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I enjoyed this article.
http://www.deflamenco.com/palos/verArti ... go=FLA|484

Punta y Tacon by Sabicas is my all-time favorite instrumental Farruca. El Nino de Almaden used to sing a beautiful Farruca.

Flamencoblues wrote:Punta y Tacon by Sabicas is my all-time favorite instrumental Farruca. El Nino de Almaden used to sing a beautiful Farruca.

Agree with that. Jacinto Almaden sang the best Farruca I have ever heard. Here it is, accompanied by Antonio Arenas. You'll have to try to listen without being distracted by the video, which is quite funny and well done.

Ramon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1qc6yQC48

Prominent Critic wrote:

Flamencoblues wrote:Punta y Tacon by Sabicas is my all-time favorite instrumental Farruca. El Nino de Almaden used to sing a beautiful Farruca.

Agree with that. Jacinto Almaden sang the best Farruca I have ever heard. Here it is, accompanied by Antonio Arenas. You'll have to try to listen without being distracted by the video, which is quite funny and well done.

Ramon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1qc6yQC48

Does anyone here know of a cd that has the Jacinto Almaden recording ?

Victor wrote:Does anyone here know of a cd that has the Jacinto Almaden recording ?

The music on this CD was copied from earlier disc recordings:

It contains:
1. Soy piedra y perdi mi centro - ' Soleares de serneta '
2. Lo siento pero no lloro - ' Rondeña '
3. De un arbolillo frutal - ' Fandangos '
4. Yo te quiero, no lo niego - ' Bulerias por solea '
5. La honra y no se porque - ' La murciana '
6. Me la quito Dios - ' Cante de prefacio '
7. Soy la ciencia en el saber - ' Polo natural y Solea polar '
8. Cuando querra la virgen - ' Seguidilla '
9. Que mis dudas no son na - ' Martinete '
10. Dice mi serrana que no la quiero - ' Serrana con la liviana y el macho '
11. Viva Madrid que el la corte - ' Malagueñas '
12. Al señor de la santa humildad - ' Tientos '
13. Porque tanto me consientes - ' Malagueña '

Exactly the same music was later released on another CD labeled 'Cante Flamenco Vol. III' as part of a multi-CD anthology of old flamenco cante. Both CD's are still available from various Spanish websites at low prices.

The back side of the CD pictured above states that the music was originally recorded in the 1930's, but I think that is unlikely based on the audio quality. The soft pops in the background are typical of 33 1/3 RPM disc recordings rather than of 78 RPM disc recording technology.

This is a short sample taken from near the center of the first selection:

01 Soy Piedra Y Perdi Me Centro (Short Sample).mp3


Those CD's don't include the Farruca in the YouTube video that you asked about, but even so, I thought there might be interest in them. In addition to those recordings, Jacinto Almaden can be heard together with other artists on a wide variety of other recordings that don't have his name on the front cover. This is one of many examples:

Magna Antologia Del Cante Flamenco Vol. IV
13 Carmona Tiene Una Fuente (Jacinto Almaden y Perico El Del Lunar)

I will check some of those other recordings when I have time to see if I can find the source of the Farruca.

-Bob

I found that I have a lot more Jacinto Almaden recordings than I realized. The Farruca in the YouTube video seems to have been taken from El Nino De Almaden y Canalejas De Jerez, Arte Flamenco Vol. 2.


-Bob

Thank you Bob ,
I have ordered two cd´s , they should be with me in a week or so .
Can´t wait now

Ramon,
I watched the youtube video. It's a great Farruca indeed!

Flamencoblues

Farruca cd update .
I´ve got them now and all i can say is bloody fantastic , the version on the Arte Flamenco Vol 2 is much better than the one on Grands Cantaores Du Flamenco Vol 2 .
Any more recommendations from the Arte Flamenco series ?

Thanks
Victor