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Me Regale from Paco's album "Luzia" with Duquende on voz -- Awesome!!
Potito sings great tangos.
I know of very few tangos recorded by Camaron except a Tangos Extremenos here and there and a couple with orchestra "Soy Gitano" is somewhere between tangos and rumba. Why didn't he record more straight tangos?
There´s a nice old school tango on Tio Borricos CD. Again with Cepero on the guitar. I´m not to sure, but I think that La Perla does one with Morao on their CD.
I agree, Potito is good on tangos and especially bulerias.
He recorded lots of tangos - particularly on his older records - many of them extremen~o, but others as well, including tangos de malaga, tangos de Titi (these are both Am/A-major tangos), and some slow, Morente-inspired tangos that were popular in the 70s. His tangos del Sultan on Leyenda del Tiempo is a classic - here is a is a youtube video of him with Tomatito:
I always associate the "classic" tango with the styles sung around Cadiz - you find a similar style in Jerez. These are sometimes slowed down to tientos, but are often done with the driving tango compas. Here are a few examples - Pericon de Cadiz, Chano Lobato and Chato de la Isla:
There is another classic style associated with La Repompa de Malaga - note these are different from the Am tangos de Malaga (which derived from tanguillos de Piyayo).
One of my most favourite Tangos is Camaron with Paco de Lucia " Al Padre Santo de Roma".
In that short sample, it sounds like toque de granaína (B7-C).
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I always associate the "classic" tango with the styles sung around Cadiz
Hi John, good to see you here! I said to myself, "Hmmm, looks like this Granjuanillo knows a thing or two about cante!" I agree about the base being in Cádiz. There are tangos from all over Spain (Rafael Marín wrote in his 1902 method that Madrid was the tango capital), but the most essential (=classic) cantes and singers seem to come from the province of Cádiz.
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These are sometimes slowed down to tientos, but are often done with the driving tango compas.
Yes, there's a lot of overlapping between the two styles. Tientos aren't always as slow and syncopated as some people think.
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There is another classic style associated with La Repompa de Malaga - note these are different from the Am tangos de Malaga (which derived from tanguillos de Piyayo).
And the tangos de Triana, like Mairena's "El mes de los caracoles."
Camarón recorded a lot of tangos: at least enough for an entire CD reissue. But nobody's mentioned the most classic reference of all: Pastora Pavón "La Niña de los Peines." Although she sang nearly everything, she specialized in tientos and tangos at the beginning of her career (her artistic name comes from a tangos that she used to sing when she was very young). Here's a list of some of her later recordings of tientos and tangos. There are plenty more with Luis Molina and Ramón Montoya:
Tientos: Preguntó en una ocasión (Currito el de La Jeroma) Había preguntado en una ocasión, Yo no te he dao motivo (Ricardo) No te he dao motivos, Salomón con ser tan sabio (Manolo de Badajoz)
Tangos: Los ojitos negros, Quisiera mejor estar loca (Currito el de La Jeroma) Al gurugú, Del color de cera, mare, A mi mare abandoné (Melchor)
If someone wants to go really old school, there´s a tango "gitano" with Joselero and Diego del Gastor, which is absolutely awesome in its neanderthal way
It can be found on a 4 cd compilation "medio siglo de cante flamenco"
It looks wonderful and I'll be sure to go there if I can figure out where it is exactly. If you look really hard, there are a few references to Seville, but...
According to today's news, 741 tons of contaminated sand were collected at the El Rinconcillo beach in Algeciras after a recent oilspill. That's more like it...
I just had a quick look at Google and found a website for a bar-restaurant called El Rinconcillo.
Hey Norman, I've been there, it's supposedly the oldest bar in Sevilla. A bit of a touristy atmosphere but nice. Maybe you can shed some light on the meaning of that sign: "Prohibido terminantemente el cante" ??
"Singing is expressly prohibited" (terminantemente=to such a degree that no doubt remains). A long time ago, signs like that were put up in a lot of bars. I don't know the exact story, but you can imagine why someone thought it would be a good idea. I wouldn't take it too seriously, though, insofar as cante being dealt some kind of mortal blow.
Apart from flamenco tangos – lately I have been playing Argentine tangos, which come off so naturally on guitar they might as well have been written for it. They're fine on a classical guitar and better on a flamenco guitar. And the music lends itself to even throwing in some occasional rasgueado. There are arrangements around for all the warhorses – El Choclo, La Cumparsita, etc. There is a lot of it on YouTube, but most of it is not played the right way or well. If you want to hear a knockout rendition of "La Cumparsita," check out Juanjo Dominguez on YouTube. It's the most highly original version I have ever heard. Turns out he's a classical guitarist from guess where – Argentina. No wonder.
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If you look really hard, there are a few references to Seville, but... 
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