El Bandoneón
 | LO ESENCIÁL DE EL BANDONEÓN EBCD-0 Excellent sampler with a good mix of tangos for dancing and for listening, but if you want a disc of dance music only you must look elsewhere. |
 | ANÍBAL TROILO - EL INMORTAL "Pichuco", 1941 EBCD-1 Fantastic Troilo from 1941 with Fiorentino, but the milongas and valses are missing. Find them on ebcd47 or, better still, get the disc on BMG. |
 | ASTOR PIAZZOLLA y su Orquesta "El desbande", 1947 EBCD-2 Piazzolla's first orchestra - hugely inventive and rich although not really intended for the dancer |
 | QUINTETO PIRINCHO - Dirección: FRANCISCO CANARO, 1938 EBCD-3 Fabulous up-tempo tangos and tango-milongas - hugely danceable and very enjoyable. The material dates from 1937-1952, with not a single track from 1938. More like this: EBCD-90 |
 | CHARLO canta con FRANCISCO CANARO y FRANCISCO LOMUTO, 1928-1929 EBCD-4 |
 | OSVALDO PUGLIESE y su Orquesta Típica, 1949 EBCD-5 Inexplicably unpopular transfer of a fantastic LP of 1949/1950 sides with Jorge Vidal. |
 | JULIO DE CARO y su Sexteto, 1926-1928 EBCD-6 De Caro's original interpretations of the tangos that we know from Pugliese in virtually identical arrangements - a wonderful disc, although the double album on Los Grandes Orquestas is better value. |
 | NELLY OMAR con FRANCISCO CANARO - FRANCISCO FIORENTINO con ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, 1945-1947 EBCD-7 Nelly Omar's ten perfect sides with Canaro intercut with Fiorentino with Piazzolla. |
 | ROBERTO FIRPO y su Cuarteto "Alma de bohemio", 1936-1947 EBCD-8 Wonderful idiosyncratic tangos from Firpo's early quartet, far more popular than his full orchestra. |
 | FRANCISCO "PANCHO" LOMUTO y su Orquesta típica, 1930-1941 EBCD-9 Not Lomuto's very best sides but one of the only discs available - worth it just for the vals Lo que vieron tus ojos |
 | LUCIO DEMARE y su Orquesta "Tango guapo", 1942 -1943 EBCD-10 Great LP transfer, great selections (includes Malena) - buy it. |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Su Buenos Aires querido" EBCD-11 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Amores dificiles" EBCD-12 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Gardel en Barcelona" EBCD-13 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Las mujeres aquellas" EBCD-14 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Eran otros hombres" EBCD-15 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Anclao en Paris" EBCD-16 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Gardel en Nueva York" EBCD-17 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL 'Garçonniere, carreras, timba..." EBCD-18 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Criollita deci que si" EBCD-19 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Gardel por el mundo" EBCD-20 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Pobres chicas" EBCD-21 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Aquellas farras" EBCD-22 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Cuidense porque andan sueltos" EBCD-23 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Tomo y obligo" EBCD-24 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Bandoneón arrabalero" EBCD-25 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Tango argentino" EBCD-26 |
 | AZUCENA MAIZANI "La ñata gaucha", 1928-1935 EBCD-27 |
 | FRANCINI-PONTIER y su Orquesta Típica "A los amigos", 1946-1950 EBCD-28 Very dramatic evolutionary music and quite popular, but not really suitable for dancing. |
 | ADA FALCÓN con FRANCISCO CANARO y su Orquesta Típica, 1929-1942 EBCD-29 |
