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Vieja recova · Roberto Firpo · 1930

Music by Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1951.
1930: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 7 times1950: 1 · danced 13 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times
1930’40’501951
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1930: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 7; 1950: 1, 13; 1951: 1, 0

Vieja recova · Roberto Firpo · 1930 is a tango.† Vieja recova · Roberto Firpo · 1930 lasts 02:59.† Vieja recova · Roberto Firpo · 1930: About the old central-plaza meat market, demolished in 1884 — already pure nostalgia by 1930; later transformed almost beyond recognition by Pugliese.†

Credit

Music
Rodolfo Sciammarella
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1930’40’50

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoJuan Carlos Lamas · RCA Victor · Sep 24
    7 dances
    1942
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedJorge Vidal · Odeon · May 3
    13 dances
    1950
  3. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  4. Horacio SalganÁngel Díaz · RCA Victor · Aug 2
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  5. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Apr 241930
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 04024236202904-1-8

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tango.info · 02480002042181-1-13

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tango.info · 02480002007432-1-20

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:59

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Notes1

About the old central-plaza meat market, demolished in 1884 — already pure nostalgia by 1930; later transformed almost beyond recognition by Pugliese.

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Vieja recovaRoberto Firpo · no clip yet1930

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