Euro Records

Archivo RCA
Archivo RCA, which mainly exploits the masters in the RCA Victor 1950s back catalogue, is the first label of Euro Records. Much of this material is available for the first time ever on CD and most of it has been remastered from original master tapes - the sound fidelity is simply impeccable.
The discs are colour coded (!). Blue covers are definitely for dancing. Green covers - the majority - are 50s recordings that may be for dancing or not. A lot of them aren't; but the green covers include Di Sarli and D'Agostino. Brown covers are other rhythms, including Argentine jazz.
Among the highlights: your opportunity to complete your 24 track discography of Di Sarli's 1950s instrumentals on RCA-Victor, and 3 further CDs of Di Sarli's vocal numbers from this period; a CD of D'Arienzo milongas, and all of Troilo's milongas and valses from the 1940s gathered onto a single CD; and a wonderful disc of the orchestra of accordion virtuoso Feliciano Brunelli.
Tracklists
Click on the word "tracklist" under each CD to make the tracklist appear and disappear, or use these buttons to show or hide all the tracklists (not recommended).
All these discs are available from us priced £13.
Catalogue
- EU 16002 Osvaldo Pugliese - El Eslabón Perdido renumbered as EU 14002
Archivo RCA
- EU 16005 Armando Pontier 1955-1957
- EU 16006 Enrique Francini 1955-1959
- EU 16007 Roberto Rufino 1939-1965
- EU 16008 Feliciano Brunelli 1939-1951
- EU 16009 Juan D'Arienzo con Libertad Lamarque, Alberto Echagüe y Armando Laborde 1954-1957
- EU 16010 Carlos Di Sarli y Sus Cantores 1954-1958
- EU 16011 Angel D'Agostino con Vargas y Otros 1943-1963
- EU 16012 Alfredo Gobbi y Sus Cantores 1951-1957
- EU 16013 Francini-Pontier Instrumental vol.1 1946-1952
- EU 16014 Roberto Chanel / Ángel Domínguez 1954-1959
- EU 16016 Francini-Pontier Instrumental vol.2 1952-1955
- EU 16017 Roberto Caló y sus Cantores 1956-1958
- EU 16018 Alberto Mancione y Sus Cantores 1950-1956
- EU 16019 Para Bailar: Dos músicos, dos estilos Carlos Di Sarli y Juan D' Arienzo
- EU 16020 Tangos Famosos
- EU 16021 Florindo Sassone y Sus Cantores 1947-1956
- EU 16022 Miguel Caló y su Orquesta de Las Estrellas renumbered as EU 14003
- EU 16023 Carlos Di Sarli con Roberto Florio y Jorge Durán
- EU 16024 Orquesta Ases del Tango
- EU 16025 Milongueando con D'Arienzo
- EU 16026 Bailando valses y milongas con Pichuco
- EU 16027 Francini-Pontier con Julio Sosa
- EU 16028 Carlos Di Sarli 1954/1955
- EU 16029 Armando Pontier 1966/1968
Jan 2008 releases
- EU 16034 "La vuelta de Rocha" Juan de Dios Filiberto 1958/1959
- EU 16035 "Loca bohemia" - Osmar Maderna 1946/1960
- EU 16036 "Milongueando En El 40" Di Sarli 1939/1941 - Troilo 1941/1944
- EU 16037 "Bailando con Varela-Varelita" 1952/1959
- EU 16038 "Recordando a Héctor y su jazz" 1952/1956
May 2009 releases
- EU 16039 "Tango de la Medianoche (1953-1960)"
- EU 16040 "Porteños y provincianos" - Hermanas Berón (1953-1956)
- EU 16041 "Bien Porteño" Aníbal Troilo (1944-1949) - Alfredo Gobbi (1947-1957)
- EU 16042 "Honor Gaucho" - Alberto Mancione con Jorge Ledesma (1951-1954)
![]() |
Armando Pontier 1955-1957EU 16005
Track list
Cantan:
Julio Sosa (2,6,8,10,12,14,18,20) |
![]() |
Enrique Francini Con Podestá y Otros 1955-1959EU 16006This CD received gushing reviews in Argentina and it's easy to see why. Great players, great arrangements by Argentino Galván (Troilo's principle arranger), great fidelity, and none of it ever before issued on CD. The instrumental numbers, 11 out of the 24, mark one of the summits in the history of the instrumental tango, although for the dancer they are less compelling than the work of Quinteto Reál, of which Francini would be a member. Great work, although not always for dancing. Track list
Cantan:
Alberto Podestá (2,4,6,8,9,11,13) |
![]() |
Roberto Rufino 1939-1965EU 16007This retrospective of the career of Roberto Rufino is a must, if only for the great transfer of the hard to find Milonga del sentimiento, an astonishing milonga in which Di Sarli lets rip on the piano in a manner remiscent of Orlando Goñi's tour de force on Troilo's 1941 recording Del Tiempo Guapo. 21 tracks Track listOrquesta Carlos Di Sarli