 | FRANCISCO CANARO "La melodia de nuestro adiós" 1932-1938 EBCD-30 Fantastic mid-30s Canaro with a smattering of the tango milongas we love so much. But consider the double album on Blue Moon's Los Grandes Orquestas series and the disc on Reliquias. |
 | ASTOR PIAZZOLLA y su Orquesta "Se armo", 1946-1948 EBCD-31 Second album of early Piazzolla is not as interesting as the first |
 | LIBERTAD LAMARQUE "La Reina del Tango", 1928-1947 EBCD-32 Refined stuff from the woman Eva Perón loved to hate. |
 | MERCEDES SIMONE "La dama del Tango", 1928-1942 EBCD-33 |
 | MIGUEL CALÓ y su Orquesta Típica "Yo soy el Tango" EBCD-34 One of the best Caló disc available - see our full review. |
 | ALFREDO DE ANGELIS y su Orquesta Típica "Adios marinero" EBCD-35 Great early De Angelis heavily featuring the duos of Dante and Martel. |
 | JUAN MAGLIO "El Bandoneón de Pacho", 1912-1913 EBCD-36 Historic early recordings from the Columbia label. |
 | IGNACIO CORSINI "El caballero cantor", 1935-1945 EBCD-37 Corsini was the singer that Gardel most admired and you can hear why in this marvellously varied selection of songs. |
 | CARLOS DI SARLI y su Orquesta Típica "El señor del Tango", 1940-1950 EBCD-38 Di Sarli with Rufino and Durán - great music, but better transfers are available on Tango Argentino. |
 | OSMAR MADERNA y su Orquesta Típica "Concierto en la luna", 1946-1950 EBCD-39 |
 | RODOLFO BIAGI y su Orquesta Típica "Campo afuera", 1939-1942 EBCD-40 The best Biagi disc in its day but beginning to look a bit long in the tooth. |
 | ORQUESTA TÍPICA VICTOR, 1925-1934 EBCD-41 |
 | HORACIO SALGAN y su Orquesta Típica, 1950-1954 EBCD-42 Inventive, evolutionary music within a dance framework from one of the great innovators. |
 | JUAN D'ARIENZO y su Orquesta Típica "El rey del compas", 1936-1939 EBCD-43 The only place you can hear early D'Arienzo/Echagüe. Slightly dull sound in places, but still recommended. |
 | ANGEL D'AGOSTINO y su Orquesta Típica con Angel Vargas, 1940-1945 EBCD-44 Not a bad disc but the transfers on Tango Argentino are cleaner. |
 | TRIO ARGENTINO, Irusta - Fugazot - Demare, "El Tango en Barcelona", 1928-1935 Volumen 1 EBCD-45 |
 | TRIO ARGENTINO, lrusta-Fugazot-Demare, "El Tango en Barcelona", 1928-1935 Volumen 2 EBCD-46 |
 | ANÍBAL TROILO con FRANCISCO FIORENTINO "Del tiempo guapo", 1941-1943 EBCD-47 Good second disc if you already have EBCD1, but it's better to collect BMG's Obra Completa. |
 | RICARDO TANTURI con ALBERTO CASTILLO "Cuatro compases", 1941-1943 EBCD-48 Appalling fidelity - get the Tango Argentino discs. |
 | OSVALDO FRESEDO "El pibe de la Paternal", 1950-1953 EBCD-49 Clean transfers, but '50s Fresedo is extremely sugared - be warned. |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "El gaucho" EBCD-50 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Caricias y angustias" EBCD-51 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Siga el corso" EBCD-52 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Tango porteño" EBCD-53 |
 | CARLOS GARDEL "Acuarelas de arrabal" EBCD-54 |
 z | ANÍBAL TROILO con ALBERTO MARINO "Cuando tallan los recuerdos" EBCD-55 |
 | JULIO SOSA "El varon del tango" EBCD-56 |
 | CIRÍACO ORTÍZ "Conversando con el fueye" EBCD-57 An unalloyed delight - the soulful bandoneón of Ciríaco Ortíz. |
 | ANÍBAL TROILO con FLOREAL RUÍZ "Romance de barrio" EBCD-58 |
 | TITA MERELLO "Arrabalero" EBCD-59 |
