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- Juan D'ArienzoyesterdayDescribed as D'Arienzo's climaxes are about excitement and speed — more notes, faster — while Di Sarli's climaxes are emotional, built by the strings adding intensity of fee
- Carlos Di SarliyesterdayDescribed as D'Arienzo's climaxes are about excitement and speed — more notes, faster — while Di Sarli's climaxes are emotional, built by the strings adding intensity of fee
- VictoryesterdayDescribed as Lavocah wonders whether Victor was commercially right to refuse Vardaro in 1933: advanced orchestras like Laurenz in 1937 did not sell many records either.
- RCA VictoryesterdayDescribed as The Germaine master carries a technical mistake at about 38 seconds; since it is on the shellac, it was on the original master and neither the technician, RCA V
- VictoryesterdayDescribed as Victor and Odeon are thought to have destroyed their master discs around 1962, believing tango was an old business. LPs started around 1960, so for about two ye
- Music HallyesterdayDescribed as The Music Hall recording dates for Di Sarli come from CDs by Babasan in Japan, which cannot explain their source; the Music Hall and Takt Art session registers
- Enrique CadícamoyesterdayDescribed as Contursi met Susana Viganó, a woman from a village in Córdoba, in 1936, and was beginning to write songs about her while staying with his wife, creating the mor
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as 1952 was the year Odeón introduced tape master recording; several of this episode's Pugliese tracks are re-recordings made that year on the new tape process.
- Pedro MaffiayesterdayDescribed as Laurenz and Maffia co-wrote Amurado, one taking the smooth, velvet verse and the other the excited chorus; Michael admits he can't remember which of the two wro
- Pedro LaurenzyesterdayDescribed as Laurenz and Maffia co-wrote Amurado, one taking the smooth, velvet verse and the other the excited chorus; Michael admits he can't remember which of the two wro
- RCA VictoryesterdayDescribed as Odeon pressings have lower surface noise and a better balance for singers than RCA Victor; Troilo, Pugliese and Di Sarli recorded for Victor, which is part of w
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as Odeon pressings have lower surface noise and a better balance for singers than RCA Victor; Troilo, Pugliese and Di Sarli recorded for Victor, which is part of w
- Ada FalcónyesterdayDescribed as The 1930 guitar recording Contando Camino, initially assumed to be Ada Falcón, is actually her sister Adelma — the voices sound alike because they're sisters, t
- Roberto GrelayesterdayDescribed as The Troilo-Grela quartet began after Troilo did one duet with guitarist Grela in a 1951 stage show (El patio de la Morocha); the audience demanded an encore, an
- Aníbal TroiloyesterdayDescribed as The Troilo-Grela quartet began after Troilo did one duet with guitarist Grela in a 1951 stage show (El patio de la Morocha); the audience demanded an encore, an
- RCA VictoryesterdayDescribed as Victor was never as good as Odeon, partly because Odeon used German Neumann microphones (now worth about 10,000 euros second-hand) while Victor used RCA microph
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as Victor was never as good as Odeon, partly because Odeon used German Neumann microphones (now worth about 10,000 euros second-hand) while Victor used RCA microph
- Julio De CaroyesterdayDescribed as After talking pictures pushed live orchestras out of the cinemas, Fresedo and De Caro each expanded their bands with outside arrangers and extra instruments lik
- Osvaldo FresedoyesterdayDescribed as After talking pictures pushed live orchestras out of the cinemas, Fresedo and De Caro each expanded their bands with outside arrangers and extra instruments lik
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as Facing the Depression, Odeon cut 50 cents off most record prices (previously 3.50 pesos, 3.75 for Gardel) and simplified its magazine advertising typography to
- BrunswickyesterdayDescribed as The Brunswick label withdrew entirely from the market in July 1932 and had effectively wound up by May; its house orchestra made about 50 recordings between 193
- Mercedes SimoneyesterdayDescribed as Around 1930, a competition crowned Libertad Lamarque the best woman singer and 'queen of tango'; accepting the award on stage, she said the real queen was Merce
- Libertad LamarqueyesterdayDescribed as Around 1930, a competition crowned Libertad Lamarque the best woman singer and 'queen of tango'; accepting the award on stage, she said the real queen was Merce
- Music HallyesterdayDescribed as Di Sarli's comeback recordings were made for Music Hall, a foreign company whose vinyl records had rights problems and which few people could even play at the t
- PampayesterdayDescribed as By 1947 Pedro Laurenz was no longer recording for Odeon itself but for its cheaper second-tier sub-label, Pampa, a sign of how far his commercial standing had f
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as By 1947 Pedro Laurenz was no longer recording for Odeon itself but for its cheaper second-tier sub-label, Pampa, a sign of how far his commercial standing had f
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as After the 1931 financial crisis wiped out every other Argentine record label, only RCA Victor and Odeon remained; Odeon signed new bandleaders to three-year dea
- RCA VictoryesterdayDescribed as After the 1931 financial crisis wiped out every other Argentine record label, only RCA Victor and Odeon remained; Odeon signed new bandleaders to three-year dea
- RCA VictoryesterdayDescribed as In 1959 Victor appointed Ricardo Mejía, who promoted pop music and had the building with the master recordings cleared out to save money; none of the original t
- OdeonyesterdayDescribed as Odeon's recordings were better than RCA Victor's, partly because of a different microphone; a soloist such as Marino stands closer to it than he did in Troilo's