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hey folks, i'm searching for some awesome traditional/oldschool cante recordings. preferable male voices. especially I'm interested in recordings with very popular letras, kind of "letras which should everybody know" (to prepare myself for my trip to graná )
RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)
It would be cool if some of those in the know could specify a recording for a "must know" letra for each of the main palos. Any of you afficionados up for the challenge?
RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)
You could try "Canta Jerez", Hispavox 1967 - Terremoto, El Sordera, El Borrico, Diamante Negro. I think that would qualify as old-school cante. The Nimbus compilations with Miguel el Funi, Cabrero and so on are very good. Chocolate's "Cobre Viejo" is great and anything with Chano Lobato's name on it should do the trick. If you're playing on getting lessons you could do worse than look up Rafalin Habichuela - he's got a myspace page.
RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)
Carmen is like Fosforito, in the sense that she is classica and knows all the palos. But she is from Jaén and is best in the cantes de las minas. Listen to Tomás Pavón and Terremoto (padre) for letras classicas por seguiriyas, marinete, debla, which are still sung today.
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RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)
Antonio Mairena...anything pretty much. Camaron of course. As mentioned terremoto for jerez. Magna Antologia is a one stop anthology of important song forms clearly laid out. My favorite thing is just rito y geografia...the extra dimension seeing expression and interactions of the artist is way more educational than just casually listening to tons of audio recordings.
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RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to Ricardo)
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My favorite thing is just rito y geografia...the extra dimension seeing expression and interactions of the artist is way more educational than just casually listening to tons of audio recordings.
Spot on as usual. I feel like I've learned a lot from watching this series. Caracol, Mairena, Santiago Donday, Paco Toronjo, Terremoto etcetc. It's a lot to take in! I enjoy it as a way to discover some of the "lesser known" artists, for lack of a better term (ie El Gordito de Triana in the Fandangos Naturales episode)
Also, the Nimbus collections that changue mentioned are really great - my only complaint is that the recordings are really low volume. But the content is undeniably great.
RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to Ricardo)
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My favorite thing is just rito y geografia...the extra dimension seeing expression and interactions of the artist is way more educational than just casually listening to tons of audio recordings.
Is there a particular volume from that series you would recommend? I'm seeing vols. 5, 7, 8 and 10 on flamenco-world.com, but neither the other volumes nor the complete set...
RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)
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Is there a particular volume from that series you would recommend? I'm seeing vols. 5, 7, 8 and 10 on flamenco-world.com, but neither the other volumes nor the complete set...