 | DOMINGO FEDERICO "Saludos", 1944-1949 EBCD-60 Domingo Federico was one of the stars of the Caló orchestra and a great innovator. His music is rich and daring, and Saludos itself is a classic, but many of the vocal numbers, which dominate this disc, lean towards a nightclub sound - not surprising since they were recorded in 1968. |
 | ANÍBAL TROILO con EDMUNDO RIVERO "Sur" EBCD-61 These transfers are not bad but you must get a disc from the BMG catalogue to really appreciate this music to the full. |
 | HUGO DEL CARRIL "El porteñito" EBCD-62 |
 | ALFREDO GOBBI "El violin romantico del Tango", 1947-1953 EBCD-63 |
 | ANÍBAL TROILO con JORGE CASAL y RAÚL BERÓN "Medianoche" EBCD-64 Great music, great cover, mediocre sound - try and get the Troilo/Berón disc on MusicHall if you can. |
 | ALBERTO PODESTÁ "Sombras del puerto" EBCD-65 Podestá sounds as if he is singing through a handkerchief - forget it. |
 | FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO y su sexteto, 1926-1927 EBCD-66 |
 | ANÍBAL TROILO "Quejas de Bandoneón" EBCD-67 Many have been disappointed by the sound of these early 1950s transfers but there's nothing better available from this period. |
 | AGUSTIN MAGALDI "La voz sentimental de Buenos Aires" EBCD-68 |
 | JUAN BAUTISTA GUIDO y su Orquesta Típica, 1926 EBCD-69 Charming guardia vieja recordings influenced by De Caro. Vardaro plays violin. |
 | ROSITA QUIROGA "Apología tanguera" EBCD-70 |
 | OSVALDO PUGLIESE "Recuerdo" con la Orquesta Típica, 1941-1945 EBCD-71 Brilliant. |
 | LIBERTAD LAMARQUE "Inspiración" EBCD-72 |
 | CELEDONIO E.FLORES "Homenaje a los Poetas del Tango" EBCD-73 |
 | ENRIQUE CADÍCAMO "Homenaje a los Poetas del Tango" EBCD-74 |
 | ROBERTO FIRPO "Milonga orillera" EBCD-75 |
 | ENRIQUE SANTOS DISCÉPOLO "Homenaje a los Poetas del Tango" EBCD-76 |
 | CHARLO "Nostalgias", 1936-1954 EBCD-77 |
 | HOMERO MANZI "Homenaje a los Poetas del Tango" EBCD-78 |
 | ANGEL VARGAS "El ruisenor de las calles porteñas" EBCD-79 |
 | FRANCISCO LOMUTO y su Orquesta Típica "Amor y Celos" 1927-1938 EBCD-80 Half a good disc, half a bad disc - get our recommendation on Colección 78rpm. |
 | RICARDO TANTURI con ENRIQUE CAMPOS "Una emoción" 1943-1944 EBCD-81 As with the Tanturi/Castillo offering the fidelity is appalling - get the Tango Argentino discs. |
 | PEDRO LAURENZ con su Orquesta Típica "Milonga de mis amores" 1937-1944 EBCD-82 The first (and until very recently the only) Láurenz disc. Excellent, but no longer your first choice. |
 | JULIO DE CARO y su Sexteto "Todo corazón" 1924-1928 EBCD-83 Great second disc following on from EBCD-6 but if making your first purchase consider the double album on Los Grandes Orquestas. |
 | JUAN D'ARIENZO y su Orquesta Típica "La Cumparsita" 1935-1939 EBCD-84 We all loved this - until BMG brought out sus priméros éxitos vol. 1 & 2 |
 | ORQUESTA TÍPICA VICTOR 1926-1940 EBCD-85 |
 | El Legendario JUAN MAGLIO "PACHO" y su Orquesta Típica "Sabado Ingles" EBCD-86 Very clean transfers, but this last gasp guardia vieja doesn't excite me as much as Fresedo and Canaro from the same period. |
 | ADOLFO CARABELLI y su Orquesta Típica "Cuatro Palabras" EBCD-87 Rich, inventive music from the founder of the Típica Victor. |
 | EDGARDO DONATO y sus Muchachos EBCD-88 |
 | IGNACIO CORSINI "La pulpera de Santa Lucia" 1925-1930 EBCD-89 |
 | FRANCISCO CANARO y su quinteto Pirincho "Nobleza de Arrabal" 1937-1941 EBCD-90 The transfers are clean but many of them are a semitone too high and too quick. If you want tracks from this period get "Viejo tangos de mi flor" on Reliquias; otherwise get EBCD3. |
 | ALBERTO GÓMEZ "La serenata de ayer" 1929-1944 EBCD-91 |
