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I see it has minera listed - I don't have any recording of Sabicas playing solo Minera - also siguiriyas en re - another thing I don't have of Sabicas - looks like an interesting album, I'd like to hear it.
it's probably against forum rules (and also illegal) to offer to trade something for it, so obviously that's out of the question.... crazy that it doesn't seem to be available on CD or as mp3 download.
I haven’t got the LP here; but I do indeed have Llanto a Linares listed as a minera, and also on the anthology Sixteen Immortal Performances. That’s the way it’s listed by Alain Faucher, too.
There are a couple of expensive copies on Amazon UK; but there’s also one on Amazon US for $3.99, it explicitly says stereo and very good condition, and they’ll ship internationally.
crazy that it doesn't seem to be available on CD or as mp3 download.
That’s not the only one: I read that the whole ABC-Paramount catalogue is moribund, and the tapes are reportedly in bad shape. Some have made it to MP3:
El Rey del Flamenco Gypsy Flamenco The Day of the Bullfight Solo Flamenco (UK only, apparently)
The following seem to be sunk without trace:
Soul of Flamenco Correction: available on MP3 in the UK. Thanks, Mark. Flamenco Reflections Flamenco Fever Artistry In Flamenco Sixteen Immortal Performances Flamenco Passions
The following seem to be sunk without trace: Soul of Flamenco
that one is showing as available as mp3 on Amazon uk and, er, you seem to have posted a review of it!
do you have, or do you know of, a comprehensive discography of Sabicas with track lists and LP covers? I guess I could trawl through Amazon Discogs and try to compile it myself, but if someone else has already done it would save me a lot of practise time!
that one is showing as available as mp3 on Amazon uk and, er, you seem to have posted a review of it!
Oops. I searched the Amazon US albums, but forgot to do the same in the UK — even though I’d already said Solo Flamenco was UK-only!
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do you have, or do you know of, a comprehensive discography of Sabicas with track lists and LP covers?
The keyword is comprehensive. That would have to to back to the 78s he made in Spain with various singers. You’re probably aware of the excellent compilation of those, Al compás de mi guitarra.
So the short answer is No. A wasted opportunity was Amazon’s SoundUnwound®, which I contributed a great deal of time and effort to, and which they then pulled the plug on.
I have one myself I’ve bodged together over the years, FWIW, although it doesn't include covers. I’ll post it next time.
quote:do you have, or do you know of, a comprehensive discography of Sabicas with track lists and LP covers?
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The keyword is comprehensive. That would have to to back to the 78s he made in Spain with various singers. You’re probably aware of the excellent compilation of those, Al compás de mi guitarra.
more interested in just a round up of his albums, but maybe taking into account of all those endless re-issues with different names etc. to help me navigate the CD and MP3 albums that are available (I have about 10)
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I have one myself I’ve bodged together over the years, FWIW, although it doesn't include covers. I’ll post it next time.
I do indeed have Llanto a Linares listed as a minera
I don't know if anyone else recorded Minera or used G# accompanying between Ramon Montoya and Sabicas (I think Sabicas used it accompanying Carmen Amaya in Tarantos, listed as Rondeña), but I guess this Sabicas Minera is like a "link" between Ramon Montoya and Paco de Lucía (who picked up the ball and ran with it!)
The Siguiriya in D is interesting 'cos I don't know of anyone using this key for this palo, or other phrygian palos, until the 80's (PDL por tangos) or 90's (Gerardo por bulerías and por tangos, Miguel Angel Cortes por Siguiriyas)
Someone more knowledgeable may correct me; but I gather that taranta and minera are, or at least were at one time, used interchangeably by singers (indifferent to the niceties of guitarists) to mean the same thing.
Perhaps the distinction begins, in fact, with Montoya.
but I gather that taranta and minera are, or at least were at one time, used interchangeably by singers (indifferent to the niceties of guitarists) to mean the same thing.
I have a recording of Antonio Piñana (1913-1989) from 1972. He is regarded as the patriarca of cante minera.
that taranta and minera are, or at least were at one time, used interchangeably by singers
just in terms of the guitar, "por tarantas" usually means F# Phrygian, and "por mineras" G# Phrygian.
don't know if R. Montoya was the first to transpose F# phrygian tarantas toque libre a tone higher to G# phrygian, but it's the earliest recording I have.
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