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Desert Island Flamenco

Let's suppose you're stuck on a desert island and just happen to have a solar-powered CD player.

OK...you only have 10 CD's. If you could choose which ones to have, what would they be and why? Email me at

I'd prefer that your list include at least 5 flamenco titles, please. Don't forget to include the artists' names.

I have tried to include links to places where you can preview and buy the recommended CD's.

Silvia from Torino, Italy
  1. Arcangel - Arcangel
  2. Camaron - Camaron Nuestro (Live)
  3. José Mercé - Del Amanecer
  4. Miguel Poveda - Zaguan
  5. Carmen Linares - Antologia: La Mujer En El Cante
  6. Mayte Martin - Querencia
  7. Remedios Amaya - Me Voy Contigo
  8. Vicente Amigo - Ciudad De Las Ideas
  9. Joaquin Cortes - Pasion Gitana
  10. Paco De Lucia - Live ...One Summer Night
Manuel Michalowski from Washington, DC USA
  1. Enrique Morente, En la Casa Museo Federico García Lorca de Fuente Vaqueros (BigBang)
  2. Camarón con Tomatito, Flamenco Vivo (Mercury)
  3. Juan Habichuela, Campo del Principe (Mercury)
  4. Enrique Morente, Lorca (Narada)
  5. Lole y Manuel, Nuevo Día (Fonomusic)
  6. Remedios Amaya, Me Voy Contigo (EMI)
  7. Tomatito, Barrio Negro (Nuevos Medios)
  8. Habla con Ella, Movie Soundtrack (Alberto Iglesias)
  9. Astor Piazzolla, Libertango (Tropical Music)
  10. Violeta Parra, Las Ultimas Composiciones (ANS)