 | MIGUEL CALÓ con la "Orquesta de Las Estrellas" 1941-1944 EBCD-92 Variable transfers cannot compete with Caló/Berón on Reliquias. |
 | LAS DAMAS DEL TANGO 1909-1946 EBCD-93 |
 | ELVINO VARDARO "El violín mayor del tango" 1928-1943 EBCD-94 |
 | EDGARDO DONATO Y SUS MUCHACHOS "A media luz" 1935-1942 EBCD-95 Irrepresibly cheerful music. Includes the unique milonga Ella Es Asi. |
 | OSVALDO PUGLIESE "El dia de tu ausencia" 1943-1947 EBCD-96 Great music, but these terrible Pugliese/Chanel transfers are an insult to their memory. |
 | FRANCISCO FIORENTINO "Soy un Porteño" 1928-1945 EBCD-97 Nine tracks with Cobián from 1928 of astonishing fidelity make this a worthwhile historical document. Most of the rest is with Troilo. |
 | PEDRO LAURENZ - PEDRO MAFFIA "Mala junta" 1936-1944 EBCD-98 11 tracks with Maffia (1930-1934) of mediocre fidelity, six 40s tracks with Laurenz and three wonderful duos from 1926. |
 | HECTÓR MAURÉ canta con la Orquesta Típica de Juan D'Arienzo "Sobre el pucho" 1941-1944 EBCD-99 Straight lift from FM Tango of D'Arienzo with the singer who best adapted himself to his fast tempos, Héctor Mauré. Highly recommended, or get the reprint on Solo Tango. |
 | LOS GRANDES BANDONEONES DE LA GUARDIA VIEJA Y LA ÉPOCA DE ORO DEL TANGO EBCD-100 A nice idea but the very early tracks will alienate many tangueros. |
 | Enrique Rodríguez y su orquesta típica 1939-1946 EBCD-101 The first commercial release of Rodriguez's tangos outside Japan features some of best sides from 1939-1946 with Armando Moreno. Includes El encopao, En la buena y en la mala, Son cosas de bandoneón and Suerte loca. |
 | Osmar Maderna - Escalas en Azúl EBCD-102 |
 | Troilo / Marino - Sombras nada más EBCD-103 Twenty tracks with Marino in chronoligcal order from 1943-46. Check out BMG if you want this stuff. |
 | Alberto Marino - La Voz de Oro del Tango EBCD-104 Marino's recordings after going solo in 1946. |
 | Florindo Sassone y su Orquesta Típica 1947-1953 - La Última Cita EBCD-105 These early recordings of Sassone are nearly all vocals, mostly with Jorge Casal, although the two tracks with Roberto Chanel are outstanding. |
 | Ada Falcón - Tus Besos Fueron Mias EBCD-106 |
 | Julio de Caro - Buen Amigo EBCD-107 Welcome third volume of De Caro on El Bandoneón, but see our comments on ebcd6. |
 | Francisco Canaro - Candombe EBCD-108 1940s recordings featuring all Canaro's singers - includes the excellent Candombe |
 | D'Arienzo / Echagüe - Cambalache EBCD-109 Mostly 1940s recordings, reasonable transfers, and no overlap with the Tango Argentino disc |
 | D'Agostino / Vargas - Parque Patricios EBCD-110 |
 | Osvaldo Fresedo - Vida Mia EBCD-111 Fresedo's best vocalist (Roberto Ray), great transfers, and not too much sugar - great stuff |
 | Roberto Firpo - Sentimiento Criollo EBCD-112 Third volume of Roberto Firpo on El Bandoneón includes the marvellous Ataniche. |
 | Las Damas Del Tango vol.2 EBCD-113 Adventurous follow up to ebcd93 presents rare recordings of many neglected female tango singers. |
 | Ricardo Tanturi - Con sus Cantores 1946-1948 EBCD-114 |
 | Libertad Lamarque - Canción Desesperada EBCD-115 |
 | 20 Orquestas Olvidades EBCD-116 Superb compilation of twenty little heard orchestras, mostly from the 1930s. |
 | Agustín Magaldi - Honor Gaucho EBCD-117 |
 | José Garcia y sus Zorros Grises EBCD-118 Superb transfers of this wonderful but unknown band with a unique voice combining elements of Di Sarli and Tanturi |
 | Lucio Demare - El Aguacero EBCD-119 |
 | Florindo Sassone - Con sus cantores EBCD-120 |
 | Rodolfo Biagi - Con sus cantores 1939-1947 EBCD-121 |
