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MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
OLD GUARD
Franciso Canaro
 
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La Melodia de Nuestro Adios - This favorite album contains a lot of great songs, including the title track, La Melodia de Nuestro Adios, Pampa, Retintin, Pescante and more. Fidelity is pretty good too. Even without our undying love of Canaro, this album would be and is highly recommended.
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Francisco Lomuto
 
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Coleccion 78 R.P.M. 1931-1950 - This album has so many great classics, including Nunca Mas, Tarde, Solamente Ella and Quiero Verte una Vez Mas. Also, and very nicely, the fidelity is very good. Highly recommended! |
Orquesta Tipica Victor (OTV)
 
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Coleccion 78 R.P.M. 1930-1944 - Some very good songs, including Don Juan, Adios Buenos Aires and Ventarron. However, fidelity is only acceptable--the most common problem with a lot of tango music. |
Other Artists
There are other Old Guard Artists for whom we have great respect and appreciation, but we do not yet have CDs to recommend.
Julio De Caro
Roberto Firpo
GOLDEN AGE
Carlos Di Sarli
 
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20 Temas Instrumental - Lots of great songs here, including A la Gran Muñeca, Comme il Faut, El Ingeniero, Organito de la Tarde and Champagne Tango. Highly recommended.
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Juan D'Arienzo
Osvaldo Pugliese
 
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Ausencia - Great CD with great fidelity featuring some great songs, including Farol, Mala Junta, Nochero Soy, Pasional, Remembranzas and La Yumba. Highly recommended!
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Instrumentales Inolvidables - Another very good CD. Not completely without repetition from Ausencia, it nonetheless contains some really good songs like Recuerdo, Tierra Querida and Tiny.
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NUEVO AND ALTERNATIVE
One thing to note about nuevo and especially alternative: sometimes you will only get one danceable track on an album. While all the music may be good for listening, it's not necessarily good for dancing. Be sure to check out the music as much as you can before buying!
Haris Alexiou
 
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Anthology - Haris Alexiou sings what is frequently referred to as "the Greek tango." While there are other versions of the song, Alexiou's Tango tis Nefelis (Nefeli's Tango, or Tango to Evora) is by far our favorite.
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Apocalyptica
 
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Inquisition Symphony - Apocalyptica is a classically-oriented cover band of Metallica songs. So far, we've only found one song of theirs suitable for dancing--but it's so incredible it might just melt your brain. The song is "Nothing Else Matters," and it's one of the best alternative songs for tango. It's so good we think it justifies purchasing the whole album.
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Bajofondo
 
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Bajofondo Tango Club - Their first album. An excellent beginning! |
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Supervielle
- Lots of smooth nuevo songs on this one. Highly recommended! |
 
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Mar Dulce - A new direction and a name change, from Bajofondo Tango Club to simply Bajofondo. Nonetheless, tango dancers have not been forgotten. Two incredible tracks for dancing on this.
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Gotan Project
 
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Revancha Del Tango (Bonus CD) - Gotan Project's first CD. Lots of good tracks, but... Some of them have been used in television commercials. We can't get the commercials out of our heads when we're trying to dance! A strange and unexpected dilemma, to be sure.
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Lunático - Their second CD, and highly underrated. Quite a few very nice tracks. Highly recommended!
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Tango 3.0 - Gotan Project continues to push the bounds. While there are some nice tracks for dancing, the CD's most notable feature is its first track, Tango Square, which manages to combine two genres that are already brothers: Argentine Tango and the Blues.
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Melingo
 
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Tangos Bajos - Melingo has a lot of albums out, with a lot of duplication between albums. This one is our recommended album, with the highest concentration of dance-worthy songs.
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Carlos Libedinsky's Narcotango
 
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Narcotango - The first of three albums. Maybe the best, maybe not, but definitely great without question. Highly recommended.
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Narcotango 2 - The second of three. More great, smooth songs that remind you that tango is emotion given motion. Highly recommended.
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Otros Aires
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Otros Aires - Their first album. A very good start |
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Dos - An easy name for a second album. About on par with the first. |
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Tricota
- This is Otros Aires breakaway album. Most of the tracks are danceable and a lot of fun. If you only get one Otros Aires album, this is the one to get! |
Tanghetto
 
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Emigrante - Tanghetto has been perhaps the most active of the Tango Nuevo bands.
Nonetheless, this, their first album, is by far the best. |
Tango Lorca
 
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Mujer Sola - Tango Lorca's first and currently only album, this one will surprise and delight you. Highly recommended!
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