Tablao rereleases recordings from the seventies by Caracol,
Manolo Sanlúcar and Diego Carrasco
The company
expands its offering of formerly out of print records
Silvia Calado Olivo
Once again Tablao looks to the past. In March the BMG Ariola flamenco recording
label will re-edit historic recordings from the decade of the seventies: Manolo
Caracol's "Mis bodas de oro con el cante" (1972), Manolo Sanlúcar's
"Y regresaste" (1978) and Diego Carrasco's "Tomaketoma" (1978).
These records join "Momentos cumbre", "Antología del cante
flamenco y cante gitano" and "VI Concurso de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba",
three works with which Tablao began its project of salvaging out-of-print items
from its vast catalog that was inherited from companies like Columbia/Alhambra,
RCA, Vergara and Zafiro.
"Mis bodas de oro con el cante" [my golden anniversary with cante],
was the last record made by the Seville-born singer Manolo Caracol one year before
his death in a traffic accident. This recording commemorated the fiftieth anniversary
of the artistic career of a singer who with El Tenazas shared the first prize
at the Concurso de Cante Jondo de Granada that was organized by Lorca and Falla.
The last fandango on the record is a real jewel.
Manolo Caracol's statue.
Alameda (Seville)
Inspired in the poems of Miguel Hernández, Manolo Sanlúcar, the
guitarist from the town whose name he uses as his professional surname, added
another record to his discography in 1978 with 'Y regresaste'. From this work
which was released as 'Oripandó' after the trilogy 'Mundo y formas de la
guitarra', (CBS, 1972), not only the virtuoso technique, but also the particular
spirit of the compositions is noteworthy. Tabalo's rerelease contains a bonus
track.
This new batch of rereleases is rounded out with an ample assortment of Diego
Carrasco's first recordings. With 'Tomaketoma' and 'Cantos y sueños' the
guitarist, composer and singer from Jerez decided to change the direction of his
previous career as Tate de Jerez, a path which had constricted his creative capacity.
Encouraged by José Luis de Carlos and arranger José Miguel Évora,
a turning point was achieved in 1978 with 'Tomaketoma' as its virtual headquarters.
Along with this work Tablao is also rereleasing a single with the first four pieces
ever recorded by one of Jerez' kings of compás.
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