Orquesta Francini-Pontier
Orquesta Roberto Caló
Orquesta Enrique Francini
Conjunto Roberto Rufino
Orquesta Aníbal Troilo
|
![]() |
Feliciano Brunelli 1939-1951EU 16008In case you thought that the tango obsessed Argentines of the golden age had no sense of humour, just listen to this fantastic re-issue of the Argentine accordionist Feliciano Brunelli. Brunelli was a musician of the very highest quality who played alongside Troilo and Vardaro in the excellent Cuarteto del 900. Here Brunelli follows the repertoire of an Orquesta Caracteristica such as that of Enrique Rodriguez - foxtrots, valses, pasodobles, marchas and so on - but with the much lighter sound of the accordion, with jazz guitar and the occasional flute or even trumpet thrown in for good measure. Tremendous fun - one of the best new releases in years. Apart from the obligatory La Cumparsita, the only tango on this cd, you won't recognise most of these tunes, except perhaps España Cañi, the most famous pasodoble of all time. 24 tracks Track list
Cantan:
Oscar Valeta (1,2,8,11-13) |
![]() |
Juan D'Arienzo con Libertad Lamarque, Alberto Echagüe y Armando Laborde 1954-1957EU 16009The D'Arienzo of the 1950s veered dangerously between genius and vulgarity, and listening to him navigate these two poles forms part of the fascination of this new cd. Will he pull off another instrumental masterpiece or steer it into a swamp? Listen for yourself, especially to the irresistible curiousity of two tracks with refined soprano Libertad Lamarque. Most of the other tracks feature Armando Laborde, with just a couple from Alberto Echagüe. Not D'Arienzo at his very best. Fulvio Salamanca is the pianist. 24 tracks Track list
Cantan:
Armando Laborde (2,4,6,8,10,11,13,19,20,24) |
![]() |
Carlos Di Sarli y Sus Cantores 1954-1958EU 16010This is a sensational CD which is going to change many people's opinion about the quality of Di Sarli's output with his vocalists towards the end of his career. We've always preferred the instrumental numbers and for dancing, yes, their greater spaciousness does give them the edge over the vocal numbers. In fact for Di Sarli fans who already have the RCA Victor 100 Años Di Sarli cd this album is worth buying just for the three instrumentals it gives us from his mid 50s output: Don José María, Tinta Verde and Bar Exposición. But the vocal numbers on this CD are just wonderful. The baritone voice of Jorge Durán, so well suited to the Di Sarli sound of the late 40s, has too dense a texture for the lighter, more spacious sound of the mid 50s, and it is the soaring, expressive tenor voices of Roberto Florio and especially Mario Pomar which have the best fit. You can even dance to these numbers - there is nothing like the histrionic ending which spoils Roberto Florio's Buenos Aires Enough already. Buy this CD. 24 tracks Track list
Cantan:
Mario Pomar (1,4,5,9,11,12) |
![]() |
Angel D'Agostino con Vargas y Otros 1943-1963EU 16011A real surprise, this CD is of interest because of the later D'Agostino recordings in very high fidelity, albeit without Angel Vargas on vocals. The clarity and slow pace make a great combination. The incredibly crisp transfer of Cafe Domínguez, with the wonderful glosas of the poet Julian Centeya himself, makes the disc worth buying just by itself. 24 tracks Track list
Cantan:
Angel Vargas (1,2,6) |
![]() |
Alfredo Gobbi y Sus Cantores 1951-1957EU 16012Gobbi's was one of the best orchestras of the 1950s. As ever, the most danceable tracks are the instrumentals, of which there are only six on this album: Si Sos Brujo, Fraternal, La última curda, Camandulaje, Entrador and Sin Vuelta De Hoja. 23 tracks Track list
Cantan:
Hector Coral (1) |
![]() |
Francini-Pontier Instrumental vol.1 1946-1952EU 16013Of great interest to musicians, and almost none for dancers 14 tracks Track list
Canta:Alberto Podesta (3) |