 | Vicente Greco y su Orquesta Típica Criolla 1911-1914 EBCD-122 |
 | Banda Municipal Del Buenos Aires 1908 - 1909 EBCD-123 |
 | Ignacio Corsini: Un Jardín De Ilusión 1934 - 1942 EBCD-124 The cover shows Corsini with Ada Falcón, with whom he sings the title track, a lovely vals. |
 | Eduardo Arolas: Homenaje A La Guardia Vieja 1913-1918 EBCD-125 An important disc, demonstrating Arolas' great gifts as composer, director and bandoneonista. |
 | Orquesta Ferrer- Filipotto 1917-1918 / Orquesta De Vicente Loduca 1917-1918 EBCD-126 |
 | Ignacio Corsini: El Adiós 1928-1938 EBCD-127 Fourth volume of El caballero cantor (the gentleman singer) presents earlier recordings (mostly from 1928). |
 | Homenaje a la Guardia Vieja del Tango QUINTETO CRIOLLO EL ALEMAN 1913 y QUINTETO CRIOLLO TANO GENARO 1914 EBCD-128 |
 | Homenaje a la Guardia Vieja del Tango QUINTETO CRIOLLO "ATLANTA" 1916, ORQUESTA FRANCISCO CANARO 1916, ORQUESTA TIPICA PORTEÑA 1914 , QUINTETO POLITO 1915, CUARTETO LA ARMONIA 1913 EBCD-129 |
 | OSVALDO FRESEDO y su Orquesta Típica 1922-1925 EBCD-130 These very early tangos of Fresedo are important but less developed and not as interesting as those from 1927-1928 presented on BMT 024. |
 | QUINTETO AUGUSTO 1914 Director: Augusto Pedro Berto EBCD-131 |
 | ORQUESTA DE JUAN CARLOS COBIAN 1926-1928 EBCD-132 Fiorentino on vocals - but this is from around 1943. |
 | JUAN D'ARIENZO y su Orquesta Típica 1928-1929 EBCD-133 |
 | FRANCISCO CANARO y su Orquesta Típica 1926-1927 EBCD-134 |
 | DOMINGO FEDERICO y su Orquesta Típica 1945-1948 EBCD-135 Federico is at his best with the instrumentals but this disc is all vocal numbers - fans only |
 | Homenaje a la Guardia Vieja del Tango: BANDA ITALO-ARGENTINA Director: Antonio Lozzi 1907-1909 / BANDA DE LA POLICIA DE BUENOS AIRES Director: A.Rivara 1907-1909 / BANDA ESPAÑOLA 1907-1909 EBCD-136 Lots of brass and El Choclo with castanets - fascinating and entertaining, and very respectable fidelity too. Essential for those interested in the origins of tango. |
 | Orquestas Típicas de PEDRO MAFFIA y RICARDO BRIGNOLO 1930 EBCD-137 |
 | FRANCISCO LOMUTO y su Orquesta Típica 1927-1940 EBCD-138 Wonderful guardia vieja Lomuto from 1927-1930, originally presented on the defunct Disco Latina label, padded out with five tracks from 1937-1940. |
 | Orquesta DONATO-ZERRILLO 1928-1931 y EDGARDO DONATO y sus Muchachos EBCD-139 |
 | Orquesta Típica Victor 1926-1930 EBCD-140 |
 | Homenaje A La Vieja Guardia Del Tango: 1907 - 1914 EBCD-141 |
 | Canta Ignacio Corsini 1928-1929 EBCD-142 |
 | Juan Carlos Cobián y su Orquesta Típica - 1923 EBCD-143 |
 | Juan Maglio y su Cuarteto - 1912 EBCD-144 |
 | Roberto Firpo y su Orquesta Típica 1916-1918 EBCD-145 |
 | Agustín Magaldi - Pedro Noda: Farol De Los Gauchos EBCD-146 |
 | Azucena Maizani - Remigio EBCD-147 |
 | Charlo - Suerte Loca EBCD-148 |
 | Los Reyes Del Tango Cantan Canciones De Amor: Volumen 1 EBCD-149 |
 | Los Reyes Del Tango Cantan Canciones De Amor: Volumen 2 EBCD-150 |
 | Alberto Castillo - Copas, Amigos y Besos EBCD-151 |
 | Francisco Canaro - Noche De Reyes - 4º Concurso De Tangos De Max Glücksmann Y Sus Discos Nacional 1927 EBCD-152 Sounds intriguing, but actually quite boring |
 | Alberto Vila - El Trovero EBCD-153 |
 | Emilio Ramil - El Tango En Cuba - El Gardel Cubano (2 CDs) EBCD-154 |
 | Alberto Castillo - Soy Porteño y Soy Varón EBCD-155 |
 | Alfredo De Angelis - Acordes Porteños EBCD-156 |
 | Alberto Gómez - Muchacho de Cafetín EBCD-157 |
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