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In Reply to: Oscar Lopez - Seduction posted by Jim Willis on September 02, 1999 at 08:05:50:
Hi JimThanks for the rec. I grew up listening to my dad's record collection and one of his favorite styles was Flamenco. I've been wanting to pick something up but didn't know where to start. There's a name that I remember from his album covers - "Sabicas" I think. Did you run across anything like that on your buying spree?
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> Thanks for the rec. I grew up listening to my dad's record collection and one of his favorite styles was Flamenco. I've been wanting to pick something up but didn't know where to start. There's a name that I remember from his album covers - "Sabicas" I think. Did you run across anything like that on your buying spree? > >The best of the Sabicas recordings are on Elektra. There's some debate over whether the mono or stereo is better.
Other interesting flamenco recordings:
Carlos Montoya on Crystal Clear direct to disc (my Spanish friend says this recordings sounds the closest of any to the sound of Montoya's guitar --which he heard at Carnegie back in the '60's. There's also a couple of Montoyas on RCA- of which the best is the one done by Lewis Layton.
Manitas de Plata on Connoisseur/Vanguard. The Connoisseur are the better recordings of this gypsy guitarist -- who can't read music--and learned to play just by listening.
Myles Astor
Publisher
Ultimate Audio
Check out Sabicas, Ricardo, de Huelva and de Marchena on "Masters of Flamenco Guitar"; also see "Gypsy Soul: New Flamenco" and "Gypsy Passion:
New Flamenco", both of which feature various artists. All accessible via
www.allmusic.com -AH
I was interested in trying to learn flamenco. Never made a good flamenco guitarist but I had some Sabicas lps. He was my favourite guitarist - very crisp clean sound, good ideas, wonderful technique. The teacher I was trying to learn from was also a Sabicas fanatic - would play discs at half speed and try to learn the pieces. He could do it too. I couldn't even play them at quarter speed when he showed me.I really enjoyed those lessons, though. He charged me half price for a quarter lesson and we spent the other three quarters jamming on other music and talking. I think we both knew I wouldn't make it in flamenco but we both had a good time.
David Aiken
No. But I'll let you know. I'm on a buying binge these days, so I'll scan the titles.
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