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Posts: 15
Joined: Jun. 3 2004
From: Portland, Oregon USA
12 best CDs of all-time?
This is sort of a spinoff of Kate's post regarding the 12 best flamenco CDs of 2004, which I noted did not spark a lot of interest but I thought I would ask anyway since I'm looking to build my CD collection.
Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
Think of it as if you were stuck on a desert island. Which CDs would you want to have and why?
RE: 12 best CDs of all-time? (in reply to Downing)
1. Tomas Pavon: el Mantentiel del Cante Gitano, El Correo. Recopilacion, 2001? 2. Juan Villar: Juanito de la Gineto, Polydor, 1972 3. Terremoto de Jerez: Chante du Monde, vol 4. Recopilacion.
True At which time I'd make a flute from a tree trunk to keep me busy while I make my strings from the leaves of palm trees or the guts of any wild animals that may be around
Posts: 533
Joined: Jul. 16 2003
From: Toronto, ON, Canada
RE: 12 best CDs of all-time? (in reply to Downing)
Hey! I like seangregory20's choices. Ramon Jimenez is terribly underrated. Whoo, Nice pick!
I'm not gonna bother with a full list of my guitar favourites, because I would just get completely carried away.
However, Siroco is the most essential disc in any collection. Utterly sublime. Chilling.
Here are some of my Cante picks:
-Camaron's "Potro de Rabia y Miel" -Camaron's Paris with Tomate -Diego Cigala "Live with Nino Josele" (the buleria is worth the price) -Potito's "Mia Pa Los Restos" (check this one out!!!!!) -Duquende ya la Guitarra de Tomatito -Guadiana's Brillo de Luna (my newest discovery, wicked) / Also check out the Alegria from his other album "Cuando el río suena". -Jose Merce's "Del Amanecer" with Vicente Amigo -Duquende's "Samaruco" (crazy new melodies and ideas from Paco de Lucia and Duquende) -Miguel Poveda's "Zaguan"
RE: 12 best CDs of all-time? (in reply to Downing)
PDL: Fuente y Caudal Tomatito: Guitarra Gitana G Nuñez: Cant remember the name, but that one with the absolute killer granaina.
Besides that, Manolo Caracol con Melchor de Marchena, Chocolate con Niño Ricardo El Agujetas con Parilla de Jerez y La Niña de los Peines. These CD's with cante will teach much more flamenco than more or less any guitar heroe CD.
RE: 12 best CDs of all-time? (in reply to Downing)
12, ok. How about 6 guitar and 6 cante to be fair?
1.Fantasia Flamenca-PdL 2.Siroco-PdL 3.Tauromagia-Manolo Sanlucar 4.Jucal-Nunez 5.Vivencias Imaginadas-V. Amigo 6.Paseo de los Castanos-Tomatito
1.Maria Vargas con Paco de Lucia 2.Indio Gitano con Gerardo Nunez 3.Luis el Zambo con Moraito 4.Camaron-Nuestra 5.Terremoto hijo-Cosa Natural 6.La Paquera-anything