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December Special 2011
by Bernhard Gehberger
Dear tango enthusiast,
due to recent events this special edition of the newsletter Tango-DJ.at is published. If the newsletter is not displayed correctly you might consider reading the online version.
"Plagiarism is the highest form of flattery." (Oscar Wilde) Still it is difficult to accept when confronted with such a situation for the first time - at least for me.
Last weekend in Cologne I came across a CD-R compilation which was described to me as a collection of very special tangos ready compiled in tandas. After taking a look at the presented tangos I was quite surprised since it was a collection of rare and special tangos indeed. Strangely all of them seemed to be familiar to me..
Let's take a closer look:
- Villasboas & french tandas as discussed in Newsletter August 2011
- Mixed milonga tanda as discussed in Newsletter September 2011
- Canaro tango & milonga tandas as discussed in Newsletter October 2011
- Maglio tanda - very rare and special valses most likely taken from an extremely rare CTA CD Todo Vals Vol. 2 - Serie Para Baile Vol. 3 - (CTA-1053) introduced and made available in August 2011
So this was quite a surprise to run into an illegal compilation of tangos arranged in tandas only one month after my newsletters. It shows the attitude of some people / DJs in the tango community. (some numbers: More than 1500 visits a day mostly accessing the information about CTA-CDs; about 20 people ordering CDs in 2011)
Some of the CDs you would have to use for this compilation:
- Tahiti - A.J. Pesenti et son orchestre de tango - AMP (CD-1281) (Poema, Cherie !)
- Julio De Caro Vol. 10 - Boedo - AMP (CD-1269) (Saca chispas, No hay tierra como la mia)
- Orquesta Típica Victor 1931-1943 "Derecho Viejo" - BATC (orq 339) (Milonga de los fortines)
- Grandes orquestas de tango en Uruguay en los 40 - Sondor (82002) (Mi vieja linda)
- Francisco Canaro (1940) - (CTA-773) (Sentimiento gaucho)
- Francisco Canaro (1941) - (CTA-774) (Echale sal)
- Francisco Canaro 1929-1947 - BATC (orq 252) (El rey del bosque)
- La Cumparsita - Sondor (47672) (9 de julio, Sentimiento gaucho, Felicia)
- Miguel Villasboas y su orquesta típica en Australia - Sondor (83102) (El amanecer)
- Todo Vals Vol. 2 - Serie Para Baile Vol. 3 - (CTA-1053) (Maglio valses)
- and several more..
Lots of these CDs are very rare and hard to get. It took and it takes a lot of work, time and money in order to find those CDs, get hold of them, publish information about it and to try to make them available also for others. Only with the support of people by buying CDs it is possible to keep up the work and find more of those rare recordings, the CDs containing them and publishing information about it.
If you have some interest in those special tango recordings you have to understand that someone has to spend lots of time, work and money in order to find 78rpms. It takes lots of know how, time, work and money to transfer this and produce high quality CDs. And it takes people to find those and make them available to you. All of this is only possible if you are willing to pay for your music.
A personal note to all Tango-DJs:
If you offer your service as a Tango-DJ, pay for the music you are working with!
I wish all of you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
maybe you want to make yourself a present - buy yourself some tango CDs..
yours,
Bernhard