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Columbia in Argentina

Columbia came first: Casa Tagini, its representative, was Argentina's leading record company when it recorded an unknown Carlos Gardel in 1912.[1]

Casa Tagini held the representation of Columbia Records and had become the main record company in Argentina when it hired Gardel to record seven double discs of songs of his choosing in 1912; they came out in 1913, while he was still unknown.[1] When that contract ended, Gardel moved to Max Glücksmann's company and its Disco Nacional and Odeon labels.[1]

Columbia came back to tango after the war. Osvaldo Fresedo began recording for Columbia in 1959, among the first artists to record in stereo.[2] Pedro Laurenz's Quinteto Real recorded for Columbia, and later for Philips.[3] In our catalogue Columbia's tango runs from 1920 to 1985, mostly from 1950 on: Fresedo leads, with the Quinteto Real, José Sala, Rodolfo Biagi and Lucio Demare after him.[4]

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  1. Carlos Gardel · es.wikipedia.org
  2. Osvaldo Fresedo · es.wikipedia.org
  3. Pedro Laurenz · es.wikipedia.org
  4. Columbia on Tangopedia: its recordings by orchestra and year · tangopedia.app
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Open from January 15, 1889

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Recordings1

Esposito Genaro — recorded in Columbia1924–1927

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Notes2

Cao is one Columbia master series; Co and Hco are others that also appeared in Argentina

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Author's Cao 78 rpm listing stops in 1961, called the last year 78s were published1961

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