01- En la Costa Suiza 02- Maldito Paro 03- Huevos de Corral 04- Alta Velocidad 05- El Bufón, la Princesa y la Bola 06- De Liana en Liana 07- Días de Playa 08- El Son de Adela 09- María Magdalena 10- Mi Mano en Pena 11- Canas al Aire 12- ¿Que Quién Es Marta?
Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages. He became involved with music at the age of 17, when he got his first guitar. In the early 60's, the young artist participated in a pop band, playing along with classmates at Barcelona's Agronomy School and performing mainly Beatles songs and Italian 'pop-of-the-era' songs translated to Spanish. In 1965, while singing in a radio show called Radioscope, host Salvador Escamilla helped him secure a record deal with local label Edigsa, where he recorded his first LP, as well as joining the group Els Setze Jutges. Joan Manuel Serrat's first live stage performance in 1967 at the Palau de la Música Catalana, served to establish him as one of the most important artists inside the Nova cançó movement in Catalonia. The release of the LP Mediterráneo in 1971 consolidated the artist's reputation worldwide, remaining until today as his masterpiece.
01- Mediterráneo 02- Aquellas pequeñas cosas 03- La mujer que yo quiero 04- Pueblo blanco 05- Tío Alberto 06- ¿Qué va ser de ti? 07- Lucía 08- Vagabundear 09- Barquito de papel 10- Vencidos
01- Temps Era Temps 02- Sinceramente Tuyo 03- Cambalache 04- La Tieta 05- El Titiritero 06- La Saeta 07- Cada Loco con Su Tema 08- Esos Locos Bajitos 09- Fiesta 10- Paraules d'Amor 11- Penélope 12- Lucía
Joan Manuel Serrat is more than just a singer and songwriter from Catalunia, Spain. He's one of the most brilliant voices and composers in the spectrum of the Spanish (and Catalan) language. Since his early days, he's been creating some of the most beautiful pieces, touching on political and social matters every bit as much as love and relationships. With Serrat En Directo (something like Serrat Live) you are presented with a comprehensive sample of his best works up to 1984 (when it was originally released). It is a must reference for longtime Serrat followers and newcomers into his music alike, since it provides a peek into a very wide range of his early works and, for the "hardcore" fans, it also offers new arrangements of some of his classic songs, such as "Cantares", "De vez en cuando la vida" and "Cada Loco Con Su Tema", which had come out not too long before this live album. This is the first of two parts.
01- Intro 02- Cantares 03- De Vez en Cuando la Vida 04- Aristocracia del Barrio 05- Aquellas Pequeñas Cosas 06- Tu Nombre Me Sabe a Yerba 07- Sería Fantástic 08- Algo Personal 09- Romance de Curro, el Palmo 10- Mediterráneo 11- Plany al Mar 12- Para la Libertad
Francisco "Paco" Ibáñez is a Spanish singer and musician born in Valencia on November 20, 1934, before the Spanish Civil War. He went to France in 1952 during the Franco dictatorship in Spain and recorded his first album in 1964. During the events in France of May 1968, he performed in the Sorbonne and became known as a rebel artist. He never composed his own lyrics, but used famous poems, like those of Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti or Miguel Hernández. He also sang compositions from Georges Brassens, and here's that mythic LP.
01- Saturno (Saturne) 02- Canción para un maño (Chanson pour l'Auvergnat) 03- La mala reputación (La mauvaise réputation) 04- Juan Lanas (Bonhomme) 05- Tengo una cita con usted (J´ai rendez-vous avec vous) 06- Por una muñeaca me hice chiquitín (Je me suis fait tout petit) 07- Pobre Martín (Pauvre Martin) 08- La bella y el manantial (Dans l´eau de la claire fontaine) 09- La pata de Juana (La cane de Jeanne) 10- El testamento (Le testament)
Joan Manuel Serrat's first LP sung in Spanish (1968). He's been recording since 1965 but only in Catalan. This album was originally a compilation of different singles plus a couple of songs recorded specifically for this release. This is the super-rare stereo master unreleased on CD until this day. Also, here it features some singles from 1969 and alternate takes as bonus, plus the controversial Eurovision single "La La La" which was retired in 1968 due to Serrat's decision to sing in Catalan instead of Spanish in Eurovision (in fact he was vetoed from Spanish radio and TV) also remaining unreleased since 1968.
