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Enrique Rodriguez - Sus Primeros Sucesos (canta: Roberto "Chato" Flores and Armando Moreno)

EMI 477584

The cover is ugly, even by the standards of the label, but the music is delightful: Enrique Rodriguez's trademark feel-good fun, with some delightful and little-known valses, all of which are five star tracks. The disc is padded out with a few "otros ritmos", but some of these are great fun - try pasodoble marcha for a taste of the kind of thing that used to get danced in a "traditional" milonga in Buenos Aires.

Track list

1. Si no me eñgana el corazón
2. Clavelito en flor vals
3. Con permiso señorita
4. Mosterio
5. Que lejos que estoy vals
6. Mi munequita
7. Te quiero ver escopeta
8. Maja aristocratica vals
9. Pues quién lo tiene? ranchera
10. Ritmo de juventud pasodoble marcha
11. A tisket a tasket fox
12. Todo va bien
13. En el Volga yo te espero vals
14. Esto es puro compás
15. Concierto en el parque fox
16. Solita y sola vals
17. El boulevard de la desilusión fox
18. No te apures por dios postillón fox
19. Brindis vals
20. La viudita de la esquina corrido

Cantan:

• Roberto "Chato" Flores (1-11)
• Armando Moreno (12-20)

Carlos Di Sarli - Unicos

DK 14145

A selection of Di Sarli's 1950's tracks on TK - considered by many to be even better for dancing than the late 50s tracks on RCA-Victor. These tracks are otherwise hard to obtain.

Track list

1. La morocha
2. Patotero sentimental
3. Poema triste vals
4. Quejas de bandoneón
5. Un lamento
6. Sueño de juventud vals
7. De vuelta vals
8. A la gran muñeca
9. Al compás del corazón
10. Como los nardos en flor
11. El ciruja
12. Duelo criollo

Cantan:

• Mario Pomar (2,12)
• Oscar Serpa (3,6,7,9)

Orquestas Olvidadas Vol.1

Reliquias 473893

Orquestas olvidadas means forgotten orchestras and when something has been forgotten, you always have to ask yourselves why. On this CD of 50s recordings the answer is mostly because the orchestra arrived on the scene just a little bit late and didn't make that many recordings. In particular, Ricardo Pedevilla, who sounds a bit like a cross between D'Arienzo and Di Sarli, is eye-poppingly good - but unfortunately he only made 24 recordings, and these on the now forgotten Pampa label. On this evidence, he should have a CD of his own. Antonio Rodio is another find but he made even fewer recordings. Jorge Caldara's Lorenzo is a work of genius - soft and strong at the same time.

This CD is a reminder of the strength in depth that existed in Buenos Aires back in those golden years and will have you hungry for more from these artists.

Track list

1. La cumparsita - Antonio Rodio
2. Chiqué - Eduardo Del Piano
3. El caburé - Ricardo Pedevilla
4. Mal dea amores - Mario Demarco
5. Sábado inglés - Edgardo Donato
6. Siete palabras - Ricardo Pedevilla
7. Lorenzo - Jorge Caldara
8. El entrerriano - Carlos Demaria
9. El amanecer - Ricardo Pedevilla
10. Fuegos artificiales - Edgardo Donato
11. La rayuela - Eduardo Del Piano
12. Organito de la tarde - Ricardo Pedevilla
13. El negro pintos - Alfredo Attadia
14. Bienvenida - Mario Demarco
15. El pollo Ricardo - Ricardo Pedevilla
16. El chupete - Edgardo Donato
17. El irresistible - Jorge Caldara
18. El incendio - Ricardo Pedevilla
19. Retintin - Lorenzo Barbero
20. La cumparsita - Jorge Fernandez

Julio De Caro - Tangos de Rompe y Raja

DBN 495376

Another Julio De Caro CD? What's that about, and what's the strange title?

De rompe y raja is a South American idiom, thought to be a corruption of De rompe y rasga referring to ways of playing the guitar. The phrase is used to describe a really good party - boistrous and high-spirited. Not what we would normally associate with the music of Julio De Caro

In 1949, De Caro returned to the studio after a five year absence, Over the next four years he cut 38 sides. One interpretation of this is that he came out of retirement to show people how tango should be done, but the De Caro revealed here is different to what had gone before. It's De Caro after Osvaldo Pugliese, who has shown him a new way to play his own music. If you are a dancer, these are his best sides. The music swells and soars with a passion we don't associate with this great musician. The one vocal track, Carlos Marcucci's Mi dolor, is just outstanding.

Track list

1. Copacabana
2. El monito
3. Mala junta
4. Buen aimgo
5. Boedo
6. El arranque
7. Fores negras
8. Maipo
9. Aníbal Troilo
10. De rompe y raja
11. Recuerdo
12. Todo corazón
13. Loca bohemia
14. Mi dolor
15. Moulin rouge
16. Guardia vieja
17. Tierra querida
18. Mala pinta
19. Chiclana
20. Derecho viejo

Canta:

• Orlando Verri (14)