando vals; Milonga de mis amores milonga

Cantan:

Alberto Podestá (1 al 13); Carlos Bermudez (14 al 19)

Sus éxitos con Acuña, Lago y Amor

Rodolfo Biagi

EMI 529111
Reliquias 529111 - Biagi / Acuña, Lago y Amor

This disc, the fifth Biagi disc on Reliquias, heavily features Carlos Acuña, who gets twelve tracks here, with four more each from Alberto Lago and Alberto Amor. Yo Tengo Un Puñal is another brilliant Biagi arrangement with delightful interplay amongst the bandoneons. My favourite tracks though are those with Alberto Amor: Lison, a very unusual arrangement, Como El Hornero and in particular Adios Pampa Mia, to which Biagi imparts all his rhythmic gifts without ever losing sight of the melody. A super disc, then, but one which finds itself among heavy competition.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Uno; A la luz del candil; Barrio reo; Lonjazos; Yo tengo un puñal; Canción de rango; Adiós te vas; Tu voz; Sosiego en la noche; A suerte y verdad; Soy del 90; Sueño de juventud Vals; Arrebato; Te odio; Metido; No puede ser; Lisón; Mis amores de ayer; Como el hornero; Adiós Pampa mía

Cantan:

Carlos Acuña (1 al 12); Alberto Lago (13 al 16); Alberto Amor (17 al 20)

Sus éxitos con Alberto Morán Vol.2

Osvaldo Pugliese

EMI 529112
Reliquias 529112 - Pugliese / Morán Vol.2

Massively popular with the public, especially the ladies, Morán is never short on drama. This disc has all the power of the first volume; tracks such as No Quiero Perderte (I Don’t Want To Lose You) - Morán’s own lyric - will leave you every bit as limp in your seat as you have come to expect. Morán also covers material which had already become identified with other vocalists: Campos’s Que Nunca Me Falta, Castillo’s La Última Copa, Vargas’s Ahora No Me Conoces.

Reliquias also include Porque and El Mareo, the only tracks sung a duo with both Chanel and Morán, which were previously missing from their catalogue.

Morán's most famous and important hits are all on volume 1 but this does not in the least detract from the quality of this disc.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

La última copa; Que nunca me falte; Ahora no me conocés; Llevatelo todo; No quiero perderte; Quiero verte una vez más; Llámame; Porque no te tengo más; El mareo; Dejame en paz; Dos ojos tristes; Hoy al recordarla; Cafetín; Desilusión; En secreto; Manos adoradas Vals; Por qué ?; Por qué no has venido?; La noche que me esperes Vals; Dos que se aman Vals;

Tangos para exignetes

Sexteto Mayor

EMI 529113
Reliquias 529113 - Sexteto Mayor

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Track list

Recuerdo; La cachila; Amurado Taconeando; Mal de amores; Silbando; Quejas de bandoneón; Inspiración; Canaro en París; Halcón negro; Orgullo criollo; Hotel Victoria; Caminito; Uno; Nostalgias; La casita de mis viejos; A media luz; El choclo; Tecleando; La cumparsita

Tangos del tiempo viejo Vol.2

Quinteto Pirincho

EMI 529114
Reliquias 529114 - Quinteto Pirincho Vol.2

Second volume of Reliquias' reissue's of the Quinteto Pirincho's 1950's recordings.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

La payanca; El pollo Ricardo; Criolla linda; El triunfo; Buen amigo; Don Goyo; El pollito; El porteñito; Boedo; Tana linda; Mala junta; Zorro gris; Marianito; El talar; Derecho viejo; El pardo Cejas; Recordando el 900; Joaquina; El apache argentino; El irresistible

Bien milonguero Vol.2

Florindo Sassone

EMI 529128
Reliquias 529128 - Sassone vol.2

Second volume of Sassone's late instrumentals. See the review for the first volume.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Fuegos artificiales; El chamuyo; La viruta; Cuando llora la milonga; Duelo criollo; El llorón; A media luz; Organito de la tarde; El pañuelito; Yira yira; Derecho viejo; Una noche de garufa; La cumparsita; Don Juan; Danzarín; El amanecer; A la gran muñeca; La tablada; El relámpago; Felicia

