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Colección 78 rpm: Pedro Láurenz

EU 17015

Just how far ahead of his time was the astonishing Pedro Láurenz? Perhaps just three years: his tour-de-force, Arrabal, was recorded in 1937 and it's widely seen as having inaugurated the decade of the 1940s, despite not having a vocalist. Imagine the richness of De Caro's tradition (Láurenz played bandoneón in De Caro's sextet) but with the lyrical expression of Troilo, except more exciting, and you're halfway there.

Hear for yourself on this wonderful CD - the best Láurenz CD ever, eclipsing El Bandoneón. A bargain at this price, and likely to be the last time we are able to offer a EURO records CD at the club for a little while.

Track list

1. Arrabal
2. Milonga de mis amores milonga
3. Enamorado ranchera
4. Abandono
5. Vieja amiga
6. Milonga compadre milonga
7. De puro guapo
8. No me extraña
9. Mascarita vals
10. Desconsuelo
11. Amurado
12. La vida es una milonga milonga
13. Orgullo criollo
14. Al verla pasar
15. Es mejor perdonar
16. Chatero de aquel entonces milonga
17. Firuletear de bandoneón
18. María Remedios vals
19. Nunca tuvo novio
20. Veinticuatro de agosto

Cantan:

Héctor Farrel (2)
Juan Carlos Casas (4-11,14-16,19)
Martín Podesta (12)
Alberto Fuentes (17)
Alberto Podestá (19-20)
Instrumental (1,3,13)

Juan D'Arienzo - sus priméros éxitos vol.1

We've been recommending other albums of Juan D'Arienzo for such a long time now (first the Solo Tango CD, and then the newer De Pura Cepa cd) that most of our customers have missed out on this great cd, stuffed full of early instrumental hits. We're now recommending it to absolute beginners.

Amazingly, it's also still the only cd with the killer track Milonga, vieja milonga

Track list

1. La Cumparsita (1937)
2. Don Juan
3. Gallo ciego
4. Pasión vals
5. Sábado Inglés
6. El caburé
7. Jueves
8. Milonga vieja milonga milonga
9. Re fa si
10. 9 de julio
11. La viruta
12. Lágrimas y sonrisas vals
13. El pollito
14. Derecho viejo
15. Qué noche!
16. La puñalada milonga
17. El cachafaz
18. Rodríguez Peña
19. Joaquina
20. Felicia

BMG 663340

Did you love the Troilo Cd Cafetín de Buenos Aires (1948/1949) which we offered in July? Here's more, heavily featuring the wonderful Edmundo Rivero. Stand out track: it's a tough CD when even the awesome vals Romance de barrio (Troilo's own composition with lyrics by Homero Manzi) isn't the best track. No, that award goes to the super-nostalgic Sur, one of the great tango performances.

By the way, this CD has been renumbered from 659446 to 663340.

Track list

1. Romance de barrio vals
2. Sur
3. Yira... yira...
4. Confesión
5. De todo te olvidas
6. Corazón de papel
7. Los ejes de mi carreta milonga
8. Flor de lino vals
9. Milagro
10. El morocho y el oriental (Gardel - Razzano) milonga
11. Y dicen que no te quiero
12. Tapera
13. Y la perdi
14. Tu pálido final
15. Yo te bendigo
16. Tu perro pekinis
17. Carnaval

Cantan:

Floreal Ruíz (1,4,5,8,13)
Edmundo Rivero (2,3,7,9,12,14-17)
dúo Ruíz-Rivero (10)

Francisco Canaro: Roberto Maida canta sus éxitos

Easily good enough to be the number one choice, but this week Roberto Maida's late 30s sides with Francisco Canaro are just making up the numbers. Pff.

Some great stuff, but don't get too excited by the sight of Milonga triste - it's a novelty track that you'll probably play once!

Track list

1. Mano a mano
2. Madreselva
3. Nada más
4. Romantica vals
5. Desprecio
6. Desaliento
7. Adiós muchachos
8. Milonga criolla milonga
9. Ave de paso
10. Siempre unidos
11. El adiós
12. La noche que me esperes vals
13. Paciencia
14. La cuarenta
15. Que le importa al mundo
16. Milonga triste milonga
17. Mi noche triste
18. Amor
19. Milonguita
20. Noches de amor vals