01- La Paloma 02- El Titiritero 03- Poco Antes de que Den las Diez 04- En Nuestra Casa 05- Manuel 06- Tu Nombre Me Sabe a Hierba 07- Poema de Amor 08- Balada de Otoño 09- En Cualquier Lugar 10- Mis Gaviotas
Contemporary Single:
11- Penélope 12- Tiempo de Lluvia
Bonus Tracks:
13- Manuel (versión 2) 14- Poco Antes de que Den las Diez (versión 2) 15- Manuel (versión 3)
01- Y si Amanece Por Fin 02- Y sin Embargo 03- Vámonos Pa'l Sur 04- Siete Crisantemos 05- Por el Boulevard de los Sueños Rotos 06- Peor Para el Sol 07- Mentiras Piadosas 08- La del Pirata Cojo 09- La Canción Más Hermosa del Mundo 10- Jugar Por Jugar 11- Inlcuso en Estos Tiempos 12- Eclipse de Mar 13- El Blues de lo que Pasa en Mi Escalera 14- Contigo 15- Con la Frente Marchita 16- Como un Explarador 17- Camas Vacías 18- A la Orilla de la Chimenea 19- Aves de Paso 20- Amor se Llama el Juego
This album pairs one of the greatest flamenco singers of today, cantaor Diego ”El Cigala”, with one of Cuba's finest Afro-Cuban jazz pianists, Bebo Valdes. With Valdes (father of the great Chucho Valdes) born in 1918, there's a 40-year age difference between the pianist and the singer, but they do a fine job crossing generations and oceans to discover the commonalities between Caribbean and the Iberian music, coming up with a romantic marriage of the two cultures using rumbas, guajira, sons and boleros, all this in a classy jazz atmosphera. All the songs are classics out of the Latin music tradition, using just a handful of players in support. Valdes' fingers are delicate and prone to dramatic flourishes; Cigala's voice is pure flamenco in its hoarse intonation, cadence and emotional outpourings. The two masters make the union work by focusing on the drama of the love songs—“Veinte Años”, “Inolvidable” and the title track, “Lágrimas Negras”, are just three amazing examples as fuel for some of the most exquisitely passionate music to come out in ages. This original pairing between Bebo Valdés and el Cigala is sublime. The songs are all standards, but the arrangements are not. Each song features Valdes' smooth jazzy piano melodies and el Cigala's guttural, passionate vocals. To appreciate the entire album's sophisticated textures, it should be listened to in absolute darkness so all of one's senses can focus on its velvety and harsh beauty. Winners of three PREMIOS DE LA MUSICA AWARDS (Spanish Academy of Musical Arts & Sciences) this album was recorded at the suggestion of Spanish Hollywood Oscar Award-winning director, Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque), and has become a phenomenon in Spain. Picked by New York Times critic Ben Rattcliff as "the best album of the year", “Lágrimas Negras” has had an impressive debut. The album has never been out of the top 30 since its release in Spain for about nine months, achieving double Platinum sales status. It has also won five Amigo Awards, one Premio Ondas, and three Premios de la Musica Awards (including Best Album).
01- Inolvidable 02- Veinte años 03- Lágrimas negras 04- Nieblas del riachuelo 05- Corazón loco 06- Se me olvidó que te olvidé 07- Vete de mi 08- La bien pagá 09- Eu sei que vou te amar
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (Úbeda, Spain, 12 February 1949), known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums. In 1975 he wnt to live in London using a fake passport under the name Mariano Zugasti, to avoid persecution from Francisco Franco's government after throwing a Molotov Cocktail into a government building. That same year, his own father received an order to arrest Joaquin Sabina due to his anti-Franco ideals. In 1975, Sabina started writing songs and singing at local bars. In a local bar called "Mexicano-Taverna" Sabina performed in the presence of George Harrison, who was celebrating his birthday. The ex-Beatle then gave Sabina a five-pound note as tip, which Sabina still preserves to this day. When Franco's dictatorship ended in 1975, Sabina returned to Spain and was forced to join the military service but, feeling imprisoned, he got married in order to be able to sleep outside the barracks. Sabina's first album, Inventario (Inventory) was released in 1978 by a small label called Movieplay, but the album largely went unnoticed. Afterwards, he moved to the powerful CBS (today Sony) and released Malas compañías (Bad Companies). This album gave Sabina his first number-one hit single "Pongamos que hablo de Madrid" (Let's say I´m talking about Madrid), and the artist attained wide recognition. He released a live album called La mandrágora (The Mandrake), sharing the spotlight with bandmates Javier Krahe and Alberto Pérez. The trio enjoyed much popularity due to their participation in a TV program. La Mandrágora created much controversy due to the racy content of the lyrics. Sabina released his third soloist album called Ruleta Rusa (Russian Roulette) in 1983 and two years later, Juez y parte (Judge and Side). His political views led him to take part in the anti-NATO movement. He later released Joaquín Sabina y Viceversa en directo, his first live album, recorded in the Salamanca theatre in Madrid. In this album, the singer collaborates with other singers such as Javier Krahe, Javier Gurruchaga, and Luis Eduardo Aute. In 1987 he released Hotel, dulce hotel (Hotel, Sweet Hotel), which sold a large number of records in Spain. That success followed with his next album El hombre del traje gris (The Man in The Gray Suit), and followed with a successful tour of South America. This was followed by the released Mentiras piadosas (White Lies) in 1990, and two years later Física y química (Chemistry and Physics), which led to another successful tour of the Americas. His later albums Esta boca es mía (This Mouth is Mine), Yo, mi, me contigo (I, my, myself... with you) and 19 días y 500 noches (19 Days and 500 Nights), won him more recognition and multiple platinum albums, being the last probably his best work at date. After recovering from a stroke, he returned to the stage in 2002 with Dímelo en la calle (Dare to Say That Outside). He later released a double album called Diario de un peatón (A Pedestrian's Diary), which included both his previous album and 12 new songs, along with a book illustrated by him. In 2005 Sabina's released a new record Alivio de luto (Mourning Relief). The album release was accompanied by a DVD that includes interviews, music videos, acoustic versions of the songs, and home-made recordings. In 2007, he made a tour with Joan Manuel Serrat, called Dos Pájaros de un Tiro (Two birds with one stone) and they recorded a CD of this tour, which includes the DVD of the concert and a documentary. The album featured here includes out-takes, demos, collaborations, and unreleased material of any kind, hope you enjoy it.