Bart Bizeur from Ghent, Belgium

  1. Camarón: Potro de rabia y miel
  2. Paco de Lucía: Siroco
  3. Enrique Morente: Omega
  4. Moraíto: Morao y Oro
  5. Tomatito: Rosas del Amor
  6. Vicente Amigo: De mi corazón al aire
  7. Diego Carrasco: Inquilino del mundo
  8. Chano Lobato con Pedro Bacán: La nuez moscá
  9. Manolo Sanlúcar: Tauromagía
  10. Agujetas: Agujetas, Cantaor
Andy Blackard from Durham, North Carolina, USA
  1. Manuel Moreno Maya "El Pele" - Avante Claro
  2. Juan Carmona–Borboreo
  3. John Coltrane–Countdown (jazz)
  4. Paco de Lucía–Fuente y Caudal
  5. Vicente Amigo–De Mi Corazón al Aire
  6. Manolo Sanlúcar–Tauromagía
  7. Paco de Lucía–Siroco
  8. Manuel Agujeta - Vol. 8-Grandes Cantaores Du Flamenco
  9. Miles Davis–Kind Of Blue (jazz)
  10. BT–Movement In Still Life (modern techno)
Paco Martinez from Washington DC, USA
  1. Poeta de Esquinas Blandas El Pele con Vicente Amigo - Pasion 4P001 (1990)
  2. El Torta - Colores Morenos -1994 (flamenco vivo series, Ethnic B 6788) toque: Moraíto Chico
  3. Manzanita "Espíritu Sin Nombre" -1980
    • Liberate
    • Capricho ( Bulerías )
    • Espiritu Sin Nobre
    • Regimiento Los Gitanos (Bulería)
    • Te Amare
    • Ni Contigo Ni Sintigui
    • Gitano
    • Paloma Blanca
    • Sarairo
    • Romance Arabe
  4. Pedro Bacán, Inés Bacán - Noches gitanas en Lebrija, Al alba vol. 4Le Chant du Monde Harmonia Mundi EPM 982352n
    • Por El Camino D'egipto - Pedro Bacán
    • Santa María Un Ramo - Inés Bacán
    • Ahi Aentro Veo Un Barri' Tapao - Pedro Bacán
    • Mieo, Tengo Mieo - Pedro Bacán
    • Lo Que Yo 'Stoy Haciendo
    • Que Me Va A Mata' D'un Tiro
    • En El Barrio De Triana
  5. Manuel Agujeta - Le Chant du Monde
  6. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
  7. Opeth - Still Life
  8. Therion - Vovin
  9. Madredeus - O Espirito Da Paz
  10. Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni
Trish Severenuk from Prescott, Ontario Canada
  1. Camarón: Antología (because I don't feel like picking any specific one album by Camarón).
  2. Paco Peña: Misa Flamenca (my first introduction to flamenco)
  3. The Creatures: Boomerang (members of Siouxsie and the Banshees who recorded a flamenco-influenced album in Jerez d.l. Frontera) very interesting percussion.
  4. Ketama: Y Es Me Han Kambiao los Tiempos (a flamenco feelgood album? Why not?)
  5. Bizet: Carmen
  6. La Niña de la Puebla (a compilation issued by Fandango records, which has a lot of–you guessed it–fandangos and bulerías.)
  7. The Story of Flamenco (an EMI compilation which hits most of the bases–good for giving to friends so they know what you're so nuts about.)
  8. The Rough Guide to the Music of the Gypsies
  9. Remedios Amaya: Gitana Soy
  10. The Charlatans: Us and Us Only (because Gen Xers cannot live by flamenco alone.)
Juan Martín from Annandale, Virginia USA
  1. Soy Gitano–Camarón con Tomatito, Vicente Amigo.
  2. Luzia–Paco de Lucía
  3. Barrio Negro–Tomatito
  4. Farina por Fandangos–Rafael Farina
  5. Viviré–Camarón con Paco de Lucía y Tomatito
  6. Mia pa los Restos–Potito
  7. Me Voy Contigo–Remedios Amaya
  8. Entre Dos Aguas–Paco de Lucía
  9. Al Amanecer–José Mercé con Vicente Amigo
  10. Verde–Manzanita
Jim Morris from the UK
  1. Juan Martín–THE SOLO ALBUM–Brilliant tracks including bulerias" Miro's metronome2.
  2. The Curro Amaya dance troupe–CANDIDO FLAMENCO–including all the footwork effects.
  3. Various artists including Antonio Mairena, Manolo Caracol, Perla de Cádiz, Melchor de Marchena etc. ANTOLOGIA DEL CANTE FLAMENCO–stunning
  4. Camarón de la Isla–POR TANGOS–POR FANDANGOS–CAMARÓN (with PACO DE LUCÍA...in pure flamenco mood.)
  5. Sky...SKY 3(I THINK) Bach's Tocata and Fugue, Troika, Mejico–etc
  6. London Symphony Orchestra–RAVEL'S BOLERO–Because I love it–
  7. Sabicas–FLAMENCO FESTIVAL–all class including his great Zambra
  8. Paco Peña..FLAMENCO–true puro guitar at its best.
  9. Phillip John Lee–FLAMENCO GUITAR. released on EMI. His first album–great
  10. Just about every good artist in flamenco–FLAMENCOS DE ORO ( A double helping of the very best of Spanish flamenco ever.) IMO

Add a hundred others of flamenco and a thousand of every other type of music

Hersjel from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
  1. Morente: Lorca
  2. Camarón: Potro de rabia y miel
  3. Pepe de Lucía El orgullo de mi padre
  4. Carmen Linares: Canciones Populares Antiguas
  5. JoséMercé:Del Amanecer Vicente Amigo
  6. El Lebrijano Persecución
  7. Blas Córdoba: Kejio
  8. Duquende: Samaruco
  9. Potito: El último cantaor

    And last but not least:

  10. El niño de Almaden, an old recording from the forties with a malagueña, which brings me to tears every time I listen to it.

My top ten only flamenco???–Yes, I presume I will be dropped on the island all by myself, so I do not have to think about other peoples tastes. They would definitely go nuts within one week.

My thanks to Raven and Tower Records for this idea.







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