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Tango By Year, the podcast

Lucio Demare

14 records across 8 episodes (11 play here), plus 1 chapters that mention them, in the order the music happened.

Records played, by recording year

19321953

0 of 14 heard

1932

  1. Mentira

    Agustín Irusta

    A rare solo vocal recording, made because trio member Roberto Fugazot had just broken his leg in a lift accident and could not sing his part.

    Only in the episode

1938

  1. ChapterThe orchestra that existed for six months

    Demare and Vardaro once led an orchestra together. Nobody recorded it.

  2. Telón

    Juan Carlos Miranda

    From Demare's first year as leader; the lush romantic sound is already there.

  3. La esquina

    An instrumental milonga unlike any other; hard for a DJ to place. Start time approximate.

1942

  1. No te apures carablanca

    Juan Carlos Miranda

    Demare finally getting more releases after years stuck in his Odeon contract.

  2. Nunca supe por qué

    Juan Carlos Miranda

    Paired waltz played straight after.

  3. Malena

    Juan Carlos Miranda

    Demare's own version of the song he wrote, played in the afterparty to compare with Troilo's.

  4. Canción de rango

    Roberto Arrieta

    A track with Demare's other 1942 singer, Roberto Arrieta.

1944

  1. Oriente

    Horacio Quintana

    Picked for its distinct, slightly Arab-sounding musical mode, named for the East rather than Uruguay.

  2. Solamente ella

    Chosen to hear violinist Raúl Kaplún's playing inside the Demare orchestra.

1945

  1. Igual que un bandoneón

    Afterparty: Lavocah sets a quiz that its opening melody is plagiarised from another tango.

1946

  1. Misa de Once

    Agustín Irusta

    Recorded in Cuba with Demare's trio while on tour; the title refers to eleven o'clock mass, with church bells played on piano.

    Only in the episode

  2. Para Mí Es Igual

    Agustín Irusta

    Also recorded in Cuba; Michael notes it is known from a 1942 version with Miranda singing.

    Only in the episode

1953

  1. Humildad

    Solo piano; Lavocah hears the link to Weimar cabaret and Chopin. Demare had dissolved his orchestra in 1945.

  2. La casita de mis viejos

    The second of Demare's two 1953 solo piano recordings, of a Cobián tango.

Tango By Year is Dag Stenvoll and Michael Lavocah's, published here with their permission. The audio plays from SoundCloud.