01- Palabras Como Cuerpos 02- Cómo Decirte... 03- La Torre de Babel 04- Blues Tanguero 05- Cerrado por Derribo (versión argentina) 06- La Biblia y el Calefón 07- La Bien Pagá 08- Camellos 09- Feliz 10- No Puedo Enamorarme 11- Yolanda 12- Cualquier Noche Puede Salir el Sol 13- Cruz de Navajas 14- El Gorila 15- Las Manos en la Masa 16- Tango a Valdano 17- No Hago Otra Cosa que Pensar en Ti 18- Corazón de Neón 19- Fumar (?) 20- Despedida
Javier Krahe (Madrid, March 30, 1944) Spanish singer-songwriter with great satirical lyrics. Born in the high class district of Salamanca, in Madrid, he studied in the Colegio del Pilar, where also attended many of the current Spanish politicians. He also started studies of Business Management, but after a while he abandoned to devote himself to the movies as a director’s assistant. While he was doing the military service, he met a Canadian girl called Annick, the love of his life, so he quickly left Spain for living in Canada. In spite of this, 2 years later (in 1967) he decided that Paris was THE place to live and there he went. By those days he also started his career as an acid lyricist inspired by artists such as Georges Brassens and Leonard Cohen. His brother Jorge was who composed the music for his songs. Years later, and back in Spain, Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio contracted him for several gigs in places such as La Aurora, where he would meet Joaquín Sabina and Alberto Pérez. The three guys together, now as a trio, recorded an album called “La Mandràgora” (1981), which was also the name of the place where that album was recorded during a live performance. Anyway, before that and as a solo singer, he made his debut album called “Valle de Lágrimas” (Valley of Tears- 1980), where he shows his typical style (ironic letters, ingenious heaps, accompanied with simple music). Let’s comment that back in those days, Krahe used to name the chord F as "the difficult one", so go figure... During his following records the arrangements tend to sound more and more jazzy, turning Krahe in an usual performer at the El Café Central, in Madrid. This was the start of becoming a singer-songwriter of cult for intellectual Spanish audiences. In 1986, the Spanish official television channel (TVE) censured his song “Cuervo Ingenuo” (Naïve Crow) which was a satiric look at the ideological ambiguity showed by the Spanish socialist party. In 2004, during an interview in the Channel + TV program “Lo + Plus”, it was showed a short film called "10 Comentarios” (10 Comments) which has been made approximately thirty years ago (circa 1974) by Javier Krahe and Enrique Seseña. The film consists on a chef teaching how to cook a figure of Jesus Christ. That started a campaign of protests from part of the conservative Spanish press, and as a result Krahe was declared ‘persona non-grata’ by Jesús de Polanco, who was the president of the group PRISA (owners of Channel +). In 1999 he was co-founder of an independent record company called “18 Chulos” (18 Rascals), along with other artists as Pepín Tre, Santiago Segura, El Gran Wyoming, Faemino and Pablo Carbonell. Javier Krahe has released several albums for that label: “Dolor de garganta” (Sore Throat), “Cábalas y Cicatrices” (Cabbalas and Scars), “Cinturón Negro de Karaoke” (Black Belt of Karaoke), “Querencias y Extravíos” (Love and Losses); etc. During the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 he has been performing periodically in such small clubs as Galileo or Clamores, often in company of other such singer-songwriters like Riki López. His last album “Love and Losses”, released back in December 2007, was distributed as a pack including an interesting book featuring reflections and conversations of Krahe with the journalist Paloma Leyra. His writing shows a big care for the heap and the metrics, with an obvious influence of the world of classic literature and classical movies. Here's his first album…
01- Villatripas 02- Don Andrés Octogenario 03- El Lirón 04- La Hoguera 05- ¿Dónde se Habrá Metido Esta Mujer? 06- El Tío Marcial 07- Raúl 08- San Cucufato 09- La Oveja Negra 10- Marieta
