Saturday, July 26, 2014

Tanda of the Week 30 / 2014 - Ángel D'Agostino and Ángel Vargas - TangoTunes.com second release

http://www.tangotunes.com/shellacs.html?tt_filtertype=509&tt_orquesta_short=219

1. Ángel D'Agostino / Ángel Vargas - "Pero yo sé" 1942 - TangoTunes
2. Ángel D'Agostino / Ángel Vargas - "Trasnochando" 1942 - TangoTunes
3. Ángel D'Agostino / Ángel Vargas - "Cantando olvidaré" 1943 - TangoTunes
4. Ángel D'Agostino / Ángel Vargas - "Ninguna" 1942 - TangoTunes

http://open.spotify.com/user/anttiveikko/playlist/0SO9yj3kUOrkIhocjEvFij
http://www.deezer.com/playlist/939780985TangoTunes continues with more great releases as they put out already the fourth (!!!) D'Agostino compilation bringing the total of released songs to 87! I think I was still so happy about the first one that I missed the second and third release. I will do some catching up and start introducing songs from the second compilation in this very tanda and go into the third and fourth in the following weeks. As I've mentioned before, a lot of the D'Agostino catalog has been difficult to get in even playable quality, and you can clearly hear the difference in quality comparing the tracks on Spotify/Deezer to the ones now available from TangoTunes.com. When comparing the quality of releases - for starters you should look and listen at the lenght and speed/pitch of the song and how much filtering has been used. Also if you like your music even more hi-fi remember you can get the songs also in FLAC format. (For more on the quality topic look below for the comment section)

This tanda was affected a lot by what songs I could find on Spotify... so I'd like to point out other great songs from the second compilation also like: "Guitarra que llora", "Llora vida mía", "Todo terminó" and "Tomo y obligo"....

"Pero yo sé" was composed and written by Azucena Maizani in 1928. You can listen to her version of the song here - Spotify/Deezer.

"Trasnochando" is one of the big tango classics and the ultimate version is of course by Caló/Berón - Spotify/Deezer - but I like the D'Agostino version as well.

"Cantando olvidaré" is a less known but amazingly beautiful song that has an ending which I'd love to finish the tanda with... but I like to finish with something more well known, therefore...

"Ninguna" ends the tanda. I believe this is the best known version of the song and it seems like the song became a popular standard for singers a little bit later in the 50's and 60's. From the 40's I'd recommend the version of Ricardo Malerba also.

D'Agostino, Ángel - TOTW - Todo Tangotango.info - TangoTunes
Vargas, Ángel - TOTW - Todo Tango - tango.info - iTunes Store


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    1. Ok I should've been more precise. By quality I am not only referring to bitrate. The most important factors are the source where the track has been digitized from (shellac/vinyl/other) and especially how well it has been done and if the song has been filtered or remastered. If this part is not done right it doesn't matter if you have a CD or WAV/FLAC file of the song.

      Of course Spotify tracks are of low quality - for the reason you mentioned (although they are in 256kbs so as far as MP3's go it's ok), but ESPECIALLY since the original digitization process has been of terrible quality on almost all the tracks available online. So again, it's really doesn't matter if I'd buy the music available on Spotify on a CD since the digitization was done wrong.

      As for the speed quote... if the song is in right speed or not goes under the quality in my books. A lot of earlier relatively good quality releases have a lot of tango songs in wrong speeds as I'm sure you're aware of.

      So... what TangoTunes is doing right is digitizing from the original shellacs with high quality equipment and in the remastering process not filtering the sound. You might hear more of the record noise on their releases but the sound of the orchestra is so rich compared to most other releases out there.

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    2. Antti wrote: "(although they are in 256kbs so as far as MP3's go it's ok)"

      The tonal distortion on that Deezer Trasnochando is far worse than one hears from 256kbps MP3.

      "but ESPECIALLY since the original digitization process has been of terrible quality on almost all the tracks available online."

      Most Spotify/Deezer tracks online are from CDs that have been digitised by record companies, and no digitisation has been done by Spotify/Deezer. E..g that Trasnochando was digitised well by record company BMG, then compressed badly by Deezer.

      "it's really doesn't matter if I'd buy the music available on Spotify on a CD since the digitization was done wrong."

      I can't imagine what you believe is "done wrong" on the best CDs. DJs have been playing the many high-quality D'Agostino/Vargas CD tracks in milongas for years with no complaints.

      "As for the speed quote... if the song is in right speed or not goes under the quality in my books."

      Your "looking and listening" cannot determine whether speed is right.

      "what TangoTunes is doing right is ... not filtering the sound.

      Sorry Antti but you are mistaken. See TangoTunes "Post-processing" here.

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  2. There is an interesting article about bits and quality of sound and music here, which I would like to recommend (see below) It becomes clear: the main 'sound processing' takes place in our brain and will be influenced by other things then the format as mp3 or whatsoever.
    http://www.hifiblog.ch/digital/wie-gut-klingt-musik-aus-dem-itunes-store-wirklich/

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