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Troilo en RCA vol.4 Uno (1943)

EMI 659439

Beautiful, sophisticated, tango that is suddenly fashionable since Carlitos & Noelia started dancing to it

Tracks such as Farolito de papel show why many milongueros consider Alberto Marino to be the better voice than Fiorentino (gasp!) for the slower paced music that Troilo began to make in 1942.

Track list

1. Uno
2. Percal
3. Cuando tallan los recuerdos
4. Margarita Gauthier
5. Barro
6. Ropa blanca milonga
7. Corazon... no le hagas caso
8. Cada vez que me recuerdes
9. Inspiración
10. Soy un porteno
11. Farolito de papel
12. Buenos Aires
13. Tango y copas
14. Valsecito amigo vals
15. Por las calles de la vida
16. Soy del 90

Cantan:

• Francisco Fiorentino (2,4,5,7,8,10,12,14,15,16)
• Alberto Marino (1,3,6,11,13)

Grandes Del Tango 44: Héctor Varela

Lantower GDT 44

A double album as a club CD? Yes - just this month only

Héctor Varela resigned from D'Arienzo's orchestra in 1950 after a decade as its first bandoneón and arranger. He was widely expected to produce a copycat orchestra as Juan Polito had done before him, but to everyone's surprise he developed his own style. This CD runs in chronological order and presents the tangos which made such an impact at the time. Most popular nowadays however are the later vocals such as Fueron tres años, which became a big hit a few years ago.

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Disc 1

1. El rápido
2. El flete
3. Un bailongo milonga
4. Farolito viejo
5. La trilla
6. A la gran muñeca
7. Yuyo brujo
8. El bulín de la calle Ayacucho
9. Sábado inglés
10. Paciencia
11. Criolla linda
12. Anoche a las dos
13. La carreta
14. El africano
15. Suipacha
16. Patio porteño vals
17. El as de los ases
18. Tierra negra
19. Llanto de amor
20. Noches de cabaret
21. Canaro en París
22. Tal para cual
23. Don Orlando
24. Novia provinciana

canta:

• dúo Armando Laborde y Rodolfo Lesica (3,13,16)
• Armando Laborde (4,7,12)
• Rodolfo Lesica (8,10,17,20,22)
• Argentino Ledesma (24)

Disc 2

1. La chacarera
2. Champagne tango
3. A tres bandas
4. Que sigan charlando
5. Yo también
6. Prienda
7. El fustazo
8. Los diablos rojos
9. Aguantalo si podés
10. Murió el malevo
11. Volvé mi negra
12. Moneda de cobre
13. Igual que dos palomas vals
14. Mi dolor
15. La taba milonga
16. Y no te voy a llorar
17. Eras como la flor
18. Fumando espero
19. Viejo rincón
20. Portero suba y diga
21. Fueron tres años
22. Silueta porteña milonga
23. Qué tarde que has venido
24. Muchacha

canta:

• Rodolfo Lesica (4,10,11)
• Argentino Ledesma (5,6,12,16,24)
• dúo Lesica - Ledesma (13)

Osvaldo Pugliese - Sus éxitos con Alberto Morán

DBN 495373

Alberto Morán was the most passionate singer ever in tango. The effect he had on the public was rather like that of the first rock stars. When he sang, all the women rushed to the stage and the men found themselves without partners

Pugliese knew what he had in Alberto Morán and with him he embarked on a renovation of the tango song. The music they developed together was not really intended for dancing, and you might say that Morán spearheaded the change away from the cantor de orquesta - the orchestra singer - to the singer who had emerged from the orchestra's ranks and had become the star of the show. This process really kicks in 1951 with tracks such as Barro and Pasionál, one of the most dramatic tangos of all time, and reaches it's full flowering with 1953's San José de FLores which is pretty much undanceable.

That's not to say that their earlier work (Morán sang with Pugliese from 1945-1954) didn't produce some great tracks for dancing as well - but they are more challenging for dancers than Pugliese's work with Chanel. Tracks such as Yuyo verde, Maleza, El abrojito and especially the wonderful Sin palabras all deserve to be heard at the milonga - just not every week.

This is a great CD, but my advice is to take it in small doses

Track list

1. El abrojito
2. Yuyo verde
3. Príncipe
4. No me escribas
5. Maleza
6. Sin palabras
7. Ilusión marina
8. Mentira
9. Demasiado tarde
10. Una vez
11. Pasional
12. Descorazonado
13. Barro
14. Cadenas
15. Frente a una copa
16. San José de Flores
17. Y volvemos a querernos
18. Cobardia
19. Cualquier cosa
20. Desvelo

Tango Collection - Tita Merello

RGS 1792

A huge personality, Tita Merello presents tango from the other side of the tracks - the arrabal.

Actress as well as singer, she was even more successful in the 1950s than the 1940s and continued working into the 1990s. Witty and temperemental, she stamped her personality upon all her work. This is the cheekiest tango you'll ever hear!

Track list

1. Que careta
2. Mi papito
3. Tata...llevame pal centro
4. Che bacana
5. No es por hablar mal
6. La viuda misteriosa
7. Quien te ve
8. Che... Pepinito
9. Mama mía... que mujer
10. Paquetín... paquetón
11. Trabajar... nunca
12. No te hagas curar
13. Mascarón de proa
14. Los cardales
15. Que torcido andás Julián!!
16. Te has comprado un automóvil
17. Ña.. to.. ri.. bia
18. Torta frita
19. No te aguanto más
20. Sos una fiera