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Camarón, complete discography
by José Manuel Gamboa
It was the "boom"
period of "Las Grecas", and some of their styles
can be heard here, mostly in the "bulerías" |
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"Soy caminante"
was his album released in 1974. The picture on the front jacket
cover is the same one used in the previous album, but with another
shade and design. "Camarón de la Isla" appears
in larger type than Paco de Lucía, whose "special collaboration"
is reduced to "collaboration". Ramón de Algeciras
continues to play second guitar. Antonio Sánchez still appears
as the author in the credits.
It was the "boom" period
of "Las Grecas", and some of their styles can be heard
here, mostly in the "bulerías" -"Me dieron
una ocasión" is memorable- and the tangos where Camarón
uses his voice brilliantly. In the "tientos" he chooses
from the Cádiz source and he decorates them with "camaronerias",
the same ones he sticks into the "seguiriyas" of José
de Paula and Paco Ia Luz. The "alegrías", with
airs of Pinini, seem a bit spiritless because of the insistent rhythm
imposed by the hand- clapping. In the "soleares" of Cádiz,
both Camarón and Paco are superb. The work is completed with
the standard "tarantos", fandangos of "El Camas"
and other of Lucena.
In christmas Polygram launched two
singles of christmas carols interpreted by Camarón: "La
Virgen María" and "A Belén Pastores".
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