![]() |
Roberto Chanel / Ángel Domínguez 1954-1959EU 16014
16 tracks Track listOrquesta Roberto Chanel
Orquesta de Ángel Dominguez
Cantan:
Alberto Rial (13,16) |
![]() |
Francini-Pontier Instrumental vol.2 1952-1955EU 16016
Track list
|
![]() |
Roberto Caló y Sus Cantores 1956/1958EU 16017Roberto Caló was one of the seven brothers Caló, of whom the most famous was of course Miguel Caló. Roberto sang in his orchestra between 1938 and 1940. Then he formed an orchestra with his brother Juan until in the middle of the decade he formed his own orchestra. This CD contains all the recordings he made on the RCA-Victor label. Many of these transition era recordings were big hits at the time, but today they sound rather melodramatic. 18 tracks Track list
Cantan:
Roberto Rufino (1,2) |
![]() |
Alberto Mancione y Sus Cantores 1950-1956EU 16018
Track list
Canta:
Francisco Fiorentino (1,3,5) |
![]() |
Para Bailar: Dos músicos, dos estilos Carlos Di Sarli y Juan D' ArienzoEU 16019This CD completes our collection of Di Sarli 50s instrumentals with Los 33 Orientales (and Cuidado Con Los Cincuenta for those of you who don't have the FM Tango Di Sarli disc). The 50s tracks from D'Arienzo are sparkling too, and it's especially nice to hear Joaquina without the jump on the record that marred its release on FM Tango / Solo Tango. A super CD. 20 tracks Track listCarlos Di Sarli
Juan D'Arienzo
|
![]() |
Tangos FamososEU 16020An oddity in this catalogue: Gardel - Rivero - Goyeneche - Marino - L. Lamarque - Del Carril and others. In other words, not the same fidelity we're used to in this series. 20 tracks, 2004 release Track list
Cantan:
|
![]() |
Florindo Sassone y Sus Cantores 1947-1956EU 16021Sassone is at his best in his instrumentals and there are only half a dozen on this cd, but El relámpago remastered from the original tape is just awesome. El Bandoneón's Sassone CDs just became redundant. 24 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Cantan:
Jorge Casal (1-5,7,9,10,12,13) |
![]() |
Carlos Di Sarli con Roberto Florio y Jorge DuránEU 16023Great follow-up to EU16010, more wonderful vocals from Di Sarli with astonishing fidelity. Roberto Florio y Jorge Durán share the honours at the microphone. 22 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Cantan:
Roberto Florio (1-3,7,9,11,13,15,16,21) |
![]() |
Orquesta Ases del Tango -EU 16024The first 13 tracks on this CD belong to the Orquesta Ases del Tango, an outfit formed at the end of 1957 following the breakup of Héctor Varela's orchestra. The disc is filled out with 6 tracks of Alberto Marino - four with the guitars of Roberto Grela - and a bonus track from Raúl Lavié. 20 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Cantan:
|
![]() |
Milonguenado con D'ArienzoEU 16025An absolute jewel in the catalogue, 22 milongas from the king of the beat including the hard to find La cicatríz. No arguing, just buy one, okay? 22 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Cantan:
Walter Cabral (2) |
![]() |
Bailando valses y milongas con PichucoEU 16026Troilo, like Pugliese, recorded relatively few milongas and valses and it's lovely to have them gathered together on this cd. Another excellent disc in this catalogue. 22 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Cantan:
|
![]() |
Francini-Pontier con J. SosaEU 16027
22 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Cantan:
Héctor Montes (1) |
![]() |
Carlos Di Sarli 1954/1955EU 16028Euro Records continue to work their way through Di Sarli's 79 tracks on RCA's vaults (80 if you count the alternate version of Fumando Espero with Roberto Florio). They claim they complete it with this CD, but I think they've missed a couple. Nevertheless, brilliant stuff - listen especially to the vals Sueño de juventud, which is ten times cleaner than the 1952 version. 22 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Canta:
Oscar Serpa (2,3,5,8,11,14,16) |
![]() |
Armando Pontier 1966/1968EU 16029Hmm... 24 tracks, 2005 release Track list
Canta:
|

