Ballads and Corridos 1945-1975

by BALLADS & CORRIDOS 1945-1975 /

Overview

Corridos are narrative ballads popular on both sides of the Mexico-Texas border. They are usually presented as waltzes or furious polkas, and the subject matter ranges across the board from immigration issues and social conflicts to labor strikes, assassinations, natural disasters, and celebrations of the lives of local criminals and heroes, not unlike the material and melodies that American musicians like Woody Guthrie (and later, Bob Dylan) used as song fodder in the states. This set collects a wide range of corridos recorded by various local border recording companies -- mostly by the Ideal and Falcon imprints -- between 1949 and 1975, including interesting tracks like Los Desveladores' account of Mexican-styled horse racing (two horses at once down a straight quarter-mile track), "La Llegua y la Potranca," los Nortenos de Teran's "Kilometro 1160," which details the car crash death of small-time gangster Arturo Garza Trevino, three corridos for President John F. Kennedy (both JFK and his brother Robert Kennedy were beloved and admired in Mexico and their deaths inspired countless corridos), and one for Dr. Martin Luther King (also much admired in Mexico) --Gregorio y Maria's "Corrido De Martin Luther King" was recorded only four days after King's death in 1968. It all makes for fascinating listening, and Arhoolie Records has provided embedded transcriptions and translations of all of these corridos as part of the CD, which is a definite plus, since with corridos, it is the story that matters more than anything. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	08/04/2009
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297036723
Rank:	138099

Tracks

1. Bel¿¿n Galindo  -  Nortenos  - Tony de la Rosa  -  Trovadores Nortenos
2. Asalto de Zamora  -  Los Cancioneros Del Bajio
3. La Llegua y la Potranca  - Los Desveladores  -  Desveladoz  - Juan Salinas
4. Kil¿¿metro 1160  - Salome Gutierrez  -  Los Nortenos De Teran  -  Los Nortenos De Teran
5. Ezequiel Rodr¿¿guez  -  Palomo y el Gorrion
6. Ezequiel Rodr¿¿guez  -  Los Hermanos Cardenas  -  Meme Y Lupe  -  Meme Y Lupe Cardenas
7. Aventuras del West  - Timoteo Cantu  - Timoteo Cantu  - Jesus Villa
8. El G¿¿ero Candelario  - Valerio Sr. Longoria  - Juanita Mendoza  - Maria Mendoza  - Maria Mendoza
9. Mujer Paseada  -  3 Reyes  -  Tres Reyes
10. Contestaci¿¿n a Mujer Paseada  -  Juanita  - Juanita Mendoza  - Maria Mendoza  - Maria Mendoza  -  Villareal
11. El Mat¿¿n de San Antonio  - Frank Cantu  -  Gaytan y Solis  - Juan Gaytan  - Narciso Martinez
12. El Mojado  - Timoteo Cantu  -  Maya y Cantu  - Jesus Maya
13. Corrido de Ismael Ramos  -  Antonio Lozano  -  Bravos De Matamoros  - Mario Alberto Romero "Colmillo Blanco" Camacho  -  Los Bravos De Matamoros
14. Corrido de Chessman  - Valerio Sr. Longoria  - Valerio Y Su Conjunto Longoria
15. Lamento a Kennedy  -  Dos Gilbertos Y Su Conjunto  -  Gilberto  - Gilberto Lopez
16. Los Derechos Civiles  -  Los Oros Del Valle  -  Oros Del Valle
17. Homenaje a J.F. Kennedy  -  Arcos  -  Conquistadores  -  Los Conquistadores
18. Recordando al Presidente  -  Canarios del Norte  - Ramiro Cavazos  -  Los Canarios Del Valle
19. Corrido de Patricia Hearst  -  Los Magnifikos  -  Magnificos
20. Corrido de Martin Luther King  - Eugenio Abrego  -  Gregorio  -  Gregorio  -  Maria  - Rafael Ramirez
21. Las Crescientes de Beulah  -  Gonzalez  - Gilberto Lopez  - Gilberto Perez
22. Rinches de Texas  - Dueto Reynosa  - Dueto Reynosa
23. Transcriptions & Translations

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Los Canarios del Norte   Primary Artist
Los Conquistadores   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Juanita & Maria Mendoza   Primary Artist
Gaytan y Cantu   Primary Artist
Timoteo Cantu   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Conquistadores   Primary Artist
Dueto Reynosa   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Los Tres Reyes   Primary Artist
Frank Cantu   Primary Artist
Gaytan y Solis   Primary Artist
Valerio Longoria, Sr.   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Maria Mendoza   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Los 3 Reyes   Primary Artist
Juan Gaytan   Primary Artist
Los Dos Gilbertos Y Su Conjunto   Primary Artist
Maya y Cantu   Primary Artist
Los Magnificos   Primary Artist
Gilberto Lopez   Primary Artist
Gilberto Perez   Primary Artist
Maria   Primary Artist
El Palomo Y el Gorrion   Primary Artist
Valerio Longoria Y Su Conjunto   Primary Artist
Gregorio   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Jesus Villa   Primary Artist
Los Bravos De Matamoros   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Los Canarios Del Valle   Primary Artist
Los Cancioneros Del Bajio   Primary Artist
Los Desveladores   Primary Artist
Los Magnifikos   Primary Artist
Los Nortenos De Teran   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Los Oros Del Valle   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Meme Y Lupe   Primary Artist
Trovadores Nortenos   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Jesus Maya   Primary Artist
Los Desveladoz   Primary Artist
Juanita Mendoza   Primary Artist
Los Hermanos Cardenas   Primary Artist
Meme Y Lupe Cardenas   Primary Artist
Ruco Villareal   Primary Artist
Gregorio Y Maria   Primary Artist
Arcos   Vocals
Juanita   Vocals
Narciso Martinez   Accordion
Antonio Lozano   Vocals
Tony de la Rosa   Featured Artist
Eugenio Abrego   Accordion,Accordion
Ernesto Ramirez   Vocals
Gilberto   Vocals
Daniel Garces   Vocals

Technical Credits

Prof. James Nicolopulos   Editing,Research,Commentary
Juan Gaytan   Composer
Ramiro Cavazos   Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Editing
Juan Salinas   Composer
Wayne Pope   Design
Elibaldo Gonzalez   Composer
Salome Gutierrez   Composer
Mario Alberto Romero "Colmillo Blanco" Camacho   Composer
Rafael Ramirez   Composer