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Francisco Canaro - Instrumentales de Colección

EMI 473886

A really nice and overlooked Canaro instrumental album, with great versions of El chamuyo Charamusca and the vals Noches de amor, although as usual this has a tiny amount of the introduction chopped off. (Don't worry, unless you have heard the transfers from Japan, you won't notice).

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 - Orquesta Típica Victor

RGS 1642

This great CD of the Orquesta Típica Victor is now the only one available. The album is generous at 23 tracks and there is lots of material that wasn't issued on EURO, including their rare version of El amanecer. Fabulous! If you like the old style music, this is for you.

Track list

1. Retintín
2. La cumparsita
3. Viejo rincón
4. La payanca
5. Flor de tango
6. Re fa si
7. De mi barrio
8. Adiós muchachos
9. Tradición
10. La sonámbula
11. Fumando espero
12. Puente Alsina
13. Chorra
14. Dominio
15. El porteñito
16. Niño bien
17. Coqueta
18. El choclo
19. La rosarina
20. El chamuyo
21. Bailarías
22. El amanecer
23. Libertad

Juan D'Arienzo - Tango for Export vol.2

ECD 1037

When stereo recording arrived in Argentina in 1963 the Golden Age of Tango was over, and so the executives at RCA decided to record a series of albums aimed at the overseas market entitled Tango for Export. Troilo recorded an album with this title, but the first album was offered to D'Arienzo who recorded four in all. These were reprinted over three CDs. Thanks to a price reduction by BMG (very much against the grain of recent events - everything else has gone up) we are able to offer it to you as part of our club.

This era is generally dismissed as having little on offer for the dancer, which is understandable when so few people were dancing. Troilo's work is sounding more and more like concert music. D'Arienzo's vocal work is veering towards the camp, but with his instrumentals he maintains the line that he has had from the beginning. The performances are even more extrovert than those from the 1950s, if that were possible. Purists condemn this music as kitsch, even a pastiche of his former work, but put those criticisms to one side and one discovers a music that is more humorous than before in sparkling sound quality.

I think this is a cracking CD, and definitely danceable. The performances are from 1966 and 1967.

Track list

1. Organito de la tarde
2. Que noche!
3. Papas calientes milonga
4. Inspiración
5. La clavada
6. El chupete
7. Pura trampa
8. La payanca
9. Vea vea
10. 9 de julio
11. De mi flor
12. Entre dos fuegos
13. El once
14. Gran Hotel Victoria
15. Rodríguez Peña
16. La viruta
17. Benguria
18. El amanecer

Edmundo Rivero - Amigos Que Yo Quiero

DK 15026

My research in to Troilo led me to this CD of Edmundo Rivero, which like last month's offering contains recordings from on the TK label in the years 1954 - 1957. These are again split between recordings with guitars (the majority) or with a backing orchestra. This was directed either by Victor Buchino, who worked as the leader of the house orchestra for TK, or later by Carlos Figari (formerly Troilo's pianist). I've identified these for you in the list below. Some of these recordings are sometimes misidentified as "lost" recordings with Troilo - don't be fooled.

Despite the overlap with last month's disc, I'd still recommend this to any lover of tango song for the quality of the performances.

Track list

1. Amigos que yo quiero
2. Qué risa!
3. Guapo y varón
4. Oración rante
5. Mis consejos
6. Amurado
7. Muriéndome de amor
8. Tessa vals
9. Canchero
10. Quién sino tú

Accompaniment:

• guitars (1-5,9)
• orchestra directed by Carlos Figari (6,7,8)
• orchestra directed by Victor Buchino (10)