"La vuelta de Rocha" Juan de Dios Filiberto 1958/1959
EU 16034
Filiberto was one of the guardia vieja, although with his own style, influenced by the music of the pampas - I must confess I had no idea he recorded this late.
Track list
- La vuelta de Rocha
- Amor que muere
- Amigazo
- Malevaje
- A mi madre
- El pañuelito
- Palomita blanca
- Yo te bendigo
- La canción
- Desde el alma
- La maleva
- Derecho viejo
- A ti
- Botines viejos
- Taco, suela y punta
- Quinquela

"Loca bohemia" - Osmar Maderna 1946/1960
EU 16035
Another Maderna album? Collectors only.
Track list
- Chiqué
- Loca bohemia
- El pillete
- Que noche
- Inspiración
- Aromas
- Ahí va el dulce
- Fantasía en tango
- Merceditas
- Escalas en azul
- No, no llores mas
- Lucecitas de mi pueblo
- Pa' la guardia
- Aquellas cartas
- Canción de lluvia
- Mi poncho tucumano
- Gardenias
- Yo te bendigo
- La huella
- Mejor así
- Cadenas
- Me has robado el corazón
- Brindis para la navidad
- Papá Baltasar milonga

"Milongueando En El 40" Di Sarli 1939/1941 / Troilo 1941/1944
EU 16036
It's great that EURO want to release more of Carlos Di Sarli's early instrumental hits, which have been not so easy to obtain - but we don't really need more versions of Troilo's early 1940s hits (although these transfers are a little better than those on RCA). Luckily, Di Sarli gets more than half of this album.
Track list
Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica
- El retirao
- El opio
- El jaguar
- El pollo Ricardo
- Shusheta (El aristócrata)
- Nobleza de arrabal
- La cachila
- El estagiario
- La torcacita
- Marejada
- El paladín
- Y hasta el cardo tiene flor
Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica
- Cachirulo
- Milongueando en el 40
- Guapeando
- Cordón de oro
- El tamango
- C.T.V.
- La maleva
- El distinguido ciudadano

"Bailando con Varela-Varelita" 1952/1959
EU 16037
Track list
Varela-Varelita y el trompetista Rondinelli
- Celos (Jealousy)
- Qué amargura
- Ovejitas blancas
- Caray, qué niñas
- Yo me quiero divorciar
- Selección de rumbas: Cachita, Para vigo me voy, Panamá
- Rumba en el hotel
- Bohemia
- Palillos rojos
- Castillito de arena
- Historia de un amor
- Giovanni con la guitarra
Orquesta Varela. Varelita
- El partido por la mitad
- Palabras de Varela y Varelita
- Destino de flor
- El reloj
- Ay cosita linda
- Guaracha internacional
- Ayer comprendí
- El baterista del cielo
- Llanto de mujer
- La leyenda del beso
- La canción del hula-hula
- El sucu-sucu
- Hola, hola Buenos Aires

"Recordando a Héctor y su jazz" 1952/1956
EU 16038
Track list
- Zapatillas rojas
- La bota
- Cerezo rosa
- Sh boom
- Danza de buck
- Estambul
- Taquito militar
- Hi Lili, Hi Lo
- María Escandalosa
- Vieja América
- Púrpura viva
- Llevando mi nena a casa
- Piano alemán
- Noche y día
- Trabajando en la vía del tren
- Mar
- Amapola
- Eres la crema de mi café
- Una chica menuda de ojos tristes
- Perfidia
- Charleston Parisien
- Rosa de Washington
- Baión de Madrid
- Bobao