Tangos para bailar

Mariano Mores

EMI 529129
Reliquias 529129 - Mariano Mores

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Track list

Rodriguez Peña; Sábado inglés; Felicia; El internado; El pollo Ricardo; El monito; La guitarra; Retintín; El africano; Derecho viejo; Alma de bohemio; El buey solo; Retirao; El pollito; Color de rosa; La viruta; Canaro; El Chamuyo; Lorenzo; Don Esteban

Instrumentales incomparables

Héctor Varela

EMI 529131
Reliquias 529131 - Héctor Varela

Varela was D'Arienzo's first bandoneón for many years. He alloys the D'Arienzo compás to a more spacious feel reminiscent of Di Sarli. These arrangements from the mid 1960s are more International than Argentine in style.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

La morocha; Ojos negros; El amanecer; La cachila; La viruta; El pollo Ricardo; El caburé; Buen amigo; Milongueando en el 40; Comme il faut; Retirao; El marne; La maleva; Guapeando; Pa' que se luzca la orquesta; Don Antonio; Palomita blanca Vals; Pabellón de las rosas Vals; La puñalada Milonga; De vuelta y media Milonga

Sus éxitos con Miranda, Berón y Quintana

Lucio Demare

EMI 529132
Reliquias 529132 - Demare / Miranda, Berón y Quintana

This disc, which presents three of Demare's vocalsits, enters a very sparsely populated field for there are only three other discs of Demare readily available: the superb El Bandoneón disc (EBCD 5) and two others on Reliquias - one in the previous set of releases, featuring Raúl Berón alone, and another of his early hits released more recently.

The disc opens with the great Malena, Demare’s own composition with a lyric by Homero Manzi. The same combination brings us the milonga Negra Maria, one of four milongas on this disc. The vocalist on both tracks is the brilliant Juan Carlos Miranda, an outstanding interpreter with a beautiful tone. Whilst Raul Berón achieved enormous fame and professional success, I find his cool, restrained tones better suited to his work with Miguel Caló; when it comes to the warmth of Demare’s orchestra, I find Miranda puts Caló in the shade; no mean feat, but one he accomplishes effortlessly. For me he is beyond doubt Demare’s best vocalist. Whatever happened to this wonderful man?

Miranda is also the vocalist for the previously unreleased No Te Apures Cara Blanca. With its combination of romance and melancholy this is another outstanding interpretation and, as with Malena, could hardly be more different to the other recording which has come down to us, that of Troilo with Fiorentino. Turning to the tracks with Horacio Quintana, Igual Que Un Bandoneón is another masterpiece. Torrente is also very good and Oriente, with its mock oriental arrangement, is also sure to find a place in play-lists.

The 78s are very clean and the transfers good but Reliquias have applied a bit of filtering to clean up the hiss, which reduces the emotional impact of the strings and the vocalist: turn up the treble and things suddenly sound much better. Only this prevents this disc from displacing the El Bandoneón Demare offering as the disc of choice.

Don’t get me wrong - these is a very good disc indeed, and I recommend it - DJs everywhere should snap it up immediately - but don’t think it makes the old El Bandoneón disc redundant. It doesn’t; that disc, even coming in at a lowly 12 tracks, remains the best Demare disc available by grace of its superb transfers, in particular of Malena.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Malena; Al compás del tango; No te apures carablanca; Negra María Milonga; El naranjerito Milonga; Baile de los Domingos; Vieja ribera; Me llaman el zorro; Se fué Vals; Carnavalito Milonga; Torrente; El aguacero; Nos encontramos al pasar; Igual que un bandoneón; Oriente; Solamente ella; Están sonando las ocho; Alhucema; Dos corazones Vals; Señores yo soy del centro Milonga

Cantan:

Juan Carlos Miranda (1 al 5); Raúl Berón (6 al 10); Horacio Quintana (11 al 20)

Tangos y valsecitos

Roberto Firpo

EMI 529133
Reliquias 529133 - Firpo

This album of Firpo is split equally between tangos and valses. Many of the waltzes are taken at very slow tempos - a charming and original disc.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

El apronte; El moro; Estoy penando; El bisturí; El tío soltero; Montevideo; Z Club; Lo que está bien, está bien; Va dar que hablar; El once; Siempre te recuerdo Vals; Noches de frío Vals; Hacia ti va mi alma Vals; Ondas sonoras Vals; Sueño florido Vals; Recordando el pasado Vals; Recordándote Vals; Para las chicas Vals; Entre los ceibos Vals; Eternamente Vals

