Todo Gardel... the Altaya reprints

• To: AMIA-L@LSV.UKY.EDU
• Subject: Todo Gardel... the Altaya reprints
• From: Jorge Finkielman <finki_1@YAHOO.COM>
• Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:19:45 -0700
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• Reply-To: Association of Moving Image Archivists <AMIA-L@LSV.UKY.EDU>

Que tal:

I hope that somebody is reading this post in Spain (y ojalá que así sea).

It is quite offensive that the industry cheat the audiences around the world. And the worst insult is that a reissue is going to improve things when they actually do exactly the opposite.

The Spanish company Altaya began recently to reprint, as they said, the complete discography of Carlos Gardel including rarities for the first time and with an unprecedent sound quality "thanks to the technological improvements"... bla, bla, bla.

Sadly, in capital letters, THEY ARE LYING!

First they are NOT reprinting the entire discography; a number alternate takes of a single songs are not going to be published (and I have 20 cassettes with those).

Second, and worse, the sound quality is horrible! Even the original 78 r.p.m disks, and the later 33 1/3 LP's earliest technical reconstructions, had a much better sound.

For my part, I don't care about the way Altaya do their bussiness. But they cannot lie to the public, specially in critical days as these ones.

My advice, is to keep the LP's and not purchasing this badly conceived fiasco.

Saludos desde Peludópolis

JORGE FINKIELMAN