"Tango de la Medianoche" 1953/1960
EU 16039
50s recordings with the orchestras of Francisco Lauro – Alfredo Gobbi – Domingo Federico – Francini-Pontier – Ciriaco Ortiz – Juan D'Arienzo – Domingo Marafiotti – Carlos Di Sarli – Juan C Caviello – Ricardo Tanturi – Jorge Caldara
Domingo Marafiiotti has to be heard out of sheer curiousity, for this is an Argentine tango band trying to sound like a European tango band. The orchestra has not only drums à la Fresedo but also flutes and a trumpet, and the rhythm is the classic "international" square tango. The liner notes that the tracks, reprinted for the first time since their initial release, have a "very particular style of interpretation". We can only agree
Track list
- Francisco Laura - El estribo
- Francisco Laura/Argentino Oliver - Para ti Lidia vals
- Alfredo Gobbi/Carlos Almada - Por eso canto así
- Alfredo Gobbi - Lágrimas y sonrisas vals
- Domingo Federico/Armando Moreno - A bailar
- Domingo Federico/Armando Moreno - Cumpleaños de mi madre vals
- Francini-Pontier - Taquito militar milonga
- Francini-Pontier - Pa' que se acuerden de mí
- Trío Ciriaco Ortiz - De vuelta vals
- Trío Ciriaco Ortiz - Príncipe
- Juan D'Arienzo/Armando Laborde - Mirando al cielo
- Juan D'Arienzo/Armando Laborde - Tango de la media noche
- Domingo Marafioti - A media luz
- Domingo Marafioti - Taconeando
- Carlos Di Sarli/Oscar Serpa - Noche de locura
- Carlos Di Sarli - Los 33 orientales
- Juan C. Caviello - El torito milonga tangueada
- Juan C. Caviello - La cara de la luna tango milonga
- Juan C. Caviello - Papas calientes milonga
- Juan C. Caviello - El amanecer
- Ricardo Tanturi/Osvaldo Ribo - Dónde estará mi vida?
- Ricardo Tanturi/Horacio Roca - De hermano a hermano
- Ricardo Tanturi/Alberto Guzman - Otro ángel para el cielo
- Jorge Caldara/Carlos Montalvo - Los mareados

"Hermanas Berón" 1953/1956
EU 16040
Twenty tracks of folclorico from the Berón sisters, concluding with the four tangos Elba Berón recorded with Troilo's orchestra in 1962.
Track list
- Zamba de mi pago
- Marcado está mi destino
- La firmeza
- Mi pachamama
- Tata no quiere
- La llorona
- La cuarentona
- Lloraré
- Como higo ‘e tuna
- El arriero va
- Tarareando
- Cueca pa’ doña Pepa
- Glorias norteñas
- Chacarera del sufrido
- Como el coyuyo
- Porteños y provincianos
- Caminos de Salta
- Baioncito chacarero
- Cueca para Don José
- La olla ‘e locro
con Aníbal Troilo:
- Engañera
- Y a mi que
- Desencuentro
- Cachirliando
- Coplas

Anibal Troilo – Alfredo Gobbi - Bien Porteño
EU 16041
If this transfer of Quejas de bandoneón is a good one, then EURO are going to sell a lot of records.
Track list
Aníbal Troilo (1944-1949)
- Bien porteño
- El entrerriano
- Quejas de bandoneón
- Color de rosa
- El africano
- Tres y dos
- Buen amigo
- La revancha
- Ojos negros
- Patético
- A la parrilla
Alfredo Gobbi (1947-1957)
- La viruta
- Jueves
- El incendio
- Orlando Goñi
- Racing Club
- Chuzas
- El andariego
- Si sos brujo
- Fraternal
- Entrador
- Sin vuelta de hoja
- El engobbiao

Alberto Mancione canta Jorge Ledesma – "Honor Gaucho" (1951/1954)
EU 16042
Transition era recordings unlikely to be of much interest to the dancing public.
Track list
- Sorbos amargos
- Ojos negros
- El refrán
- Larga noche
- Araca corazón
- Entra nomás
- Lorenzo
- Desde entonces
- La cumparsita
- Cachá viaje
- Cicatrices
- Sábado ingles
- Señores permiso
- Llevame contigo
- El chamuyo
- Honor gaucho
- Aquí parado en la esquina
- Astorpia
- Como el humo
- La mujer y los vinos
Want to buy?
The whole label is deleted but we have a few odd CDs left. Email sales
You can see our terms and conditions here.
Where next...
- Back to the EURO records page
- Back to our home page