Tangos del teimpo viejo vol.3

Quinteto Pirincho

EMI 529134
Reliquias 529134 - Quinteto Pirincho

Third volume of Reliquias' reissue's of the Quinteto Pirincho's 1950's recordings.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Canaro; El once; El gavilán; El pillín; Pan nuestro; Pimienta; Nueve puntos; Jueves; Alfredo; Tierra negra; La barra fuerte; A la gran muñeca; La quebrada; La maleva; Charamusca; Los indios; El chamuyo; En el séptimo cielo; A su majestad; El favorito Tango milonga

Sus éxitos con Hugo Duval, Carlos Heredia, Carlos Saavedra y Alberto Amor

Roberto Biagi

EMI 529139
Reliquias 529139 - Biagi

The second Baigi disc in this set of releases brings us Biagi’s later vocalists Hugo Duval, Carlos Heredia and Carlos Saavedra, with four tracks from Alberto Amor as filler. The strongest tracks here are Por La Huella, another classic Biagi milonga which has you feeling you’ve known it for ever, and the waltz Adoración, sung a duo by Duval and Heredia. Despite these, and two more waltzes from Amor, this is not Biagi at his very best. A good disc then, but not your first choice for a Biagi disc unless you prefer the slower tempi of these later recordings.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Bailarina de tango; Estás llorando; Mi pecadora; La copa del olvido; Por tener un corazón; Serenata campera Vals; Adoración Vals; Caricias; Matala; Y volvemos a querernos; Sin palabras; Gracias; Mientras duerme la ciudad; Esta noche me emborracho; Margot; Por la huella Milonga; Viento malo; Camino del Tucumán; Aroma de amor Vals; Mañana por la mañana Vals

Cantan:

Temas: Hugo Duval (1 al 6); Hugo Duval - Carlos Heredia (7); Carlos Heredia (8 al 10); Carlos Saavedra (11 al 16); Alberto Amor (17 al 20)

Sus más grandes creaciones

Miguel Montero

EMI 529430
Reliquias 529430 - Miguel Montero

Montero was vocalist with the Pugliese orchestra in the late 1950s. Later he took his string of hits and went solo; the recordings presented here are from this period.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Gurisa; Antiguo reloj de cobre; Cucusita; Calor de hogar; Sentimiento gaucho; De puro guapo; Alma de bohemio; Que falta que me haces; No nos veremos más; Como se pianta la vida; Como aquella princesa; Tinta roja; La abandoné y no sabía; Tristeza de la calle corrientes; Por las calles de la vida; Fuimos; Me están sobrando las penas; Que solo estoy; Domingo a la noche; Otra noche

Bien milonguero vol.1

Florindo Sassone

EMI 529431
Reliquias 529431 - Sassone vol.1

These popular late instrumentals are very reminiscent of Di Sarli, although without his subtlety and depth. Very occasionally you will find yourself reminded of Fresedo. This disc and its companion volume provide the largest selection of late Sassone available.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

Lágrimas; El choclo; La clavada; Tierrita; La guitarrita; El opio; La trilla; Como los nardos en flor; Papas calientes; Clavel del aire; Hotel Victoria; Tierra negra; Rawson; Retintín; Rodriguez Peña; Bar Exposición; Tomasito; Negro el 20; El morochito; Bahía Blanca

Las milongas más milongas

Quinteto Pirincho / Roberto Firpo

EMI 529433
Reliquias 529433 - Quinteto Pirincho / Firpo

A most unusual album: entirely milongas, or tango-milongas, split between just two orchestras: the 1950s incarnation of the Quinteto Pirincho and the quartet of Roberto Firpo.

- Mike Lavocah

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Track list

La cara de la luna Tango milonga; Corralera Milonga; Arrabalera Milonga; Se dice de mi Milonga; Milonga del tiempo heróico Milonga; Taquito militar Milonga; La trampera Milonga; El firulete Milonga; Negro carbón Milonga; Orillera Milonga; Chamberguito de los gauchos Milonga; La puñalada Milonga; Organito de suburbio Milonga; De mi arrabal Milonga; Milonga orillera Milonga; Me gusta bailar Milonga; Vieja milonga Milonga; Flor de suburbio Milonga; El llorón Tango milonga; El esquinazo Milonga

Temas 1 al 10 Quinteto Pirincho 11 al 20 Cuarteto Roberto Firpo

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